Erzgebirge Aue vs Viktoria Köln betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion (15690 seats)

Erzgebirge Aue and Viktoria Köln have both delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf expression. The teams both have mid-table positions in the 3. Liga.

This looks to be an engrossing fixture with lots of action and bustle as both sides are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's go!

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Erzgebirge Aue form and stats

The story so far in the 3. Liga for Erzgebirge Aue at their home stadium (Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

It's back home for Erzgebirge Aue, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Elversberg away with the result 1-0. Sijarić found the net in that victory.

Before that game, the home loss against Verl with the scoreline 2-3.

This is expected to be a close game, with Erzgebirge Aue perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Erzgebirge as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Erzgebirge Aue has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 5.

Erzgebirge Aue has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Erzgebirge's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Viktoria Köln form and stats

Playing away, Viktoria Köln have won 5 games, drawn 7 and suffered 4 defeats in the 3. Liga this season.

Viktoria Köln go into this game after a win, the home game against Ingolstadt that ended 3-1. Which player has bagged at least one goal four matches in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Meißner and that is quite the feat!

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against MSV Duisburg.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Viktoria Köln playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 3 Viktoria Köln wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 8 of this team's 10 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.

Viktoria are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 26 times in 16 away games so far. 22 goals have been conceded by Viktoria Köln in these games.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the squads played each other previously this campaign; Viktoria Köln - Erzgebirge Aue 3-0. Erzgebirge-Viktoria Köln H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Erzgebirge Aue zero wins, Viktoria Köln two wins, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Viktoria KölnR. Meißner
R. Meißner
12 goals
Erzgebirge AueD. Nazarov
D. Nazarov
9 goals
Viktoria KölnA. Becker
A. Becker
6 goals

Erzgebirge Aue missing players

Viktoria Köln missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Erzgebirge Aue Viktoria Köln
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
12 6 1 Won W 2 5 13
6 4 0 Drew D 2 7 11
15 6 3 Lost L 0 4 9
42 21 5 Scored S 7 26 51
49 21 9 Conceded C 4 22 46
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
73% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 81% 85%
55% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 61%
30% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 56% 42%
15% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
58% 56% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 75% 70%
24% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 19% 18%
24% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 15%
 
5.8 6.8 8.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4.7
5.2 4.8 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5 4.6
2.7 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 2.2
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11 11.4 12 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 10.6 9.9
4.6 4.7 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.1 3.8
28% 28% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 40% 40%
 
11.4 10.9 14.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 11.7 10.5
5.4 5.2 7.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 4.8 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Elversberg 33 20 7 6 71 32 17 11 3 3 41 17 16 9 4 3 30 15 39 67
2 Wehen Wiesbaden 33 19 6 8 65 44 16 10 3 3 33 18 17 9 3 5 32 26 21 63
3 Freiburg II 33 18 9 6 47 30 16 11 4 1 27 11 17 7 5 5 20 19 17 63
4 Dynamo Dresden 33 17 8 8 57 37 17 8 5 4 33 20 16 9 3 4 24 17 20 59
5 Osnabruck 33 17 6 10 59 43 16 10 2 4 30 16 17 7 4 6 29 27 16 57
6 Waldhof Mannheim 34 18 3 13 57 55 17 14 1 2 33 17 17 4 2 11 24 38 2 57
7 Saarbrucken 33 16 8 9 55 36 16 8 4 4 30 21 17 8 4 5 25 15 19 56
8 Viktoria Köln 33 13 11 9 51 46 17 8 4 5 25 24 16 5 7 4 26 22 5 50
9 1860 München 33 14 7 12 53 45 17 9 2 6 31 20 16 5 5 6 22 25 8 49
10 Verl 33 13 9 11 55 48 17 8 6 3 32 22 16 5 3 8 23 26 7 48
11 Erzgebirge Aue 33 12 6 15 42 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 17 6 2 9 21 28 -7 42
12 MSV Duisburg 33 9 12 12 44 51 17 3 9 5 23 26 16 6 3 7 21 25 -7 39
13 Ingolstadt 33 11 5 17 45 52 16 4 3 9 16 25 17 7 2 8 29 27 -7 38
14 Borussia Dortmund II 33 11 4 18 39 43 17 6 2 9 18 20 16 5 2 9 21 23 -4 37
15 Rot-Weiss Essen 32 8 12 12 37 48 16 5 7 4 18 22 16 3 5 8 19 26 -11 36
16 Hallescher FC 34 8 11 15 46 57 17 5 5 7 28 25 17 3 6 8 18 32 -11 35
17 VfB Oldenburg 33 8 7 18 37 58 17 3 5 9 23 35 16 5 2 9 14 23 -21 31
18 Bayreuth 33 9 4 20 33 64 16 6 2 8 21 26 17 3 2 12 12 38 -31 31
19 Zwickau 32 7 7 18 32 61 15 5 3 7 17 19 17 2 4 11 15 42 -29 28
20 Meppen 33 5 12 16 33 59 17 5 3 9 22 31 16 0 9 7 11 28 -26 27

