Week 11 brings us a match on Oct 8th, where Waldhof Mannheim hosts Saarbrücken at Carl-benz-stadion in a meeting of these two 3. Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 8th placed Waldhof Mannheim is fresh off their 0-5 blowout loss against Osnabrück. Florian Kleinhansl scored the first goal for Osnabrück in the 35th minute, then Julian Riedel added another on an own goal in the 38th minute In the end, Waldhof Mannheim couldn’t muster any offence and Osnabrück ran away with the shutout win. Waldhof Mannheim is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 5th placed Saarbrücken, recorded a 2-2 draw against Freiburg II. Julian Stark scored the first goal for Freiburg II in the 22nd minute, then Tobias Janicke tied it up for Saarbrücken in the 59th minute . Saarbrücken should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Waldhof Mannheim won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Saarbrücken is fortunate enough to have Jacob in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored five goals. Pascal Sohm and Martinovic are the top scorers for Waldhof Mannheim in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.