Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high expectations when Energie Cottbus meet Hertha BSC II

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Competition: Germany Regionalliga: Nordost
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion der Freundschaft (22528 seats)

The Regionalliga: Nordost league standings tell a tale about these squads so far, with Energie Cottbus ahead of Hertha BSC II by 21 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Energie Cottbus have the the best goal difference (+31) in Regionalliga: Nordost

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Energie Cottbus form and stats

Home games in the Regionalliga: Nordost have been a walk in the park for Energie Cottbus so far, with 30 points won from 11 matches; 10 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Energie has won their last four matches.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Energie Cottbus, as their goalkeeper Elias Bethke has completely shut out the opponents for 223 minutes in the Regionalliga: Nordost.

Energie Cottbus are returning here after guesting Werderaner Viktoria in a Reg. Cup Brandenburg game and winning with a 7-0 scoreline.

In the game before, an away victory in the Regionalliga: Nordost match versus Lokomotive Leipzig with a 2-0 scoreline.

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 Energie home games with this odds we find 11 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 9 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 8 matches were won by at least two goals.

There will be little rest for Energie Cottbus after this match as they are travelling to Viktoria Berlin for a Regionalliga: Nordost game in only four days.

Energie are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadion der Freundschaft in their league games, having scored an impressive 31 goals in 11 matches. Energie Cottbus have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hertha BSC II form and stats

Hertha BSC II have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Regionalliga: Nordost, after 2-3-6 (11 played). It's a growing despair in Hertha as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Hertha BSC II failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Rot-Weiß Erfurt (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-1.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against BFC Dynamo.

Observe that 14 of this club's 18 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

Hertha BSC II have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 16 goals have been scored. Hertha has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Energie Cottbus have won at least one point in the last 5 matches (2-3-0) against Hertha BSC II.

The previous H2H match ended Hertha BSC II - Energie Cottbus 0-5, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Energie CottbusN. Wähling
N. Wähling
9 goals
EnergieE. Hottmann
E. Hottmann
9 goals
Hertha BSC IIE. Aksakal
E. Aksakal
6 goals

Energie Cottbus missing players

Hertha BSC II missing players

Energie Cottbus Hertha BSC II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 11 4 Played P 3 11 24
15 10 4 Won W 0 2 8
4 0 0 Drew D 0 3 4
5 1 0 Lost L 3 6 12
51 31 16 Scored S 5 16 35
20 7 0 Conceded C 10 22 45
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 96%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 79%
58% 82% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 73% 75%
42% 55% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 36% 42%
12% 9% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 36% 29%
42% 45% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 82% 62%
46% 45% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 17%
17% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 25%
 
4.5 4 2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.1 3.7
2.5 1.5 1.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.4 5.5
1.7 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.9
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.3 8.1 6.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 8.5 10.5
3.5 3.7 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 4.1 4.9
61% 76% 94% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 36% 30%
 
5.7 4.5 3.2 Shots against (avg) S A 16.3 12.9 11.8
2.7 2.3 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9.7 6.1 5.5
Key stats in Regionalliga: Nordost this season:
  • All of Energie Cottbus's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Energie Cottbus have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Energie Cottbus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Energie Cottbus have the most points (30) at home in Regionalliga: Nordost
  • Energie Cottbus have the most scored goals (31) at home in Regionalliga: Nordost
  • Energie Cottbus have the the best goal difference (+24) at home in Regionalliga: Nordost
  • Energie Cottbus have the the best goal difference (+31) in Regionalliga: Nordost
  • Energie Cottbus have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Energie Cottbus haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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-Weiß Erfurt 25 15 7 3 51 22 13 8 3 2 28 11 12 7 4 1 23 11 29 52
2 Energie Cottbus 24 15 4 5 51 20 11 10 0 1 31 7 13 5 4 4 20 13 31 49
3 Altglienicke 25 13 7 5 50 25 12 4 5 3 25 16 13 9 2 2 25 9 25 46
4 Carl Zeiss Jena 25 12 9 4 38 15 12 7 5 0 19 4 13 5 4 4 19 11 23 45
5 Chemie Leipzig 25 12 6 7 39 33 12 7 3 2 25 12 13 5 3 5 14 21 6 42
6 Lokomotive Leipzig 24 12 4 8 41 33 13 8 2 3 25 13 11 4 2 5 16 20 8 40
7 BFC Dynamo 25 11 7 7 37 31 13 7 3 3 21 16 12 4 4 4 16 15 6 40
8 Chemnitzer FC 25 11 6 8 36 26 12 7 1 4 20 8 13 4 5 4 16 18 10 39
9 Viktoria Berlin 25 10 7 8 36 32 13 4 5 4 18 16 12 6 2 4 18 16 4 37
10 Babelsberg 25 10 6 9 35 33 13 3 5 5 14 15 12 7 1 4 21 18 2 36
11 Greifswalder FC 25 9 6 10 38 32 13 6 4 3 25 13 12 3 2 7 13 19 6 33
12 BAK '07 24 10 3 11 32 29 12 6 0 6 22 15 12 4 3 5 10 14 3 33
13 Hertha BSC II 24 8 4 12 35 45 13 6 1 6 19 23 11 2 3 6 16 22 -10 28
14 Luckenwalde 25 6 10 9 27 38 12 4 4 4 17 17 13 2 6 5 10 21 -11 28
15 ZFC Meuselwitz 25 8 1 16 33 49 12 5 1 6 19 18 13 3 0 10 14 31 -16 25
16 Lichtenberg 25 4 8 13 23 49 12 3 4 5 13 15 13 1 4 8 10 34 -26 20
17 Germania Halberstadt 25 2 6 17 22 56 13 2 4 7 13 25 12 0 2 10 9 31 -34 12
18 Tennis Borussia 25 3 3 19 17 73 12 2 2 8 10 33 13 1 1 11 7 40 -56 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.