It's the very first game of the new season for Düren Merzenich and FC Bocholt. The sheet is blank, the possibilities endless.
Düren Merzenich form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Düren Merzenich as they were promoted from Oberliga: Mittelrhein last season. Happy days that were secured through 27 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss from 34 games. The team scored 66 goals at home last season and conceded 7. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
Düren Merzenich have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Düren Merzenich scored 6 goals and let in 2 goals during these two games.
FC Bocholt form and stats
A job perfectly done for Bocholt last season as they secured promotion from Oberliga: Niederrhein. With a grand total of 18 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 9 were in away matches.
It's a day of discovery for FC Bocholt as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which FC Bocholt have played four with the results W1-D0-L3 (win-draw-lost). In these games FC Bocholt has scored 4 goals and conceded 10 times.
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Düren Merzenich missing players
FC Bocholt missing players
| Düren Merzenich | FC Bocholt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Düren Merzenich | Last season | FC Bocholt | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 111 | 66 | Scored | S | 36 | 79 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Conceded | C | 12 | 16 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 86% | ||
| 56% | 65% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 55% | ||
| 38% | 47% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 41% | ||
| 41% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 36% | ||
| 59% | 71% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 59% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 5% | ||
| 6.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.9 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.4 | ||
| 6.5 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 6.4 | ||
| 50% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 51% | ||
| 6 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 2.9 | ||
| 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 | Düren Merzenich | 34 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 111 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 45 | 15 | 89 | 87 |
| 2 | Hennef 05 | 34 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 84 | 33 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 18 | 51 | 76 |
| 3 | Bergisch Gladbach | 34 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 89 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 9 | 64 | 75 |
| 4 | Frechen | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 70 | 45 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 25 | 65 |
| 5 | Borussia Freialdenhoven | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 61 | 59 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 34 | 2 | 56 |
| 6 | Hurth | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 53 | 62 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 41 | -9 | 53 |
| 7 | Siegburger SV | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 58 | 46 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 52 |
| 8 | FC BW Friesdorf | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 64 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 35 | 4 | 50 |
| 9 | Viktoria Arnoldsweiler | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 64 | 57 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 36 | 7 | 49 |
| 10 | Pesch | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 71 | 59 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 47 |
| 11 | BCV Glesch / Paffendorf | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 52 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 29 | 3 | 46 |
| 12 | VfL Vichttal | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 59 | 78 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 45 | -19 | 41 |
| 13 | Fortuna Köln II | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 66 | 68 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 44 | -2 | 39 |
| 14 | Alfter | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 48 | 59 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 29 | -11 | 38 |
| 15 | Eilendorf | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 37 | 59 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 31 | -22 | 38 |
| 16 | SV Breinig | 34 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 46 | 96 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 45 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 51 | -50 | 24 |
| 17 | Deutz | 34 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 39 | 96 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 51 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 45 | -57 | 18 |
| 18 | Wesseling-Urfeld | 34 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 35 | 134 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 63 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 17 | 71 | -99 | 13 |
| 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 | Velbert | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 47 | 59 |
| 2 | FC Bocholt | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 79 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 63 | 57 |
| 3 | Hilden | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 35 | 53 |
| 4 | SF Baumberg | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 55 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 21 | 43 |
| 5 | Kleve | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 41 |
| 6 | Germania Ratingen | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 20 | 40 |
| 7 | TVD Velbert | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 40 |
| 8 | Monheim | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 36 |
| 9 | Schonnebeck | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 35 |
| 10 | Schwarz-Wei Essen | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 46 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 7 | 35 |
| 11 | TuRU 1880 Dusseldorf | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 30 |
| 12 | Meerbusch | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 38 | 52 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 18 | -14 | 30 |
| 13 | Union Nettetal | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 32 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | -8 | 26 |
| 14 | Kray | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 35 | 55 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | -20 | 24 |
| 15 | FSV Duisburg | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -4 | 23 |
| 16 | Teutonia St.Tönis | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 25 | -8 | 23 |
| 17 | Jahn Dinslaken-Hiesfeld | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 32 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 25 | -14 | 23 |
| 18 | Dusseldorf-West | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 29 | -20 | 20 |
| 19 | Cronenberger SC | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 55 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 33 | -27 | 20 |
| 20 | Sterkrade-Nord | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 33 | 62 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 41 | -29 | 17 |
| 21 | SC Velbert | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 33 | -31 | 17 |
| 22 | SF Niederwenigern | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 29 | -32 | 14 |
| 23 | 1. FC M'gladbach | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 68 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 27 | -40 | 12 |
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