An important duel in the bottom section of the 3. Liga, with both Viktoria Köln and Magdeburg experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 14th and the visitors in 18th place.
- All of Viktoria Köln's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Magdeburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Viktoria and Magdeburg.
Viktoria Köln form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the 3. Liga this season. Viktoria Köln have only managed 3 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses from their games here at Sportpark Höhenberg. It's been an uphill battle for Viktoria in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the 1860 München game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
An away draw last time out for Viktoria Köln, facing Wehen Wiesbaden in a game that ended 2-2. Preceding that match was the home game against Waldhof Mannheim that was lost 1-2.
This is expected to be a close game, with Viktoria perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Viktoria Köln as a small favourite), we find eight games. Viktoria Köln has won three of these, drawn one and lost four.
Viktoria Köln has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Viktoria defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Magdeburg form and stats
3-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Magdeburg in their 3. Liga matches away.
Magdeburg aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 195 league minutes without a goal. L. Bell Bell was the last player to find the net.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Hallescher FC's place.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Magdeburg in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Magdeburg, four draws and four defeats.
Magdeburg find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Magdeburg have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Magdeburg - Viktoria 0-2. Viktoria-Magdeburg H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Viktoria Köln one win, Magdeburg one win, one draw. zero of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Cueto 7 goals |  M. Wunderlich 4 goals |  A. Müller 4 goals |
Viktoria Köln missing players
Magdeburg missing players
| Viktoria Köln | Magdeburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 25 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 19 |
| 35 | 20 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 29 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 76% |
| 43% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 27% | 33% |
| 33% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 10% |
| 14% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 52% | 45% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 55% | 52% |
| 19% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 18% | 19% |
| 33% | 45% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.4 | 7.9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.4 | 9.8 |
| 4.5 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 27% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 30% | 26% |
- All of Viktoria Köln's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Magdeburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Viktoria Köln haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 38 |
| 2 | 1860 München | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 22 | 37 |
| 3 | Hansa Rostock | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Ingolstadt | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 35 |
| 5 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 33 |
| 6 | Verl | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 31 |
| 7 | Saarbrucken | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Waldhof Mannheim | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| 9 | Hallescher FC | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 30 |
| 10 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 29 |
| 11 | Zwickau | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | -2 | 25 |
| 12 | Bayern München II | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 24 |
| 13 | Uerdingen | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | -3 | 24 |
| 14 | Viktoria Köln | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -10 | 24 |
| 15 | Meppen | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 23 |
| 16 | Kaiserslautern | 21 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 21 |
| 17 | Unterhaching | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 21 |
| 18 | Magdeburg | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -10 | 21 |
| 19 | VfB Lubeck | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 20 |
| 20 | MSV Duisburg | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -13 | 18 |
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