In this week 21 match, on Saturday Jan 15th, Osnabrück hosts Saarbrücken at Osnatel Arena in a 3. Liga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 2 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 9th placed Osnabrück is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Magdeburg. Luca Schuler struck first for Magdeburg in the 36th minute, but Lukas Kunze got the equalizer for Osnabrück in the 62nd minute. Osnabrück is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while saarbrücken sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Havelse. Janicke scored the first goal for Saarbrücken in the 34th minute, then Fynn-Luca Lakenmacher tied it up for Havelse in the 61st minute on a feed from Florian Riedel . Saarbrücken should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Osnabrück took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Dennis Erdmann scored the first goal for Osnabrück on an own goal in the 6th minute, then Julian Gunther-Schmidt tied it up for Saarbrücken in the 13th minute.
Saarbrücken’s most prolific scorer has been Julian Gunther-Schmidt. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Osnabrück’s most prolific scorer has been Ba-Muaka Simakala. The German attacker has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.