Meppen have performed better than Viktoria Köln so far, but every fixture starts at 0-0. Here's all the information you require ahead of kickoff:
- Meppen have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Viktoria Köln is in the best form (4-2-0) in 3. Liga
Both squads have had plenty of rest since their last game. Let's trust this will be an energetic fixture!
Meppen form and stats
The 3. Liga stats at home this season for Meppen are 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Meppen are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Meppen, who won 1-0 against Borussia Dortmund II (placed 11th).
In the game before, an away victory match versus Borussia Dortmund II with a 1-0 scoreline.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 Meppen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost five.
The Meppen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. From these home matches, Meppen have conceded only 6 goals.
Viktoria Köln form and stats
There's been little loot from Viktoria Köln's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the 3. Liga. Viktoria Köln only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. Viktoria love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Viktoria Köln play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-1 victory visiting Bornheim. As mentioned above, Viktoria was the only team on the pitch versus Bornheim in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Turkgucu-Ataspor at their stadium, the result 2-1.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 four wins, seven draws and eight defeats. From a total of 19 matches.
The attacking power of Viktoria when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. In the opposite end, Viktoria have conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - one - two (Meppen wins - draws - Viktoria Köln wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Handle 5 goals |   L. Tankulic 4 goals |  W. Evseev 2 goals |
Meppen missing players
Viktoria Köln missing players
| Meppen | Viktoria Köln | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 20 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 53% | 43% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 73% |
| 33% | 29% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 53% |
| 33% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 27% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 40% | 29% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 20% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 38% | 27% |
| 6.7 | 5.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 4.7 | 3.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 3.1 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.4 | 9.9 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.2 | 9.8 |
| 4.5 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 27% | 35% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 27% |
| 9.9 | 8.6 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 10.4 | 9 |
| 4.3 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
- Meppen have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Meppen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Viktoria Köln have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Viktoria Köln have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Viktoria Köln haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Viktoria Köln is in the best form (4-2-0) in 3. Liga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Magdeburg | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 31 |
| 2 | Osnabruck | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
| 3 | Meppen | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 4 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Waldhof Mannheim | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Kaiserslautern | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 22 |
| 7 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Viktoria Berlin | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 9 | Saarbrucken | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Hallescher FC | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Borussia Dortmund II | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 20 |
| 12 | Zwickau | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 13 | Viktoria Köln | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Freiburg II | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -12 | 19 |
| 15 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 18 |
| 16 | 1860 München | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 17 |
| 17 | Verl | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 16 |
| 18 | MSV Duisburg | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Wurzburger Kickers | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 | Havelse | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -23 | 10 |
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