SC Rot-Weiss Essen
- Four points ahead of 7th-placed SV Wehen Wiesbaden in 5th place, SC Rot-Weiss Essen have had an excellent start to the 3.Liga 2025-2026 season with 38 points from 21 games.
- RWE set up to exploit the transitions when playing vertically, press in situational moments and always ensure they have numbers forward to capitalize on second balls.
- Essen have won six and drawn three of their 3.Liga home games in 2025-2026 (W6, D3, L2).
SV Wehen Wiesbaden
- The visitors are on a roll themselves, coming into this with four wins in their last five league games, including consecutive wins over the last few weekends.
- Since Daniel Scherning was appointed as head coach in November 2025, Wehen Wiesbaden have looked a more disciplined and tactically sound outfit, preferring to play in a compact structure and only press in certain moments.
- The Eagles have won their share of games away from home in 2025-2026 (W4, D3, L4).
Head-to-Head
Essen have won their last two games against Wiesbaden in the 3.Liga and will be keen to continue that trend on Sunday.
Key Players
- RWE’s man up top, Marek Janssen, has scored seven league goals in 15 appearances and is in great form, having scored five of Essen's last nine league goals.
- Meanwhile, Wehen’s top scorer, Nikolas Agrafiotis, has scored the same number of goals as Janssen in a slightly higher number of appearances (21 vs 15).
Betting Insights
- With the two sides each looking to get on the scoreboard and recent trends hinting at an open game, we think Over 2.5 goals is a nice alternative bet at 1.65.
- Wehen’s defensive record on their travels isn’t bad (12 goals conceded in 11 away league games) and they have won two of their last three road games, including a gutsy 1-0 win at Ulm.
Prediction
Wehen are certainly the underdogs in this one, and we think RWE can edge a high-tempo match between two sides that play very differently, at a great value odds of 1.85 .
