SV Sandhausen will be hoping for a better result following the 4-1 3rd Liga defeat last time out to Saarbrucken.
The only scorer from SV Sandhausen was Patrick Greil (43\'). Marcel Gaus (68\'), Luca Kerber (74\', 84\') and Kai Brünker (81\') scored for Saarbrucken.
Matches involving SV Sandhausen have usually been absorbing encounters recently with a lot of goalmouth action the rule rather than the exception. Over their past six games, the sum total of 22 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 10 of them coming from SV Sandhausen. Such a trend might not be sustained into this next game, however.
Looking at the pre-match facts, SV Sandhausen:
have not been beaten in the league by Arminia Bielefeld in their last 5 games.
are unbeaten in their last 6 home league matches.
In their previous game, Arminia Bielefeld drew 1-1 in the 3rd Liga match with RW Essen.
The only scorer from Arminia Bielefeld was Leandro Putaro (32\'). Cedric Harenbrock (61\') was the scorer for RW Essen.
Over the course of 6 of the past six clashes featuring Arminia Bielefeld, a notably low volume of goals have been hit between them and opposing teams. The overall average number of goals per game in that period works out to just 1.5, with the number of goals averaged by Bielefeld standing at 1.
A look at their previous results shows us that Arminia Bielefeld:
are winless against SV Sandhausen when they\'ve played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.
have not won away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.
Head to head
Checking on their most recent head to head clashes going back to 12/05/2019 shows us that SV Sandhausen have won 2 of these games & Arminia Bielefeld 1, with the number of drawn results being 3.
In all, 13 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 6 for Sandhausen and 7 created by Bielefeld. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.
The last league game between the two was 3rd Liga match day 15 on 11/11/2023 and the score finished Arminia Bielefeld 1-1 SV Sandhausen.
The match was refereed by Patrick Schwengers.
Team News: SV Sandhausen
Lucas Laux (Cruciate ligament tear), Rouwen Hennings (Achilles tendon surgery) and Max Geschwill (Foot injury) will be missing for SV Sandhausen gaffer Jens Keller.
Team News: Arminia Bielefeld
Due to a mostly available group of players, there’s just the lone fitness worry for the Arminia Bielefeld gaffer Michél Kniat to contend with. Noah Sarenren Bazee (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out for this game.
Prediction
When taking all factors into account, Arminia Bielefeld should be able to put one past this SV Sandhausen outfit, but it might not quite be enough to avoid a loss.
We reckon that it will be a very close game with a 2-1 victory for SV Sandhausen when the full-time whistle blows. It really should be an interesting one.
