3. Liga preview with statistics: Viktoria Köln welcomes Kaiserslautern to Sportpark Höhenberg

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Höhenberg (6214 seats)

Both Viktoria Köln and Kaiserslautern are itching for points in this game, even with the guesting team holding a 24 point edge so far this season.

Insights:
  • Kaiserslautern have the most clean sheets (19) in 3. Liga

It's no vacation for neither Viktoria Köln nor Kaiserslautern as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Viktoria Köln form and stats

6-6-5 (win-draw-lost) are the 3. Liga numbers at home for Viktoria Köln so far this season.

A nice win for Viktoria last time playing, versus Kaiserslautern. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Philipp and Fritz scoring for the victors.

Before that, Viktoria Köln played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Hallescher FC.

The Viktoria Köln fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 17 matches. Viktoria have conceded 22 in these home matches.

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Kaiserslautern form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Kaiserslautern, who have the most clean sheets (19) in 3. Liga, have produced an overall stat of 6-5-6 so far. It's a growing despair in Kaiserslautern as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Kaiserslautern lost away at Viktoria Köln (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Borussia Dortmund II.

Kaiserslautern find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (14 so far).

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides meet on the pitch this season, as the history books show this recent game: Kaiserslautern - Viktoria Köln 4-0. Data for the preceeding five meetings featuring these two sides are: zero wins for Viktoria Köln, two draws and three wins for Kaiserslautern. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

KaiserslauternT. Boyd
T. Boyd
8 goals
KaiserslauternM. Wunderlich
M. Wunderlich
7 goals
ViktoriaS. Handle
S. Handle
6 goals

Viktoria Köln missing players

Kaiserslautern missing players

Viktoria Köln Kaiserslautern
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
11 7 1 Won W 3 6 18
9 6 1 Drew D 1 5 9
15 5 3 Lost L 1 7 9
38 27 5 Scored S 11 19 56
52 22 7 Conceded C 6 16 27
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 86%
71% 78% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 61% 69%
40% 39% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 28% 42%
26% 28% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 11% 22%
14% 22% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 6%
49% 61% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 28% 31%
26% 28% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 44% 53%
31% 22% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 44% 31%
 
4.9 5.8 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.6 5
4.7 3.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.9 4.4
2.3 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.9 1.8
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
10.5 11.7 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 9.1 10.7
4.4 5 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.8 4.5
25% 30% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 28% 35%
 
9.9 8.5 10.6 Shots against (avg) S A 11.4 10.5 9.4
4.4 3.8 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 3.9 3.7
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Kaiserslautern have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Kaiserslautern have the most clean sheets (19) 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 35 23 6 6 78 38 18 13 4 1 34 10 17 10 2 5 44 28 40 75
2 Eintracht Braunschweig 35 18 10 7 61 35 17 8 6 3 27 20 18 10 4 4 34 15 26 64
3 Kaiserslautern 35 18 9 8 56 27 18 12 4 2 37 11 17 6 5 6 19 14 29 63
4 1860 München 35 16 10 9 61 47 17 8 4 5 33 25 18 8 6 4 28 22 14 58
5 Osnabruck 35 16 10 9 55 43 17 8 3 6 21 14 18 8 7 3 34 29 12 58
6 Waldhof Mannheim 35 15 12 8 51 40 17 7 5 5 26 21 18 8 7 3 25 19 11 57
7 Saarbrucken 35 14 10 11 49 43 18 8 5 5 25 20 17 6 5 6 24 23 6 52
8 Wehen Wiesbaden 35 14 8 13 48 43 18 6 6 6 20 19 17 8 2 7 28 24 5 50
9 Borussia Dortmund II 35 14 7 14 48 42 18 4 6 8 17 19 17 10 1 6 31 23 6 49
10 Freiburg II 35 12 10 13 33 41 17 8 5 4 23 17 18 4 5 9 10 24 -8 46
11 Zwickau 35 10 14 11 39 44 17 5 6 6 20 24 18 5 8 5 19 20 -5 44
12 Meppen 35 12 8 15 43 57 18 7 4 7 29 26 17 5 4 8 14 31 -14 44
13 Hallescher FC 35 10 12 13 45 47 17 7 6 4 30 24 18 3 6 9 15 23 -2 42
14 MSV Duisburg 35 13 2 20 45 70 18 7 2 9 25 37 17 6 0 11 20 33 -25 41
15 Verl 35 10 9 16 55 65 17 5 4 8 28 32 18 5 5 8 27 33 -10 39
16 Viktoria Köln 34 10 9 15 38 52 17 6 6 5 25 22 17 4 3 10 11 30 -14 39
17 Viktoria Berlin 35 10 7 18 41 58 17 7 3 7 22 25 18 3 4 11 19 33 -17 37
18 Würzburger Kickers 35 7 9 19 34 52 18 2 5 11 18 32 17 5 4 8 16 20 -18 30
19 Havelse 35 5 8 22 28 64 18 4 1 13 14 34 17 1 7 9 14 30 -36 23
20 Turkgucu-Ataspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.