3. Liga preview: Can Hansa Rostock edge out victory against Viktoria Köln?

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Date: Sat 20.July
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ostseestadion (29000 seats)

Game week two of the 3. Liga season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Hansa Rostock - Viktoria Köln preview:

It's no vacation for neither Hansa Rostock nor Viktoria Köln as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Hansa Rostock form and stats

The first game here at Ostseestadion resulted in a draw. Last season Hansa Rostock's home game statistics were 7 victories, 7 draws and 5 defeats from 19 games.

The points were shared in Hansa Rostock's previous game, also at home. Visiting Viktoria Köln travelled back with a point after a 3-3 scoreline. Before that, Hansa Rostock played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Aalen.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hansa Rostock have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won 5 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Hansa Rostock at home. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

Last season, Hansa Rostock's league statistics were 14 wins, 13 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the 3. Liga. Over these 38 matches they scored 47 goals and conceded 46. Playing at home last season Hansa Rostock managed 7-7-5 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 25 conceded.

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Viktoria Köln form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first away game of the season. During their previous season 17 away games resulted in 8 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Hansa Rostock in their previous outing. The 3. Liga match ended in a draw 3-3. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Borussia M'gladbach II in the Regionalliga: West.

Viktoria Köln are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. From a total of two matches.

3 goals so far away for Viktoria Köln, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 match.

Let's have a look at how Viktoria Köln performed last season in the Regionalliga: West: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 10 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 62 and conceded 30 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 30/19 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Hansa Rostock - Viktoria Köln 3-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last one match): Hansa Rostock 0 wins, 1 draw and Viktoria Köln 0 victories. As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 games had two or less.

Hansa Rostock missing players

Viktoria Köln missing players

Hansa Rostock Viktoria Köln
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
3 3 0 Scored 0 3 3
3 3 0 Conceded 0 3 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 4.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
2 2 0 Corners For (avg) 0 5 5
5 5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 2 2
1 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Hansa Rostock Last season Viktoria Köln
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
38 19   Played   17 34
14 7   Won   8 19
13 7   Drew   5 10
11 5   Lost   4 5
47 26   Scored   30 62
46 25   Conceded   19 30
92% 89%   Over 0.5   100% 91%
82% 84%   Over 1.5   94% 79%
39% 42%   Over 2.5   41% 44%
24% 37%   Over 3.5   29% 26%
8% 16%   Over 4.5   12% 12%
55% 58%   BTTS   47% 47%
26% 26%   Clean Sheets   35% 44%
26% 26%   Failed To Score   18% 18%
 
4.8 5.4   Corners For (avg)   4.6 5.5
4.4 4.5   Corners Against (avg)   5.2 5
1.9 2.2   Yellow Cards (avg)   2 1.9
0 0   Red Cards   4 4
Key stats last season:
  • Hansa Rostock have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Viktoria Köln have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Viktoria Köln haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Hansa Rostock
All DFB Pokal Club Friendlies 3. Liga
All Home Away
03-07-19 CF Rodinghausen 1 - 2 Hansa Rostock
06-07-19 CF Wolfsburg 2 - 1 Hansa Rostock
09-07-19 CF Greifswalder FC 0 - 0 Hansa Rostock
13-07-19 CF Hansa Rostock 0 - 0 Hannover 96
20-07-19 3.L Hansa Rostock 3 - 3 Viktoria Köln
27-07-19 3.L Hallescher FC 12:00 Hansa Rostock
30-07-19 3.L Hansa Rostock 17:00 Bayern München II
03-08-19 3.L Unterhaching 12:00 Hansa Rostock
12-08-19 DFB Hansa Rostock 16:30 Stuttgart
17-08-19 3.L Hansa Rostock 12:00 Sonnenhof Großaspach
Viktoria Köln
All Regionalliga: West DFB Pokal Club Friendlies 3. Liga
All Home Away
18-05-19 RW Viktoria Köln 1 - 0 Borussia M'gladbach II
28-06-19 CF Lokomotive Leipzig 0 - 5 Viktoria Köln
03-07-19 CF Viktoria Köln 1 - 1 Bonner SC
12-07-19 CF Viktoria Köln 0 - 3 Heracles
20-07-19 3.L Hansa Rostock 3 - 3 Viktoria Köln
28-07-19 3.L Viktoria Köln 11:00 Chemnitzer FC
31-07-19 3.L Viktoria Köln 17:00 Hallescher FC
03-08-19 3.L Bayern München II 12:00 Viktoria Köln
17-08-19 3.L Viktoria Köln 12:00 Unterhaching
24-08-19 3.L Sonnenhof Großaspach 12:00 Viktoria Köln

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 MSV Duisburg 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Eintracht Braunschweig 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
3 Würzburger Kickers 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Zwickau 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 1860 München 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Hansa Rostock 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Kaiserslautern 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Preußen Münster 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Unterhaching 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Viktoria Köln 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
17 Bayern München II 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
18 Magdeburg 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Meppen 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Sonnenhof Großaspach 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0

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