3. Liga match preview: Verl versus Viktoria Köln

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 12.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: SPORTCLUB Arena (5001 seats)

4th position in the 3. Liga table for Verl so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed Viktoria Köln visits SPORTCLUB Arena.

Insights:
  • Verl has the the best goal difference (+11) in 3. Liga
  • Viktoria Köln has the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in 3. Liga

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Verl form and stats

3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the 3. Liga numbers at home for Verl, who have the the best goal difference (+11) in 3. Liga, so far this season.

Verl's last game was hosting Hallescher FC (placed 8th) and winning 4-2. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Uerdingen.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Verl are traveling soon after this match as the 3. Liga match at Dynamo Dresden awaits in three days.

Goals decide football matches and Verl are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 6 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Viktoria Köln form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 3. Liga travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Viktoria go into this game after a win, the home game against 1860 München that ended 2-1. Prior to that match, the Viktoria manager P. Dotchev faced defeat when travelling to Hallescher FC and losing 0-2.

A quick return to home after this game, as Viktoria are hosting Uerdingen in the 3. Liga only four days away.

The travelling fans enjoy Viktoria Köln's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away. Viktoria have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Verl victories, two draws and eight Viktoria Köln wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VerlZ. Janjić
Z. Janjić
8 goals
VerlA. Yildirim
A. Yildirim
6 goals
Viktoria KölnM. Wunderlich
M. Wunderlich
4 goals

Verl missing players

Viktoria Köln missing players

Verl Viktoria Köln
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 3 Played P 1 7 14
7 3 1 Won W 0 3 6
2 1 1 Drew D 0 2 3
3 2 1 Lost L 1 2 5
25 14 6 Scored S 1 11 19
14 9 5 Conceded C 5 12 22
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 93%
83% 83% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 43%
33% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 57% 36%
17% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 14% 14%
75% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 50%
25% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 21%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.1 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.3 12.7 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 2 10.7 8.4
5 6.5 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 5.4 4.4
42% 36% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 29% 31%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • All of Verl's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Verl has the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in 3. Liga
  • Verl has the most matches over the total-line (10) in 3. Liga
  • Verl has the the best goal difference (+11) in 3. Liga
  • Verl have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Verl haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Viktoria Köln has the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in 3. Liga
  • Viktoria Köln have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Viktoria Köln haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dynamo Dresden 14 8 2 4 19 11 7 4 2 1 10 4 7 4 0 3 9 7 8 26
2 Saarbrucken 14 7 4 3 25 18 7 4 2 1 15 8 7 3 2 2 10 10 7 25
3 Ingolstadt 14 7 3 4 19 16 7 5 1 1 11 5 7 2 2 3 8 11 3 24
4 Verl 12 7 2 3 25 14 6 3 1 2 14 9 6 4 1 1 11 5 11 23
5 Hansa Rostock 14 6 5 3 22 15 7 4 2 1 14 6 7 2 3 2 8 9 7 23
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 14 6 4 4 23 19 7 3 2 2 10 9 7 3 2 2 13 10 4 22
7 Viktoria Köln 14 6 3 5 19 22 7 3 1 3 8 10 7 3 2 2 11 12 -3 21
8 Hallescher FC 14 6 3 5 19 23 7 3 2 2 10 7 7 3 1 3 9 16 -4 21
9 1860 München 14 5 5 4 25 17 7 2 3 2 14 9 7 3 2 2 11 8 8 20
10 Waldhof Mannheim 12 4 6 2 25 18 7 3 3 1 22 14 5 1 3 1 3 4 7 18
11 Türkgücü-Ataspor 12 4 6 2 20 18 6 3 3 0 11 6 6 1 3 2 9 12 2 18
12 Uerdingen 14 4 4 6 11 15 7 2 1 4 6 11 7 2 3 2 5 4 -4 16
13 VfB Lübeck 13 4 3 6 17 18 6 2 2 2 8 6 7 2 1 4 9 12 -1 15
14 Kaiserslautern 14 2 9 3 14 17 7 1 5 1 6 6 7 1 4 2 8 11 -3 15
15 Unterhaching 12 4 1 7 11 18 6 3 1 2 7 7 6 1 0 5 4 11 -7 13
16 Magdeburg 14 3 4 7 12 20 7 2 2 3 6 8 7 1 2 4 6 12 -8 13
17 Zwickau 12 3 3 6 12 15 7 1 1 5 5 9 5 2 2 1 7 6 -3 12
18 Bayern München II 12 3 3 6 16 21 5 2 2 1 8 5 7 1 1 5 8 16 -5 12
19 MSV Duisburg 14 2 5 7 14 26 7 0 2 5 4 16 7 2 3 2 10 10 -12 11
20 Meppen 11 3 1 7 11 18 5 2 0 3 7 8 6 1 1 4 4 10 -7 10

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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.