📏 Form Guide

Duisburg

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Duisburg will be looking for an improved result here after a 4-1 3rd Liga defeat in their last game at the hands of RW Essen.

The only name on the scoresheet from Duisburg was Alexander Esswein (37'). Vinko Šapina (45'), Lucas Brumme (57', 94') and Moussa Doumbouya (72') scored for RW Essen.

It’s been seldom in recent games that Duisburg haven’t conceded. The facts show that Duisburg have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 11 goals on the way.

Mannheim

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Mannheim will come into the clash following on from a 6-1 3rd Liga win to beat Unterhaching in their last fixture.

The numbers tell their own story, and Mannheim have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 6 goals overall. Defensively, Mannheim have been far from perfect. That sort of trend might not be carried forward here, of course.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Mannheim:

• have not been beaten by Duisburg when they have played them away from home in the previous 5 league games. An impressive run.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 10/04/2021 shows that these fixtures have been pretty painful for Duisburg. They’ve not been able to get any wins whatsoever whereas Mannheim have been too good for them, beating them in 67% of those games where they have faced each other.

A sum of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 5 from Duisburg and 13 coming from Mannheim. That’s an average goals per game of 3.

🗞️ Team News: Duisburg

Caspar Jander (Knee injury), Pascal Köpke (Knee problems), Hamza Anhari (Knee problems), Chinedu Ekene (Knee problems) and Sebastian Mai (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be available for Duisburg boss Boris Schommers. Vincent Müller is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

📋 Team News: Mannheim

Due to a mostly full-strength squad, there is only a single fitness issue for the Mannheim gaffer Marco Antwerpen to be concerned with. Jan-Christoph Bartels (unknown injury) won’t be playing here.

💭 Prediction

Our feeling is that Mannheim and Duisburg should both be able to score here although it’s hard to pick a clear winner.

We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square. That’s why our selection here is for a close game with a score draw when the referee blows the full-time whistle.

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Renata Leite, 16:24 12/04/2024