Evenly matched teams: MSV Duisburg vs Viktoria Köln match preview

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena (31515 seats)

Season ticket holders at Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena haven’t witnessed many home wins this season, with MSV Duisburg struggling in the 15th place. The opposing Viktoria Köln will attempt to protect their higher league place in this fixture.

Insights:
  • MSV Duisburg have the most conceded goals (54) in 3. Liga
  • Viktoria Köln have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Duisburg and Viktoria Köln.

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MSV Duisburg form and stats

The story so far in the 3. Liga for MSV Duisburg at their home stadium (Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

Prior to that, an away loss at Eintracht Braunschweig in the 3. Liga.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how MSV Duisburg have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won five, drawn five and lost four.

A decent goal production from Duisburg in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 14 league matches. MSV Duisburg are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (29 from 14 played).

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Viktoria Köln form and stats

Viktoria Köln have only collected 14 points from their away games in the 3. Liga, after 4-2-8 (14 played).

220 minutes! That's how long the Viktoria goalkeeper Moritz Nicolas and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Havelse in the 3. Liga.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Viktoria Köln in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Viktoria Köln, three draws and one defeat.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Viktoria Köln have conceded 24 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head meeting ended Viktoria Köln - MSV Duisburg 4-2, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding five meetings): Duisburg won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Viktoria Köln have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / one

Top Goalscorers

MSV DuisburgO. Ademi
O. Ademi
11 goals
MSV DuisburgM. Stoppelkamp
M. Stoppelkamp
9 goals
MSV DuisburgA. Bouhaddouz
A. Bouhaddouz
9 goals

MSV Duisburg missing players

Viktoria Köln missing players

MSV Duisburg Viktoria Köln
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 5 14 28
9 5 0 Won W 1 4 9
2 2 0 Drew D 0 2 7
17 7 4 Lost L 4 8 12
37 22 4 Scored S 4 9 31
54 29 12 Conceded C 8 24 42
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
75% 86% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 64% 68%
57% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 46%
39% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 21% 29%
29% 29% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
54% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 36% 50%
25% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 25%
21% 21% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 43% 32%
 
4.5 4.8 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 5
5 4.1 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 5.1 4.6
3.1 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2.1 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.6 11.1 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 9 10.1
3.7 3.9 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.5 4.3
36% 41% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 18% 26%
 
10.2 9.4 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.4 9.6
4.9 4.7 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.4 4.1
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • MSV Duisburg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Viktoria Köln have scored away.
  • MSV Duisburg have the most conceded goals (54) in 3. Liga
  • MSV Duisburg have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in 3. Liga
  • MSV Duisburg 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.

  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 28 20 4 4 63 27 14 11 2 1 26 7 14 9 2 3 37 20 36 64
2 Kaiserslautern 28 14 8 6 42 18 14 9 4 1 25 6 14 5 4 5 17 12 24 50
3 Eintracht Braunschweig 27 13 9 5 49 26 14 6 6 2 23 15 13 7 3 3 26 11 23 48
4 Saarbrucken 28 13 7 8 47 35 14 7 3 4 23 17 14 6 4 4 24 18 12 46
5 Waldhof Mannheim 28 12 10 6 41 31 14 6 5 3 23 16 14 6 5 3 18 15 10 46
6 1860 München 29 12 10 7 47 38 15 7 4 4 28 22 14 5 6 3 19 16 9 46
7 Osnabrück 27 12 9 6 40 27 13 6 3 4 14 8 14 6 6 2 26 19 13 45
8 Wehen Wiesbaden 28 12 7 9 39 33 14 5 5 4 17 15 14 7 2 5 22 18 6 43
9 Borussia Dortmund II 28 12 5 11 41 35 14 4 5 5 16 15 14 8 0 6 25 20 6 41
10 Meppen 28 12 5 11 36 42 14 7 3 4 23 13 14 5 2 7 13 29 -6 41
11 Freiburg II 28 10 9 9 29 37 14 7 4 3 21 16 14 3 5 6 8 21 -8 39
12 Hallescher FC 28 9 8 11 37 38 14 7 3 4 25 19 14 2 5 7 12 19 -1 35
13 Viktoria Köln 28 9 7 12 31 42 14 5 5 4 22 18 14 4 2 8 9 24 -11 34
14 Zwickau 26 7 11 8 32 36 14 4 5 5 16 19 12 3 6 3 16 17 -4 32
15 MSV Duisburg 28 9 2 17 37 54 14 5 2 7 22 29 14 4 0 10 15 25 -17 29
16 Viktoria Berlin 27 7 6 14 34 46 13 5 3 5 18 20 14 2 3 9 16 26 -12 27
17 Verl 28 5 10 13 37 52 13 3 4 6 17 23 15 2 6 7 20 29 -15 25
18 Würzburger Kickers 28 4 9 15 23 44 14 1 5 8 12 27 14 3 4 7 11 17 -21 21
19 Havelse 28 5 6 17 23 49 14 3 0 11 11 29 14 2 6 6 12 20 -26 21
20 Türkgücü-Ataspor 28 6 8 14 27 45 14 5 4 5 18 21 14 1 4 9 9 24 -18 15

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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.