Soccer betting preview: Lichtenberg welcomes Babelsberg in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Germany Regionalliga: Nordost
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Poststadion (10000 seats)

Lichtenberg and Babelsberg have delivered a "par" performance until now, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Regionalliga: Nordost.

Insights:
  • Lichtenberg have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Regionalliga: Nordost
  • Babelsberg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Lichtenberg form and stats

The story so far in the Regionalliga: Nordost for Lichtenberg at their home stadium (Poststadion) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. Lichtenberg have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Lichtenberg drew their last game, also a home match. ZFC Meuselwitz (placed 14th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Germania Halberstadt that ended 0-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lichtenberg have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost zero.

Lichtenberg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Babelsberg form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Babelsberg playing as the away team in the Regionalliga: Nordost this season. Babelsberg has drawn their two previous away games.

The Babelsberg goalkeeper Jannick Theissen is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 184 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Babelsberg has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Chemnitzer FC for a Regionalliga: Nordost game that ended a draw (0-0).

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Tasmania Berlin.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Babelsberg playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were one Babelsberg win, one draw and five defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Babelsberg's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Babelsberg as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the sides played each other previously this campaign; Babelsberg - Lichtenberg 1-0. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Lichtenberg victory, one draw and two Babelsberg wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BabelsbergD. Frahn
D. Frahn
11 goals
LichtenbergT. Gözüsirin
T. Gözüsirin
7 goals
LichtenbergM. Ihbe
M. Ihbe
4 goals

Lichtenberg missing players

Babelsberg missing players

Lichtenberg Babelsberg
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 11 3 Played P 3 10 21
5 3 0 Won W 1 4 10
6 5 1 Drew D 2 4 5
9 3 2 Lost L 0 2 6
24 12 1 Scored S 3 15 29
32 15 6 Conceded C 0 9 22
90% 82% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 80% 90%
75% 82% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 80% 81%
55% 45% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 38%
30% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 14%
15% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 14%
50% 45% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 43%
25% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 33%
35% 36% 67% Failed to Score F T 67% 40% 33%
 
3.4 3.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 2.9 3.6
5.8 6 7.7 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2.9 3.5
1.7 1.6 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 2.1
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.4 8.2 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 1 7 8.5
3 3 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.8 3.5
42% 40% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 48% 37%
 
8.7 8.5 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 6.1 8.3
4.4 4.7 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 2.8 3.7
Key stats in Regionalliga: Nordost this season:
  • Babelsberg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Babelsberg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Lichtenberg have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Regionalliga: Nordost

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 BFC Dynamo 21 14 4 3 48 20 11 8 2 1 29 8 10 6 2 2 19 12 28 46
2 Energie Cottbus 21 12 6 3 51 19 10 6 3 1 30 8 11 6 3 2 21 11 32 42
3 BAK '07 20 13 2 5 34 22 9 6 0 3 16 11 11 7 2 2 18 11 12 41
4 Carl Zeiss Jena 20 12 4 4 39 19 11 8 1 2 25 9 9 4 3 2 14 10 20 40
5 Lokomotive Leipzig 19 12 3 4 41 17 9 4 1 4 18 12 10 8 2 0 23 5 24 39
6 Altglienicke 20 11 5 4 37 23 9 4 3 2 18 13 11 7 2 2 19 10 14 38
7 Chemnitzer FC 21 9 8 4 34 21 11 5 4 2 20 11 10 4 4 2 14 10 13 35
8 Babelsberg 21 10 5 6 29 22 11 6 1 4 14 13 10 4 4 2 15 9 7 35
9 Tennis Borussia 20 9 3 8 31 28 10 4 3 3 16 11 10 5 0 5 15 17 3 30
10 Luckenwalde 20 8 5 7 31 18 10 2 4 4 10 11 10 6 1 3 21 7 13 29
11 Hertha BSC II 21 7 6 8 32 31 11 4 2 5 15 13 10 3 4 3 17 18 1 27
12 Chemie Leipzig 20 7 4 9 20 24 11 3 3 5 11 13 9 4 1 4 9 11 -4 25
13 Lichtenberg 20 5 6 9 24 32 11 3 5 3 12 15 9 2 1 6 12 17 -8 21
14 ZFC Meuselwitz 21 6 3 12 22 33 10 3 1 6 11 19 11 3 2 6 11 14 -11 21
15 Germania Halberstadt 20 5 4 11 24 39 9 4 2 3 16 14 11 1 2 8 8 25 -15 19
16 Tasmania Berlin 20 3 7 10 16 44 10 3 5 2 15 16 10 0 2 8 1 28 -28 16
17 Eilenburg 21 3 6 12 21 47 10 3 3 4 15 16 11 0 3 8 6 31 -26 15
18 FSV Optik Rathenow 20 2 8 10 22 38 11 2 2 7 13 24 9 0 6 3 9 14 -16 14
19 Union Fürstenwalde 19 3 4 12 27 53 9 3 2 4 12 21 10 0 2 8 15 32 -26 13
20 Auerbach 19 3 3 13 21 54 9 3 1 5 12 18 10 0 2 8 9 36 -33 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.