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Competition: Germany Regionalliga: West
Competition: Fri 05.November
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Grenzlandstadion (10000 seats)

Regionalliga: West: Two sides in fairly good shape get together for this fixture. Rot-Weiss Essen have a small upper hand with their 1st position in the table?

Insights:
  • Borussia M'gladbach II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rot-Weiss Essen have the the best goal difference (+20) in Regionalliga: West

Borussia M'gladbach II and Rot-Weiss Essen should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Borussia M'gladbach II form and stats

When playing at home in the Regionalliga: West, Borussia M'gladbach II have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on M'gladbach to get some points in this home game.

In their previous game, the manager H. Vogel led his M'gladbach to a defeat in the Regionalliga: West match away at Rot Weiss Ahlen. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Grenzlandstadion.

Preceding that match was the home game against Rodinghausen that was lost 1-2.

The M'gladbach manager H. Vogel has got the team scoring with 14 from 7 home games in the league. On the other hand, Borussia M'gladbach II have conceded 8 goals.

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Rot-Weiss Essen form and stats

Rot-Weiss Essen's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Rot-Weiss Essen collect 17 points from their 7 away matches in the Regionalliga: West. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Things are running smoothly for Rot-Weiss Essen who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against SV 1919 Straelen.

Rot-Weiss Essen won their last game, 2-1 versus Alemannia Aachen played at home. Late drama in the previous game, when F. Herzenbruch scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time to defeat Alemannia Aachen.

A 3-3 draw at Fortuna Dusseldorf II's stadium before that.

The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Rot-Weiss alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (24 from 7 played). 7 goals have been conceded by Rot-Weiss in these games.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the former ten meetings involving these two squads are: three wins for Borussia M'gladbach II, two draws and five wins for Rot-Weiss Essen. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Rot-Weiss EssenS. Engelmann
S. Engelmann
7 goals
Borussia M'gladbach IIS. Meuer
S. Meuer
5 goals

Borussia M'gladbach II missing players

Rot-Weiss Essen missing players

Borussia M'gladbach II Rot-Weiss Essen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 2 7 14
6 4 1 Won W 1 5 9
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
6 2 1 Lost L 0 0 1
20 14 4 Scored S 5 24 34
16 8 3 Conceded C 4 7 14
86% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
64% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 79%
57% 86% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 64%
29% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 29%
14% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 43% 29%
50% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 57%
36% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 43%
29% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 7%
 
3.4 2 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 6 6.4
4.3 2.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 3.4 3.3
1.9 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.3 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.2 10.3 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 21.5 17.3 16
4.4 5.9 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 10.5 10 8.2
33% 34% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 34% 31%
Key stats in Regionalliga: West this season:
  • Borussia M'gladbach II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Borussia M'gladbach II have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Rot-Weiss Essen have not yet lost a game away.
  • Rot-Weiss Essen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rot-Weiss Essen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rot-Weiss Essen have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Rot-Weiss Essen have the most points (17) away in Regionalliga: West
  • Rot-Weiss Essen have the most scored goals (24) away in Regionalliga: West
  • Rot-Weiss Essen have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Regionalliga: West
  • Rot-Weiss Essen have the the best goal difference (+17) away in Regionalliga: West
  • Rot-Weiss Essen have the the best goal difference (+20) in Regionalliga: West
  • Rot-Weiss Essen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 Essen 14 9 4 1 34 14 7 4 2 1 10 7 7 5 2 0 24 7 20 31
2 Fortuna Koln 14 8 5 1 26 10 7 5 2 0 15 5 7 3 3 1 11 5 16 29
3 Preuen Munster 14 8 4 2 28 12 7 4 2 1 11 4 7 4 2 1 17 8 16 28
4 Wuppertaler SV 14 7 6 1 22 9 7 3 3 1 10 4 7 4 3 0 12 5 13 27
5 Rot-Wei Oberhausen 14 7 5 2 25 12 8 5 2 1 16 5 6 2 3 1 9 7 13 26
6 Köln II 14 8 1 5 34 22 7 4 1 2 22 12 7 4 0 3 12 10 12 25
7 Fortuna Dusseldorf II 14 6 5 3 29 20 7 4 2 1 20 10 7 2 3 2 9 10 9 23
8 Wiedenbruck 13 6 5 2 15 8 7 4 3 0 11 4 6 2 2 2 4 4 7 23
9 Rodinghausen 14 7 2 5 18 17 6 3 1 2 7 6 8 4 1 3 11 11 1 23
10 Borussia M'gladbach II 14 6 2 6 20 16 7 4 1 2 14 8 7 2 1 4 6 8 4 20
11 Lippstadt 08 14 6 2 6 26 26 7 4 1 2 13 9 7 2 1 4 13 17 0 20
12 Rot Weiss Ahlen 14 4 6 4 23 27 7 2 4 1 9 10 7 2 2 3 14 17 -4 18
13 SV 1919 Straelen 14 5 3 6 17 21 7 2 1 4 8 15 7 3 2 2 9 6 -4 18
14 Bonner SC 14 4 1 9 18 26 8 1 1 6 6 16 6 3 0 3 12 10 -8 13
15 Schalke 04 II 14 3 4 7 13 23 7 3 3 1 11 7 7 0 1 6 2 16 -10 13
16 Alemannia Aachen 14 2 4 8 13 22 6 1 1 4 6 12 8 1 3 4 7 10 -9 10
17 Wegberg-Beeck 14 2 4 8 12 24 7 1 1 5 6 14 7 1 3 3 6 10 -12 10
18 Homberg 14 2 4 8 9 24 7 1 3 3 7 10 7 1 1 5 2 14 -15 10
19 Sportfreunde Lotte 13 3 0 10 9 24 6 3 0 3 7 6 7 0 0 7 2 18 -15 9
20 Uerdingen 14 1 3 10 9 43 7 1 1 5 6 21 7 0 2 5 3 22 -34 6

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Read more about Regionalliga: West

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.