Viktoria Köln favourites for feisty fight facing Meppen

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Fri 17.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Höhenberg (6214 seats)

Viktoria Köln have delivered 6 home triumphs so far this season, Meppen have won 0 away. Who betters their results after this one?

Insights:
  • Viktoria Köln have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Meppen is in the worst form (0-2-4)

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 Köln and Meppen.

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Viktoria Köln form and stats

Viktoria Köln have played 14 3. Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Viktoria Köln's last game was hosting Meppen (placed 20th) and winning 3-1.

A 2-2 draw away before that, with Hallescher FC (after extra-time) the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Viktoria handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Viktoria Köln has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Meppen form and stats

Meppen have only collected 9 points from their away games in the 3. Liga, after 0-9-5 (14 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Meppen have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 14 consecutive matches without winning on the road.

There might be some fixture complaints from Meppen as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-3 against Viktoria Köln.

Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Verl (after extra-time).

We have checked recent matches where Meppen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

Sports betting statistic: Both sides have scored in 10 of this club's latest 11 league fixtures.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Meppen as they have only managed to score 11 times from 14 away games in the league. Meppen struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Viktoria Köln - Meppen 3-1 was the outcome when these two contenders previously did battle, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Viktoria Köln three wins, three draws and Meppen two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Viktoria KölnR. Meißner
R. Meißner
8 goals
MeppenM. Pourié
M. Pourié
7 goals
Viktoria KölnP. Koronkiewicz
P. Koronkiewicz
4 goals

Viktoria Köln missing players

Meppen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Viktoria Köln Meppen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 6 14 28
10 6 2 Won W 0 0 3
10 3 2 Drew D 3 9 12
8 5 1 Lost L 3 5 13
39 18 7 Scored S 3 11 29
38 20 6 Conceded C 12 24 50
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 79% 86%
82% 86% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 79% 82%
54% 57% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 61%
36% 21% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 36%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
64% 57% 80% BTTS BTTS 33% 64% 57%
21% 21% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 18%
18% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 36% 39%
 
4.8 5.7 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.6 5
4.4 3.7 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.3 5.2
2.2 2 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.8 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.6 9.1 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 9.1 10.1
3.7 3.5 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.9 3.6
38% 37% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 27% 29%
 
10.5 9.3 7 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 13.6 12.8
4.4 4.2 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.1 5
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Meppen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Meppen have yet to win a game away.
  • Meppen is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Viktoria Köln have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Elversberg 27 18 5 4 63 24 14 10 2 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 26 11 39 59
2 Freiburg II 27 17 6 4 40 24 14 10 3 1 22 10 13 7 3 3 18 14 16 57
3 Waldhof Mannheim 27 15 3 9 46 44 14 12 1 1 27 13 13 3 2 8 19 31 2 48
4 Dynamo Dresden 27 13 8 6 48 29 14 6 5 3 28 16 13 7 3 3 20 13 19 47
5 Osnabruck 27 14 5 8 54 38 13 9 1 3 28 14 14 5 4 5 26 24 16 47
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 27 14 5 8 50 38 13 7 3 3 24 15 14 7 2 5 26 23 12 47
7 Saarbrucken 27 13 6 8 45 31 13 5 4 4 23 20 14 8 2 4 22 11 14 45
8 Viktoria Köln 28 10 10 8 39 38 14 6 3 5 18 20 14 4 7 3 21 18 1 40
9 Verl 27 10 8 9 41 37 14 6 6 2 25 18 13 4 2 7 16 19 4 38
10 1860 München 27 10 7 10 41 37 14 7 2 5 25 16 13 3 5 5 16 21 4 37
11 Erzgebirge Aue 27 10 6 11 33 35 13 5 4 4 17 15 14 5 2 7 16 20 -2 36
12 Ingolstadt 27 10 5 12 38 39 13 4 3 6 13 17 14 6 2 6 25 22 -1 35
13 MSV Duisburg 27 9 7 11 34 36 13 3 6 4 17 15 14 6 1 7 17 21 -2 34
14 Rot-Weiss Essen 27 7 12 8 33 37 13 4 7 2 15 16 14 3 5 6 18 21 -4 33
15 Hallescher FC 27 6 8 13 36 47 14 4 4 6 21 20 13 2 4 7 15 27 -11 26
16 Bayreuth 27 7 4 16 26 54 13 5 2 6 17 23 14 2 2 10 9 31 -28 25
17 Borussia Dortmund II 27 7 3 17 24 40 14 4 1 9 13 20 13 3 2 8 11 20 -16 24
18 VfB Oldenburg 27 6 6 15 31 51 14 3 4 7 21 30 13 3 2 8 10 21 -20 24
19 Zwickau 27 6 6 15 25 47 13 4 2 7 13 17 14 2 4 8 12 30 -22 24
20 Meppen 28 3 12 13 29 50 14 3 3 8 18 26 14 0 9 5 11 24 -21 21

Germany:
Table
  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 27 18 5 4 63 24 14 10 2 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 26 11 39 59
2 Freiburg II 27 17 6 4 40 24 14 10 3 1 22 10 13 7 3 3 18 14 16 57
3 Waldhof Mannheim 27 15 3 9 46 44 14 12 1 1 27 13 13 3 2 8 19 31 2 48
4 Dynamo Dresden 27 13 8 6 48 29 14 6 5 3 28 16 13 7 3 3 20 13 19 47
5 Osnabruck 27 14 5 8 54 38 13 9 1 3 28 14 14 5 4 5 26 24 16 47
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 27 14 5 8 50 38 13 7 3 3 24 15 14 7 2 5 26 23 12 47
7 Saarbrucken 27 13 6 8 45 31 13 5 4 4 23 20 14 8 2 4 22 11 14 45
8 Viktoria Köln 28 10 10 8 39 38 14 6 3 5 18 20 14 4 7 3 21 18 1 40
9 Verl 27 10 8 9 41 37 14 6 6 2 25 18 13 4 2 7 16 19 4 38
10 1860 München 27 10 7 10 41 37 14 7 2 5 25 16 13 3 5 5 16 21 4 37
11 Erzgebirge Aue 27 10 6 11 33 35 13 5 4 4 17 15 14 5 2 7 16 20 -2 36
12 Ingolstadt 27 10 5 12 38 39 13 4 3 6 13 17 14 6 2 6 25 22 -1 35
13 MSV Duisburg 27 9 7 11 34 36 13 3 6 4 17 15 14 6 1 7 17 21 -2 34
14 Rot-Weiss Essen 27 7 12 8 33 37 13 4 7 2 15 16 14 3 5 6 18 21 -4 33
15 Hallescher FC 27 6 8 13 36 47 14 4 4 6 21 20 13 2 4 7 15 27 -11 26
16 Bayreuth 27 7 4 16 26 54 13 5 2 6 17 23 14 2 2 10 9 31 -28 25
17 Borussia Dortmund II 27 7 3 17 24 40 14 4 1 9 13 20 13 3 2 8 11 20 -16 24
18 VfB Oldenburg 27 6 6 15 31 51 14 3 4 7 21 30 13 3 2 8 10 21 -20 24
19 Zwickau 27 6 6 15 25 47 13 4 2 7 13 17 14 2 4 8 12 30 -22 24
20 Meppen 28 3 12 13 29 50 14 3 3 8 18 26 14 0 9 5 11 24 -21 21

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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.