It's only the second game in the 3. Liga for these contenders. And fresh optimism here at Stadion Ludwigspark as Saarbrücken receive Viktoria Köln. Read this preview!
Both squads have had adequate rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an in-your-face match!
Saarbrücken form and stats
The season before, Saarbrücken's league results were 20 wins, 9 draws and 9 losses, producing 5th spot in the Club Friendlies 2. In these 38 matches they scored {64 goals} and conceded 39. Performing as the host team in the previous season Saarbrücken managed 11-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with {36 goals} and 22 conceded.
Saarbrücken's previous fixture was a DFB Pokal game also played at home, finishing 2-1 versus Karlsruher SC. The home side hope to to repeat that performance.
Before that, Saarbrücken played out a 3. Liga draw 1-1 when visiting Ulm.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Saarbrücken's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Verl are coming to town in four days.
Viktoria Köln form and stats
Let's have a look at how Viktoria Köln performed last season in the 3. Liga: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 13 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 58 and conceded {53 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 8 and lost 5 with 32/26 goals scored/conceded.
The supporters enjoyed Viktoria Köln's previous game versus Werder Bremen, a DFB Pokal win (3-2) played at home. The attacker Philipp got a match rating of 8.82 in that game. Philipp scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Verl in the 3. Liga.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Viktoria Köln when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 2 and winning 1 game.
After this away game Viktoria return home for a 3. Liga game against Rot-Weiss Essen. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: four - two - three (Saarbrücken wins - draws - Viktoria Köln wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Brünker 1 goals |  D. Bogicevic 1 goals |  P. Koronkiewicz 1 goals |
Saarbrücken missing players
Viktoria Köln missing players
| Saarbrücken | Viktoria Köln | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Saarbrücken | Last season | Viktoria Köln | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 8 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 64 | 36 | Scored | S | 32 | 58 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Conceded | C | 26 | 53 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 97% | ||
| 74% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 87% | ||
| 53% | 63% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 58% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 39% | ||
| 13% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 11% | ||
| 45% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 79% | 71% | ||
| 42% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 16% | 16% | ||
| 21% | 16% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 16% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.7 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 10.1 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 39% | ||
| 9.9 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Viktoria Köln | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Dynamo Dresden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1860 München | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Hallescher FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Erzgebirge Aue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Jahn Regensburg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Freiburg II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Saarbrücken | 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 | MSV Duisburg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Ulm | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Borussia Dortmund II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | VfB Lübeck | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Preußen Münster | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Ingolstadt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Verl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Waldhof Mannheim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | Elversberg | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 80 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 40 | 74 |
| 2 | Freiburg II | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 34 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 73 |
| 3 | Osnabruck | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 70 | 49 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 21 | 70 |
| 4 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 71 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 20 | 70 |
| 5 | Saarbrücken | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 64 | 39 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 25 | 69 |
| 6 | Dynamo Dresden | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 44 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 21 | 69 |
| 7 | Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 63 | 65 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 44 | -2 | 60 |
| 8 | 1860 München | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 61 | 52 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 9 | 57 |
| 9 | Viktoria Köln | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 58 | 53 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 5 | 55 |
| 10 | Verl | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 60 | 58 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 2 | 49 |
| 11 | Ingolstadt | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 54 | 56 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 28 | -2 | 47 |
| 12 | MSV Duisburg | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 54 | 58 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 30 | -4 | 46 |
| 13 | Borussia Dortmund II | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 47 | 49 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 29 | -2 | 45 |
| 14 | Erzgebirge Aue | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 49 | 62 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 34 | -13 | 45 |
| 15 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 43 | 56 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 30 | -13 | 42 |
| 16 | Hallescher FC | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 49 | 60 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 35 | -11 | 41 |
| 17 | Meppen | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 43 | 65 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 33 | -22 | 37 |
| 18 | VfB Oldenburg | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 42 | 64 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 26 | -22 | 35 |
| 19 | Zwickau | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 42 | 72 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 47 | -30 | 35 |
| 20 | Bayreuth | 38 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 39 | 81 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 44 | -42 | 32 |
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