Lokomotive Leipzig have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Verl. Prepare for the match with this Regionalliga Playoffs - Finals preview!
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!
Verl form and stats
This is expected to be a close game, with Verl perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Verl as a small favourite), we find six games. Verl has won two of these, drawn two and lost two.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Verl, who have participated in four training matches. Verl have won 2 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 2 games.
Last season, Verl's league statistics were 16 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Regionalliga Playoffs - Finals. Over these 23 matches they scored 51 goals and conceded 16. Playing at home last season Verl managed 8-3-1 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 9 conceded.
Lokomotive Leipzig form and stats
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Lokomotive Leipzig in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Lokomotive, three draws and three defeats.
Just as the home team, Lokomotive Leipzig have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Lokomotive wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Last season was a triumph for Lokomotive Leipzig in the national league as they took home the Regionalliga Playoffs - Finals trophy. The championship was secured after 14 wins, 9 draws and only 1 defeat. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 6, drew 5 and lost 1.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Lokomotive Leipzig - Verl 2-2.Top Goalscorers
  Z. Janjić 15 goals |   M. Steinborn 15 goals |  A. Yildirim 13 goals |
Verl missing players
Lokomotive Leipzig missing players
| Verl | Lokomotive Leipzig | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| Verl | Last season | Lokomotive Leipzig | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 24 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 51 | 21 | Scored | S | 20 | 47 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 11 | 27 | ||
| 91% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 83% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 83% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | ||
| 30% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 46% | ||
| 17% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 43% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 33% | ||
| 17% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 5.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 268 | 140 | Total Shots | T S | 91 | 230 | ||
| 127 | 67 | Shots on Target | S O | 45 | 104 | ||
| 39% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 42% | ||
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rodinghausen | 27 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 68 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 9 | 47 | 64 |
| 2 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 25 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 20 | 54 |
| 3 | Verl | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 35 | 53 |
| 4 | Rot-Wei Oberhausen | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 46 |
| 5 | Alemannia Aachen | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Koln II | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 36 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach II | 25 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 49 | 47 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 2 | 36 |
| 8 | Borussia Dortmund II | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 34 |
| 9 | Sportfreunde Lotte | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 34 |
| 10 | Schalke 04 II | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 31 |
| 11 | Fortuna Dusseldorf II | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 23 | -7 | 30 |
| 12 | Fortuna Koln | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -7 | 30 |
| 13 | Bonner SC | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 19 | -15 | 25 |
| 14 | Wuppertaler SV | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 48 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 26 | -19 | 23 |
| 15 | TuS Haltern | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 30 | -23 | 23 |
| 16 | Lippstadt 08 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -22 | 19 |
| 17 | Bergisch Gladbach | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 33 | -35 | 18 |
| 18 | Homberg | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 52 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 28 | -30 | 17 |
| 19 | Wattenscheid 09 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lokomotive Leipzig | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 47 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 20 | 51 |
| 2 | Altglienicke | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 60 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 28 | 48 |
| 3 | Energie Cottbus | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 58 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 48 |
| 4 | Union Furstenwalde | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 48 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 43 |
| 5 | Hertha BSC II | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 59 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 17 | 39 |
| 6 | BFC Dynamo | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 37 |
| 7 | BAK '07 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 48 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 34 |
| 8 | Viktoria Berlin | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 32 |
| 9 | Auerbach | 23 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 38 | 48 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -10 | 29 |
| 10 | ZFC Meuselwitz | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 22 | -5 | 28 |
| 11 | Lichtenberg | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 27 | -5 | 28 |
| 12 | Chemie Leipzig | 24 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 24 |
| 13 | Wacker Nordhausen | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 22 |
| 14 | Germania Halberstadt | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -15 | 22 |
| 15 | FSV Optik Rathenow | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 48 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 32 | -28 | 21 |
| 16 | Rot-Wei Erfurt | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -9 | 19 |
| 17 | Babelsberg | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -16 | 18 |
| 18 | Bischofswerdaer FV | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 34 | -40 | 11 |
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