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Elversberg 33 20 7 6 71 32 17 11 3 3 41 17 16 9 4 3 30 15 39 67
2 Wehen Wiesbaden 33 19 6 8 65 44 16 10 3 3 33 18 17 9 3 5 32 26 21 63
3 Freiburg II 33 18 9 6 47 30 16 11 4 1 27 11 17 7 5 5 20 19 17 63
4 Dynamo Dresden 33 17 8 8 57 37 17 8 5 4 33 20 16 9 3 4 24 17 20 59
5 Osnabruck 33 17 6 10 59 43 16 10 2 4 30 16 17 7 4 6 29 27 16 57
6 Waldhof Mannheim 34 18 3 13 57 55 17 14 1 2 33 17 17 4 2 11 24 38 2 57
7 Saarbrucken 33 16 8 9 55 36 16 8 4 4 30 21 17 8 4 5 25 15 19 56
8 Viktoria Köln 33 13 11 9 51 46 17 8 4 5 25 24 16 5 7 4 26 22 5 50
9 1860 München 33 14 7 12 53 45 17 9 2 6 31 20 16 5 5 6 22 25 8 49
10 Verl 33 13 9 11 55 48 17 8 6 3 32 22 16 5 3 8 23 26 7 48
11 Erzgebirge Aue 33 12 6 15 42 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 17 6 2 9 21 28 -7 42
12 MSV Duisburg 33 9 12 12 44 51 17 3 9 5 23 26 16 6 3 7 21 25 -7 39
13 Ingolstadt 33 11 5 17 45 52 16 4 3 9 16 25 17 7 2 8 29 27 -7 38
14 Borussia Dortmund II 33 11 4 18 39 43 17 6 2 9 18 20 16 5 2 9 21 23 -4 37
15 Rot-Weiss Essen 32 8 12 12 37 48 16 5 7 4 18 22 16 3 5 8 19 26 -11 36
16 Hallescher FC 34 8 11 15 46 57 17 5 5 7 28 25 17 3 6 8 18 32 -11 35
17 VfB Oldenburg 33 8 7 18 37 58 17 3 5 9 23 35 16 5 2 9 14 23 -21 31
18 Bayreuth 33 9 4 20 33 64 16 6 2 8 21 26 17 3 2 12 12 38 -31 31
19 Zwickau 32 7 7 18 32 61 15 5 3 7 17 19 17 2 4 11 15 42 -29 28
20 Meppen 33 5 12 16 33 59 17 5 3 9 22 31 16 0 9 7 11 28 -26 27

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The 3. Liga (Dritte Liga) is the third division in German football. It consists of 20 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 380 fixtures. The two top teams of the final league table are promoted and number three can promote through a playoff. The bottom three teams are relegated.