SC Preussen 06 Munster vs Rot-Weiss Essen

Match details. 3. Liga, Regular Season - 8. Kick-off is Fri 9 Oct, 18:00 Lagos time. It is played at LVM-Preußenstadion, Muenster. The referee is Felix Bickel.

What's at stake. SC Preussen 06 Munster are 8th on 11 points after 7 games, level on points with Alemannia Aachen, 1 point clear of Waldhof Mannheim. A win would take them above Alemannia Aachen. Rot-Weiss Essen are 3rd on 14 points after 7 games, 1 point behind FC Viktoria Köln, 1 point clear of FC Saarbrücken. A win would take them above FC Viktoria Köln.

Form. SC Preussen 06 Munster have won three, drawn three and lost four of their last ten, 1.2 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L D W W L. Rot-Weiss Essen have won six, drawn two and lost two of their last ten, 2.0 points a game. Their last five, newest first: D W W W D.

The numbers. SC Preussen 06 Munster score 1.6 and concede 1.6 a game in their last five at home, with no clean sheets. SC Preussen 06 Munster average 7.5 shots (3.2 on target), 3.4 corners and 2.3 cards a game, with 51% of the ball. Rot-Weiss Essen score 1.6 and concede 1.1 a game over their last ten, with five clean sheets and two games without a goal. Rot-Weiss Essen average 14.6 shots (5.2 on target), 5.7 corners and 2.6 cards a game, with 57% of the ball.

Head to head. In the last six meetings SC Preussen 06 Munster have won two, drawn one and lost three. Two of the six went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in three. In the last four, SC Preussen 06 Munster won one, one was drawn and Rot-Weiss Essen won two. The last time they met, on 28 Jan 2024, it finished SC Preussen 06 Munster 2-1 Rot-Weiss Essen: SC Preussen 06 Munster had 6 shots to 8, 38% of the ball, three yellow cards.

Where it pulls both ways. On goals, their goals for and against point to an open game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 51%; four of the last six meetings went under 2.5, and the meetings settle it.

The case against. Not everything agrees on goals: their goals for and against point to an open game. Not everything agrees on goals: their records put over 2.5 goals at 51%.

The read. No side to back. A tight game. Nothing separates them clearly enough to back a side. Four of the last six meetings went under 2.5.

The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Over 1.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read); Rot-Weiss Essen or Over 2.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read); Double Chance: Draw or Rot-Weiss Essen (no result call). Predicted score: SC Preussen 06 Munster 1-1 Rot-Weiss Essen (13% chance).