Match details. 3. Liga, Regular Season - 9. Kick-off is Wed 14 Oct, 18:00 Lagos time. It is played at Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim. The referee is Timon Oliver Schulz.
What's at stake. SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 are 6th on 13 points after 8 games, 1 point behind FC Saarbrücken, level on points with Hoffenheim II. A win would take them above FC Saarbrücken. FC Ingolstadt 04 are 17th on 8 points after 8 games, level on points with Würzburger Kickers, level on points with SV Wehen. A win would take them above Würzburger Kickers.
Form. SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 have won four, drawn two and lost four of their last ten, 1.4 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W W L W L. FC Ingolstadt 04 have won four, drawn two and lost four of their last ten, 1.4 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L L L W L.
The numbers. SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 score one and concede 0.8 a game in their last five at home, with two clean sheets and two games without a goal. SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 average 8.8 shots (3.8 on target), 4.4 corners and 3.0 cards a game, with 48% of the ball. FC Ingolstadt 04 score 1.2 and concede one a game in their last five away, with two clean sheets. FC Ingolstadt 04 average 10.5 shots (3.6 on target), 4.2 corners and 2.3 cards a game, with 44% of the ball.
Head to head. In the last ten meetings SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 have won two, drawn four and lost four. Five of the ten went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in seven. In the last four, two were drawn and FC Ingolstadt 04 won two. The last time they met, on 16 May 2026, it finished SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 1-5 FC Ingolstadt 04: one yellow card.
Where it pulls both ways. It pulls both ways: SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 are the stronger side on form and the table, but both teams' records favour FC Ingolstadt 04; the meetings favour FC Ingolstadt 04. On goals, their goals for and against point to a tight game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 56%.
The case against. FC Ingolstadt 04's record still gives them 45% to win. The meetings do not back them.
The read. SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 to win. SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour FC Ingolstadt 04; the meetings favour FC Ingolstadt 04.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Under 4.5 Goals (SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 are a clear winner, no Unders); Under 5.5 Goals (SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 are a clear winner, no Unders). Predicted score: SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 1-0 FC Ingolstadt 04 (9% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call).