The visiting Rot-Weiss Essen side should be favourites in this visit to Sportfreunde Lotte, as the away team holds a 31 point advantage from their 18 league games this season.
- Sportfreunde Lotte has the most conceded goals (39) in Regionalliga: West
- Rot-Weiss Essen is in the best form (5-1-0)
Rot-Weiss Essen could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Regionalliga: West game only three sleeps ago.
Sportfreunde Lotte form and stats
The story so far in the Regionalliga: West for Sportfreunde Lotte, who have the most conceded goals (39) in Regionalliga: West, at their home stadium (FRIMO Stadion) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 253 minutes without scoring a league goal. D. Bajric was the last player to find the net.
Sportfreunde lost their last game at Wegberg-Beeck (placed 12th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Sportfreunde lost 0-2 at Koln II's place.
Sportfreunde Lotte has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. On the other hand, Sportfreunde have conceded 12 goals.
Rot-Weiss Essen form and stats
The away team, who have the most clean sheets (9) in Regionalliga: West, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 4 draws and only 0 losses in the Regionalliga: West. Things are running smoothly for Rot-Weiss Essen who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 18 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Wiedenbruck. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Borussia Dortmund II game have they lost an away game, meaning Rot-Weiss has taken points from nine away matches in a row.
Rot-Weiss had fun at their own home (FRIMO Stadion) last time out, beating SV 1919 Straelen 4-1. Before that, Rot-Weiss secured a home win against Koln II with the score 3-1.
Rot-Weiss are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 9 away games so far. The Rot-Weiss Essen defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (4 goals in 9 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Sportfreunde wins - draws - Rot-Weiss Essen wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Engelmann 16 goals |  L. Demaj 4 goals |  M. Kehl-Gómez 4 goals |
Sportfreunde Lotte missing players
Rot-Weiss Essen missing players
| Sportfreunde Lotte | Rot-Weiss Essen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 10 | 16 | 41 |
| 39 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 94% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 89% | 89% |
| 56% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 22% | 39% |
| 44% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 11% | 28% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 50% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 56% | 50% |
| 39% | 33% | 67% | 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 |
| 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 40% | 46% | 6% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 67% | 88% |
- Rot-Weiss Essen has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Regionalliga: West
- Rot-Weiss Essen has the most clean sheets (9) in Regionalliga: West
- Rot-Weiss Essen has the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Regionalliga: West
- Rot-Weiss Essen have not yet lost a game.
- Rot-Weiss Essen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rot-Weiss Essen have scored in all their matches so far.
- Rot-Weiss Essen have scored more than double the goals of Sportfreunde Lotte.
- Rot-Weiss Essen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rot-Weiss Essen is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Sportfreunde Lotte has the most conceded goals (39) in Regionalliga: West
- Sportfreunde Lotte has the the worst goal difference (-22) in Regionalliga: West
- Sportfreunde Lotte have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 31 | 44 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund II | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 31 | 38 |
| 3 | Fortuna Dusseldorf II | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 31 |
| 4 | Fortuna Koln | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 30 |
| 5 | Preuen Munster | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| 6 | Koln II | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 30 |
| 7 | Schalke 04 II | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 28 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach II | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 25 |
| 9 | Rodinghausen | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Wiedenbruck | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Alemannia Aachen | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| 12 | Wegberg-Beeck | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | -4 | 21 |
| 13 | Rot-Wei Oberhausen | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | SV 1919 Straelen | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -11 | 19 |
| 15 | Homberg | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 17 |
| 16 | Wuppertaler SV | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -13 | 16 |
| 17 | Bergisch Gladbach | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -12 | 15 |
| 18 | Lippstadt 08 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -16 | 15 |
| 19 | Sportfreunde Lotte | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 27 | -22 | 13 |
| 20 | Bonner SC | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -18 | 12 |
| 21 | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -18 | 9 |
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