Full preview: Carl Zeiss Jena favourite to win against ZFC Meuselwitz at Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld

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Competition: Germany Regionalliga: Nordost
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld (12990 seats)

Regionalliga: Nordost: High-profile versus modest, at least that's what the standings say. Carl Zeiss Jena - ZFC Meuselwitz. Home win or a surprise result?

Insights:
  • Carl Zeiss Jena have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Regionalliga: Nordost
  • ZFC Meuselwitz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Carl Zeiss Jena nor ZFC Meuselwitz as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Carl Zeiss Jena form and stats

30 points is a decent return from 14 Regionalliga: Nordost games here at Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld for Carl Zeiss Jena. The data says 8 wins, 6 draws and 0 losses.

The spoils were shared in Zeiss's previous game, also at home. Visiting ZFC Meuselwitz (placed 15th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Energie Cottbus.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Carl Zeiss Jena home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.

It should be added that a glance at the 17 latest league games shows that 14 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The Carl Zeiss Jena fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 14 league matches. Defensively Carl Zeiss Jena have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (6 in 14 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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ZFC Meuselwitz form and stats

ZFC Meuselwitz have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Regionalliga: Nordost, after 3-1-11 (15 played).

Meuselwitz are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Carl Zeiss Jena (placed 3rd).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Chemnitzer FC.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where ZFC Meuselwitz played away with similar odds. This revealed 5 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 5 times.

The visiting Meuselwitz have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 15 games. ZFC Meuselwitz have conceded 36 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams get together this season, as the history books show this recent match: Carl Zeiss Jena - ZFC Meuselwitz 2-2. Carl Zeiss Jena-ZFC Meuselwitz H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Carl Zeiss Jena four wins, ZFC Meuselwitz four wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ZFC MeuselwitzA. Trübenbach
A. Trübenbach
9 goals
Carl Zeiss JenaJ. Muiomo
J. Muiomo
8 goals
ZeissP. Verkamp
P. Verkamp
8 goals

Carl Zeiss Jena missing players

ZFC Meuselwitz missing players

Carl Zeiss Jena ZFC Meuselwitz
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 5 15 29
14 8 4 Won W 1 3 8
10 6 1 Drew D 0 1 2
5 0 0 Lost L 4 11 19
45 24 9 Scored S 1 18 37
18 6 0 Conceded C 13 36 60
90% 86% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 79% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 93% 93%
31% 36% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 80% 72%
17% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 47% 38%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 21%
28% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 47% 48%
59% 71% 100% Clean Sheets C S 20% 13% 10%
24% 14% 20% Failed to Score F T 80% 40% 41%
 
4 3.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 3.5 3.3
3.9 3.5 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.7 3.9
1.5 0.9 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.6 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.7 10.7 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 5.2 5.4 6
4.1 4.6 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.4 2.3
38% 37% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 50% 53%
 
7.4 5.9 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 10.4 7.5
2.4 2.1 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.6 4.1
Key stats in Regionalliga: Nordost this season:
  • Carl Zeiss Jena have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Carl Zeiss Jena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Carl Zeiss Jena have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Carl Zeiss Jena have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Regionalliga: Nordost
  • Carl Zeiss Jena have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Regionalliga: Nordost
  • Carl Zeiss Jena have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Regionalliga: Nordost
  • Carl Zeiss Jena have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Regionalliga: Nordost
  • Carl Zeiss Jena have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Regionalliga: Nordost
  • Carl Zeiss Jena have the most clean sheets (17) in Regionalliga: Nordost
  • Carl Zeiss Jena have the most matches under the total-line (20) in Regionalliga: Nordost
  • ZFC Meuselwitz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • ZFC Meuselwitz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rot-Wei Erfurt 28 17 7 4 57 24 15 9 3 3 32 12 13 8 4 1 25 12 33 58
2 Energie Cottbus 28 18 4 6 57 24 14 12 0 2 35 10 14 6 4 4 22 14 33 58
3 Carl Zeiss Jena 29 14 10 5 45 18 14 8 6 0 24 6 15 6 4 5 21 12 27 52
4 Lokomotive Leipzig 29 15 5 9 50 36 15 10 2 3 31 14 14 5 3 6 19 22 14 50
5 Chemnitzer FC 29 13 8 8 43 27 14 8 2 4 24 9 15 5 6 4 19 18 16 47
6 Chemie Leipzig 29 13 8 8 42 37 14 7 5 2 26 13 15 6 3 6 16 24 5 47
7 Altglienicke 28 13 7 8 52 31 14 4 5 5 27 20 14 9 2 3 25 11 21 46
8 BFC Dynamo 28 12 9 7 45 34 14 8 3 3 26 16 14 4 6 4 19 18 11 45
9 BAK '07 29 13 4 12 40 36 14 7 1 6 27 19 15 6 3 6 13 17 4 43
10 Babelsberg 28 11 8 9 41 36 14 3 6 5 15 16 14 8 2 4 26 20 5 41
11 Viktoria Berlin 28 11 8 9 39 35 14 4 5 5 19 18 14 7 3 4 20 17 4 41
12 Hertha BSC II 28 11 5 12 43 48 14 7 1 6 22 23 14 4 4 6 21 25 -5 38
13 Greifswalder FC 28 9 7 12 40 43 14 6 5 3 27 15 14 3 2 9 13 28 -3 34
14 Luckenwalde 28 7 11 10 29 42 14 5 5 4 19 18 14 2 6 6 10 24 -13 32
15 ZFC Meuselwitz 29 8 2 19 37 60 14 5 1 8 19 24 15 3 1 11 18 36 -23 26
16 Lichtenberg 29 4 9 16 25 58 14 3 4 7 13 19 15 1 5 9 12 39 -33 21
17 Germania Halberstadt 28 2 9 17 26 60 15 2 6 7 15 27 13 0 3 10 11 33 -34 15
18 Tennis Borussia 29 3 3 23 19 81 15 2 2 11 11 39 14 1 1 12 8 42 -62 12

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Read more about Regionalliga: Nordost

The Regionalliga is the fourth level of football in Germany. It is divided into five groups based on regional location, leading to the names Regionalliga Südwest, Regionalliga West, Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga Nord and Regionalliga Nordost. Each group usually has 18 teams.