Mannheim will arrive at Sportclub Arena on Saturday for the 3rd Liga showdown with home side Verl.
View all Verl v Mannheim tips, stats and our pre-match poll below - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Form Guide
Verl
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Verl will be looking for an improved result here after a 1-0 3rd Liga loss in their previous game against Hallescher.
Tunay Deniz (31') was the scorer for Hallescher.
In their prior six games, Alexander Ende's Verl have hit the back of the net a total of 9 times, with that being an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.5.
Mannheim
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Since tasting defeat last time out to RW Essen in 3rd Liga action, Mannheim and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
Torben Müsel (42') and Leonardo Vonić (90') scored for RW Essen.
The stats tell the story, and Mannheim have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 7 goals in total. Defensively, Mannheim just haven’t been too solid at all. Let’s see whether or not that trend can be sustained into this next match.
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Head to head
A glance at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 15/05/2021 tells us that Verl have won 1 of these & Mannheim 3, with the tally of drawn games being 2.
17 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them from Verl and 10 for Mannheim. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.
The last league game featuring the two was 3rd Liga match day 16 on 24/11/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Mannheim 1-2 Verl.
The match was refereed by Tom Bauer.
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Team News: Verl
Nicolas Sessa (Meniscus injury) and Fabio Gruber (Facial fracture) will be missing for Verl boss Alexander Ende. Suspended players who are serving a ban for this game are Marcel Benger and Michel Stöcker.
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Team News: Mannheim
Thanks to a mainly available group, there is just a single fitness problem for the Mannheim boss Marco Antwerpen to be concerned with. Jan-Christoph Bartels (unknown injury) won’t be playing here. Lukas Klünter is ineligible for this match because of suspension.
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Prediction
It’s looking like Mannheim and Verl should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.
Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level. We therefore think that it’s going to be a very even match with a score draw when the referee blows the full-time whistle.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira,
02:10 25/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Verl
Formed: 1924
Stadium: Sportclub Arena (5,153)
Captain: Torge Paetow
Chairman: Raimund Bertels
Manager: Alexander Ende
Competitions: 3rd Liga position 13
⭐ Key Player: Maximilian Wolfram
Regularly deployed in the Striker position, Maximilian Wolfram was born in Germany. Having played his first senior match for FC Carl Zeiss Jena in the 2017 - 2018 season, the dangerous Forward has managed 7 league goals in this 3. Liga 2023 - 2024 season so far from a total of 33 appearances.