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Predictions and Tips
The 3rd Liga tie at Stadion an der Hafenstraße on Saturday sees home side RW Essen locking horns with Saarbrucken.
Our RW Essen v Saarbrucken tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below (including the best match odds).
📊 Form Guide

RW Essen
DLWWWW 📈
RW Essen, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 0-2 3rd Liga victory against SV Sandhausen.
For RW Essen, the goals were scored by Ramien Safi (17') and Julian Eitschberger (34').
Uwe Koschinat's RW Essen have hit the back of the net 10 times in their prior half-dozen outings. The comparative number of goals that have been scored against them in those same games stands at 7.
Looking at their past form shows that RW Essen:
- haven't beaten Saarbrucken in their previous 2 matches in the league.
- are undefeated in their previous 8 home league matches. A very good run at home.
Saarbrucken
LDDWDL
Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Dynamo Dresden in 3rd Liga competition, Saarbrucken will be aiming to make amends here.
For Saarbrucken, the scorers were Bjarne Thoelke (11' Own goal) and Sven Sonnenberg (21'). Christoph Daferner (2'), Niklas Hauptmann (56') and Dominik Kother (67') scored for Dynamo Dresden.
In 5 of the past 6 games featuring Saarbrucken, a notably low volume of goals have been hit between them and opposing sides. The overall average number of goals per game in that period is a meagre 2.17, with the number of goals averaged by Saarbrücken standing at 0.83.
Pre-game facts show that Saarbrucken:
- have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.
- have not won away from home in their last 3 league games.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Checking out their prior head to head duels dating back to 08/04/2005, there has been little to separate the clubs with RW Essen winning 2 of those games, Saarbrucken 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.
A combined total of 10 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 4 of them for Essen and 6 being from Saarbrücken. That’s an average goals per game of 1.67.
The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was 3rd Liga match day 16 on 01/12/2024 when the final score was Saarbrucken 1-0 RW Essen.
The match was refereed by Michael Bacher.
⚡ Prediction
We’re thinking that Saarbrucken and RW Essen could well cancel each other out, with goals at a real premium.
At this stage, it appears to have the makings of a possible draw. That’s why our selection here is for a close game with a 0-0 draw after 90 minutes.
Peter Guest, 11:04 26/04/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

🏟️ Team Focus:
RW Essen
Formed: 1907
Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße (19,962)
Captain: Michael Schultz
Chairman: Marc-Nicolai Pfeifer
Manager: Uwe Koschinat
Competitions: 3rd Liga position 10
🔑 Star Man: Ramien Safi
Mostly deployed in the Right Wing position, Ramien Safi was born in Groningen, Netherlands. Having made a first senior appearance for Rödinghausen in the 2022 - 2023 season, the dangerous Forward has hit 5 league goals in this 3. Liga 2024 - 2025 season so far in a total of 33 appearances.
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34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 63 | WWDLW |
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34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 62 | DWWWW |
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34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 58 | WLLLW |
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34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 56 | DDWDL |
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34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 54 | LWWLW |
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34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 51 | WDDDL |
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35 | 15 | 6 | 14 | -2 | 51 | WWWWL |
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34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 50 | LWWLL |
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34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 50 | WWLLD |
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34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 49 | LWWWW |
11 |
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34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 46 | LDLDW |
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34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | -9 | 46 | LWLLW |
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34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 45 | WDLWW |
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34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | -1 | 44 | WLDWL |
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34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 43 | DDWWL |
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34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | -4 | 39 | DDLLD |
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34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 39 | WLLDD |
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34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -13 | 32 | LLLLL |
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34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -22 | 30 | DLDDD |
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33 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -26 | 23 | LLWDL |
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Osnabruck |
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SV Sandhausen |
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Erzgebirge Aue |
Energie Cottbus |
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Alemannia Aachen |
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Verl |
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Dynamo Dresden |
Wehen Wiesbaden |
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Erzgebirge Aue |
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Erzgebirge Aue |
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Hansa Rostock |
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Dynamo Dresden |
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Mannheim |
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Ingolstadt |
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Unterhaching |
Wehen Wiesbaden |
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Saarbrucken |
Hansa Rostock |
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Saarbrucken |
Arminia Bielefeld |
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Viktoria Cologne |
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Unterhaching |
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Ingolstadt |
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Saarbrucken |
Goals scored | 1.8 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 37 |
Time first goal conceded | 39 |
Yellow cards | 2.8 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.4 |
Biggest victory | 5-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 1.2 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 40 |
Time first goal conceded | 38 |
Yellow cards | 2.7 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.6 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Ahmet Arslan | 14 |
Ramien Safi | 7 |
Torben Müsel | 6 |
Leonardo Vonić | 5 |
Lucas Brumme | 4 |
Kai Brünker | 8 |
Kasim Rabihić | 8 |
Florian Krüger | 7 |
Sebastian Vasiliadis | 6 |
Tim Civeja | 5 |
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