Chemie Leipzig are placed 5th, while Babelsberg are loitering 3 points behind in the league table. Will they reduce the gap?
- Chemie Leipzig have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Babelsberg have scored in all their away matches so far.
Little time to rest for the hosting team, as they played a Regionalliga: Nordost game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Rot-Wei Erfurt, was also a home game here at Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark. The away team is better rested.
Chemie Leipzig form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark as Chemie Leipzig have scored 17 goals to get 17 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Regionalliga: Nordost are 5-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Chemie Leipzig.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Leipzig, who played 1-1 against Rot-Wei Erfurt. That match was also played at this venue (Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark).
In the match before that, Chemie Leipzig hosted BFC Dynamo and drew the game 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Chemie Leipzig perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Chemie Leipzig as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Chemie Leipzig has won 5 of these, drawn 4 and lost 1.
Goals decide football matches and Chemie Leipzig are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 8 league matches. Leipzig's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Babelsberg form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Regionalliga: Nordost. With the Babelsberg losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Babelsberg aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 203 league minutes without a goal. Schmidt was the last player to find the net.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Energie Cottbus with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Energie Cottbus.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Babelsberg in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Babelsberg, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Babelsberg's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 7 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Babelsberg have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Babelsberg - Leipzig 4-2 was the score in these squads' latest H2H fixture, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Chemie Leipzig three wins, two draws and Babelsberg three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Jäpel 5 goals | M. Eshele 5 goals |   R. Ndualu 5 goals |
Chemie Leipzig missing players
Babelsberg missing players
| Chemie Leipzig | Babelsberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 27 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 25 |
| 20 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 9 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 80% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 62% |
| 60% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 44% |
| 40% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 29% | 31% |
| 20% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 29% | 19% |
| 60% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 44% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 57% | 38% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.3 | 4.6 |
| 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.3 | 10.5 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 5.9 | 7.3 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| 37% | 40% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 76% | 57% |
| 6.1 | 5.4 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 7.3 | 8.6 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
- Babelsberg have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Babelsberg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Chemie Leipzig have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chemie Leipzig have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Chemie Leipzig 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 | Energie Cottbus | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | Rot-Wei Erfurt | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 23 | 32 |
| 3 | BAK '07 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 32 |
| 4 | Chemnitzer FC | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 31 |
| 5 | Chemie Leipzig | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| 7 | Lokomotive Leipzig | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | BFC Dynamo | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 9 | Babelsberg | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 10 | Altglienicke | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 24 |
| 11 | Hertha BSC II | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 21 |
| 12 | Greifswalder FC | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 18 |
| 13 | ZFC Meuselwitz | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -12 | 18 |
| 14 | Viktoria Berlin | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 15 | Luckenwalde | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 14 |
| 16 | Lichtenberg | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 25 | -18 | 14 |
| 17 | Tennis Borussia | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 28 | -42 | 8 |
| 18 | Germania Halberstadt | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -24 | 4 |
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