Cottbus (home)
- Cottbus have won six, drawn three and lost just one of their ten home games in 3.Liga 2025-2026, averaging 2.60 goals scored per game.
- Cottbus will be expected to win at short odds when third-placed 3.Liga promotion contenders Energie Cottbus take on 3.Liga bottom-placers 1.FC Schweinfurt 05 at home on Saturday.
- Claus-Dieter Wollitz’s men have done well to amass 37 points from 20 games in 2025-26, currently third and firmly in the promotion race, and it’s easy to see why given their swashbuckling, high-tempo style.
- Cottbus will push the ball up the field with verticality and will press with aggression while they are not in possession.
- They will line-up in a 4-3-3 for the majority of the game, but tend to narrow that shape when they make their final surges to break down their opponents and overload the penalty area.
- Tolcay Cigerci has been one of the more creative forces on the pitch for Cottbus of late, supplying three assists in their last five league games, but Erik Engelhardt is their talisman up front with 13 goals scored in 20 league games - four of the team's last ten goals.
Schweinfurt (away)
- Schweinfurt have lost their last two 3.Liga away games, failing to score a goal in both.
- Schweinfurt, on the other hand, are on nine points after 20 games and are rock-bottom of the 3.Liga table.
- It’s a much more conservative approach than Cottbus, as the visitors prefer to keep the ball, play through the midfield with short, crisp passing and stay compact as a unit.
- A double-pivot will help them to cover the centre of the field while the full-backs tuck in.
- They don’t have much firepower in the attacking third, but they will look to press when they can and create set-pieces.
- Jakob Tranziska leads the scoring charts for Schweinfurt, but has only managed to score four goals in 17 league appearances.
Key Players
- Cottbus
- Tolcay Cigerci has been one of the more creative forces on the pitch for Cottbus of late, supplying three assists in their last five league games.
- Erik Engelhardt is their talisman up front with 13 goals scored in 20 league games - four of the team's last ten goals.
- Schweinfurt
- Jakob Tranziska leads the scoring charts for Schweinfurt, but has only managed to score four goals in 17 league appearances.
Betting Insights
- Cottbus come into this game as heavy favorites at 1.4, while Schweinfurt are 7.25 underdogs.
- Given the firepower Cottbus have in abundance and Schweinfurt's poor away record, we’re taking the Over 2.5 goals market at 1.42.
Prediction
It’s no surprise that the home side are in line to secure all three points and maintain their promotion chase.
