Betting preview: FC Gießen faced with a tough challenge when Kickers Offenbach visits

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Competition: Germany Regionalliga: Südwest
Competition: Tue 26.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Waldstadion Gießen (4999 seats)

Match preview: 14 points are the diference between the sides before this game, Kickers Offenbach on top. Can FC Gießen shorten the gap?

Insights:
  • FC Gießen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kickers Offenbach have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Regionalliga: Südwest

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gießen and Kickers Offenbach.

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FC Gießen form and stats

FC Gießen's results here at Waldstadion Gießen in the Regionalliga: Südwest have been very modest with 2 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

FC Gießen shared the glory with Elversberg in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

Ahead of that match, Gießen lost 0-2 at home to Homburg.

FC Gießen are traveling soon after this match as the Regionalliga: Südwest match at Ulm awaits in four days.

The FC Gießen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 6 matches. Gießen have conceded 9 from these games.

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Kickers Offenbach form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Regionalliga: Südwest, on their Regionalliga: Südwest travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Offenbach hope to make it five in this match.

The supporters enjoyed Offenbach's previous game versus Aalen (placed 10th), a Regionalliga: Südwest 4-0 win played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Kickers Offenbach was very dominant against Aalen, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with M. Vetter, D. Božić, M. Fetsch and D. Huseinbasic providing the goals.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Balingen with the score of 6-1.

Kickers Offenbach has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

Data for the preceeding five meetings between these two sides are: one win for Gießen, one draw and three wins for Kickers Offenbach. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Kickers OffenbachD. Božić
D. Božić
6 goals
FC GießenD. Bogicevic
D. Bogicevic
4 goals
Kickers OffenbachE. Soriano
E. Soriano
4 goals

FC Gießen missing players

Kickers Offenbach missing players

FC Gießen Kickers Offenbach
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 3 Played P 3 6 13
3 2 0 Won W 2 3 8
3 0 0 Drew D 1 2 2
7 4 3 Lost L 0 1 3
11 6 1 Scored S 9 11 21
17 9 6 Conceded C 2 5 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
62% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 62%
31% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 31%
23% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 15%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 8%
46% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 31%
8% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 54%
46% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 23%
 
2.1 1.8 2 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 4.8 5.1
4.7 5.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2.8 3.5
1.9 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
4.5 4.5 4.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11 7 9.9
1.8 1.2 0.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 2.4 3.7
48% 86% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 64% 75% 43%
Key stats in Regionalliga: Südwest this season:
  • FC Gießen have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • FC Gießen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • FC Gießen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Gießen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kickers Offenbach have created more than twice as many corners as FC Gießen.
  • Kickers Offenbach have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kickers Offenbach have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Kickers Offenbach have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Regionalliga: Südwest
  • Kickers Offenbach have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Regionalliga: Südwest
  • Kickers Offenbach have the most clean sheets (7) in Regionalliga: Südwest
  • Kickers Offenbach have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Regionalliga: Südwest

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mainz 05 II 14 10 0 4 24 19 7 4 0 3 13 12 7 6 0 1 11 7 5 30
2 Elversberg 13 8 3 2 32 13 7 4 2 1 18 4 6 4 1 1 14 9 19 27
3 SV Steinbach 13 8 3 2 21 10 6 5 1 0 13 4 7 3 2 2 8 6 11 27
4 Ulm 13 8 3 2 27 18 7 4 1 2 14 10 6 4 2 0 13 8 9 27
5 Kickers Offenbach 13 8 2 3 21 8 7 5 0 2 10 3 6 3 2 1 11 5 13 26
6 Homburg 14 7 2 5 18 20 7 4 2 1 12 9 7 3 0 4 6 11 -2 23
7 Bahlinger SC 13 6 1 6 11 12 6 4 0 2 6 4 7 2 1 4 5 8 -1 19
8 Hoffenheim II 13 5 3 5 22 17 7 2 1 4 8 9 6 3 2 1 14 8 5 18
9 Hessen Kassel 13 5 3 5 16 15 7 4 2 1 11 5 6 1 1 4 5 10 1 18
10 Aalen 13 6 0 7 16 22 6 4 0 2 10 9 7 2 0 5 6 13 -6 18
11 Stuttgart II 13 5 2 6 25 22 6 1 1 4 8 11 7 4 1 2 17 11 3 17
12 FSV Frankfurt 14 4 3 7 19 21 7 3 2 2 12 8 7 1 1 5 7 13 -2 15
13 Sonnenhof Groaspach 13 4 3 6 19 21 6 2 2 2 11 11 7 2 1 4 8 10 -2 15
14 TuS RW Koblenz 13 4 3 6 13 18 7 3 2 2 10 9 6 1 1 4 3 9 -5 15
15 Pirmasens 14 4 3 7 12 18 7 1 2 4 4 8 7 3 1 3 8 10 -6 15
16 Balingen 13 4 1 8 16 32 6 2 0 4 8 15 7 2 1 4 8 17 -16 13
17 FC Gießen 13 3 3 7 11 17 6 2 0 4 6 9 7 1 3 3 5 8 -6 12
18 Astoria Walldorf 13 3 3 7 16 26 7 1 1 5 7 17 6 2 2 2 9 9 -10 12
19 Schott Mainz 14 2 3 9 13 23 7 1 3 3 6 8 7 1 0 6 7 15 -10 9

Germany:

Read more about Regionalliga: Südwest

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.