The 3. Liga league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Meppen and Viktoria Köln are placed 16th and 8th respectively.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Meppen form and stats
Meppen have less points than they have played home games in the 3. Liga so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 0 points. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Meppen, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Meppen are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Unterhaching. Before that game, the home loss against Verl with the scoreline 1-2.
This is expected to be a close game, with Meppen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Meppen as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Meppen has won five of these, drawn two and lost six.
The manager C. Neidhardt will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hallescher FC in only three days.
At Hänsch-Arena, Meppen has the goal stats of 2-5 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Viktoria Köln form and stats
Viktoria Köln are still undefeated on their travels in the 3. Liga. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
207 minutes! That's how long the Viktoria Köln goalkeeper Sebastian Mielitz and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
A. Bunjaku and L. Cueto scored in Viktoria's previous match, the home game against Ingolstadt that ended 2-0. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Magdeburg.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Viktoria Köln in our archives, and the results are: one win for Viktoria Köln, two draws and one defeat.
A quick return to home after this game, as Viktoria are hosting Bayern München II in the 3. Liga only three days away.
It's early days yet, but Viktoria Köln has scored 4 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Meppen-Viktoria Köln H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Meppen one win, Viktoria Köln zero wins, one draw. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Meppen missing players
Viktoria Köln missing players
| Meppen | Viktoria Köln | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 5 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | 15 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 20 | 33 |
| 14 | 5 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 36% | 40% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| Meppen | Last season | Viktoria Köln | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 69 | 35 | Scored | S | 34 | 65 | ||
| 57 | 32 | Conceded | C | 41 | 71 | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 84% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 95% | 87% | ||
| 66% | 68% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 74% | 66% | ||
| 39% | 37% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 47% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 37% | 32% | ||
| 63% | 63% | BTTS | BTTS | 74% | 63% | ||
| 26% | 16% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 21% | ||
| 21% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 16% | 18% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 409 | 226 | Total Shots | T S | 178 | 356 | ||
| 184 | 100 | Shots on Target | S O | 82 | 163 | ||
| 36% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | 1860 München | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Dynamo Dresden | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Unterhaching | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Ingolstadt | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Hansa Rostock | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Saarbrücken | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | Verl | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Viktoria Köln | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Waldhof Mannheim | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Zwickau | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Bayern München II | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Uerdingen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Magdeburg | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Meppen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 17 | Kaiserslautern | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 18 | Hallescher FC | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
| 19 | MSV Duisburg | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 20 | VfB Lubeck | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München II | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 76 | 60 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 16 | 65 |
| 2 | Wurzburger Kickers | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 71 | 60 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 64 |
| 3 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 64 | 53 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 64 |
| 4 | Ingolstadt | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 61 | 40 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 21 | 63 |
| 5 | MSV Duisburg | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 68 | 48 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 28 | 20 | 62 |
| 6 | Hansa Rostock | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 43 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 59 |
| 7 | Meppen | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 69 | 57 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 25 | 12 | 58 |
| 8 | 1860 München | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 63 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 58 |
| 9 | Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 52 | 47 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 56 |
| 10 | Kaiserslautern | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 59 | 54 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 36 | 5 | 55 |
| 11 | Unterhaching | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 50 | 53 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 28 | -3 | 51 |
| 12 | Viktoria Köln | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 65 | 71 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 41 | -6 | 51 |
| 13 | Uerdingen | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 54 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -14 | 48 |
| 14 | Magdeburg | 38 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 49 | 42 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 47 |
| 15 | Hallescher FC | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 64 | 66 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 34 | -2 | 46 |
| 16 | Zwickau | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 56 | 61 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 32 | -5 | 44 |
| 17 | Chemnitzer FC | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 54 | 60 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 39 | -6 | 44 |
| 18 | Preuen Munster | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 49 | 62 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 32 | -13 | 40 |
| 19 | Sonnenhof Großaspach | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 67 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 41 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 26 | -34 | 32 |
| 20 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 38 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 40 | 85 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 33 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 52 | -45 | 23 |
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