Delightful dogfight as daring Viktoria Köln duels with determined Sonnenhof Großaspach

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Fri 21.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Höhenberg (6214 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the 3. Liga, Viktoria Köln holding 17th place and Sonnenhof Großaspach lying 19th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Viktoria Köln form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the 3. Liga this season. Viktoria Köln, who have the most conceded goals (52) in 3. Liga, have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Sportpark Höhenberg. Viktoria Köln are slowly digging their own grave here at Sportpark Höhenberg with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Ingolstadt match.

Viktoria Köln shared the glory with Unterhaching in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Ahead of that match, Viktoria Köln lost 2-4 at home to Bayern München II.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Viktoria Köln have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won one time, drawn one and lost zero.

The Viktoria Köln fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 12 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Viktoria Köln with 25 goals conceded in these matches.

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Sonnenhof Großaspach form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 3. Liga travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Sonnenhof Großaspach, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Zwickau game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

The manager M. Lang was unhappy after their last game, a 3. Liga match played at their home ground mechatronik Arena. Sonnenhof Großaspach suffered a 0-1 loss to Hansa Rostock (placed 9th). Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Uerdingen's place.

Sonnenhof Großaspach are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and four defeats. From a total of six matches.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 16 goals have been conceded by Sonnenhof Großaspach in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sonnenhof Großaspach - Viktoria Köln 0-3 earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Viktoria KölnA. Bunjaku
A. Bunjaku
16 goals
Viktoria KölnM. Wunderlich
M. Wunderlich
9 goals
Viktoria KölnS. Handle
S. Handle
8 goals

Viktoria Köln missing players

Sonnenhof Großaspach missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Viktoria Köln Sonnenhof Großaspach
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 2 11 24
6 2 1 Won W 1 3 4
8 4 2 Drew D 1 3 6
10 6 0 Lost L 0 5 14
42 16 6 Scored S 2 10 22
52 25 5 Conceded C 1 16 49
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 96%
92% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 73% 83%
71% 58% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 45% 62%
58% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 33%
38% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 12%
71% 58% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 54%
12% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 21%
21% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 29%
 
3.3 4.2 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.4 4.6
5.3 5.6 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 6.8 6.6
2.5 2.5 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.7 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 7
 
231 118 31 Total Shots T S 17 105 260
106 49 15 Shots on Target S O 9 49 109
40% 33% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 20% 20%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Sonnenhof Großaspach has the fewest scored goals (10) away
  • Sonnenhof Großaspach has the fewest scored goals (22)
  • Sonnenhof Großaspach has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
  • Sonnenhof Großaspach has the most conceded goals in the first half (27)
  • Sonnenhof Großaspach has the the worst goal difference (-27)
  • Sonnenhof Großaspach have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Viktoria Köln has the most conceded goals (52)
  • Viktoria Köln have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 MSV Duisburg 23 13 5 5 47 30 11 8 2 1 24 12 12 5 3 4 23 18 17 44
2 Ingolstadt 24 11 8 5 46 29 13 6 5 2 28 18 11 5 3 3 18 11 17 41
3 Unterhaching 24 10 11 3 35 26 13 5 6 2 19 17 11 5 5 1 16 9 9 41
4 Waldhof Mannheim 23 9 11 3 36 27 11 3 5 3 15 17 12 6 6 0 21 10 9 38
5 Eintracht Braunschweig 24 10 8 6 37 31 13 5 4 4 20 19 11 5 4 2 17 12 6 38
6 Uerdingen 24 10 6 8 27 31 11 4 2 5 12 18 13 6 4 3 15 13 -4 36
7 Meppen 24 9 8 7 44 33 12 5 2 5 24 18 12 4 6 2 20 15 11 35
8 1860 München 24 9 8 7 37 34 11 5 5 1 21 10 13 4 3 6 16 24 3 35
9 Hansa Rostock 24 10 5 9 30 30 12 6 3 3 16 13 12 4 2 6 14 17 0 35
10 Wurzburger Kickers 24 10 4 10 43 43 11 6 0 5 19 19 13 4 4 5 24 24 0 34
11 Hallescher FC 23 9 5 9 38 30 12 4 4 4 22 20 11 5 1 5 16 10 8 32
12 Bayern München II 23 9 5 9 43 44 12 5 3 4 20 21 11 4 2 5 23 23 -1 32
13 Kaiserslautern 24 8 7 9 38 41 11 3 6 2 12 11 13 5 1 7 26 30 -3 31
14 Magdeburg 24 6 11 7 30 27 12 4 3 5 18 15 12 2 8 2 12 12 3 29
15 Zwickau 23 7 7 9 36 35 11 4 3 4 21 15 12 3 4 5 15 20 1 28
16 Chemnitzer FC 24 6 10 8 39 40 12 4 6 2 20 15 12 2 4 6 19 25 -1 28
17 Viktoria Köln 24 6 8 10 42 52 12 2 4 6 16 25 12 4 4 4 26 27 -10 26
18 Preuen Munster 24 4 9 11 33 46 13 3 5 5 18 23 11 1 4 6 15 23 -13 21
19 Sonnenhof Großaspach 24 4 6 14 22 49 13 1 3 9 12 33 11 3 3 5 10 16 -27 18
20 Carl Zeiss Jena 23 4 4 15 24 49 11 2 2 7 11 20 12 2 2 8 13 29 -25 16

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 MSV Duisburg 23 13 5 5 47 30 11 8 2 1 24 12 12 5 3 4 23 18 17 44
2 Ingolstadt 24 11 8 5 46 29 13 6 5 2 28 18 11 5 3 3 18 11 17 41
3 Unterhaching 24 10 11 3 35 26 13 5 6 2 19 17 11 5 5 1 16 9 9 41
4 Waldhof Mannheim 23 9 11 3 36 27 11 3 5 3 15 17 12 6 6 0 21 10 9 38
5 Eintracht Braunschweig 24 10 8 6 37 31 13 5 4 4 20 19 11 5 4 2 17 12 6 38
6 Uerdingen 24 10 6 8 27 31 11 4 2 5 12 18 13 6 4 3 15 13 -4 36
7 Meppen 24 9 8 7 44 33 12 5 2 5 24 18 12 4 6 2 20 15 11 35
8 1860 München 24 9 8 7 37 34 11 5 5 1 21 10 13 4 3 6 16 24 3 35
9 Hansa Rostock 24 10 5 9 30 30 12 6 3 3 16 13 12 4 2 6 14 17 0 35
10 Wurzburger Kickers 24 10 4 10 43 43 11 6 0 5 19 19 13 4 4 5 24 24 0 34
11 Hallescher FC 23 9 5 9 38 30 12 4 4 4 22 20 11 5 1 5 16 10 8 32
12 Bayern München II 23 9 5 9 43 44 12 5 3 4 20 21 11 4 2 5 23 23 -1 32
13 Kaiserslautern 24 8 7 9 38 41 11 3 6 2 12 11 13 5 1 7 26 30 -3 31
14 Magdeburg 24 6 11 7 30 27 12 4 3 5 18 15 12 2 8 2 12 12 3 29
15 Zwickau 23 7 7 9 36 35 11 4 3 4 21 15 12 3 4 5 15 20 1 28
16 Chemnitzer FC 24 6 10 8 39 40 12 4 6 2 20 15 12 2 4 6 19 25 -1 28
17 Viktoria Köln 24 6 8 10 42 52 12 2 4 6 16 25 12 4 4 4 26 27 -10 26
18 Preuen Munster 24 4 9 11 33 46 13 3 5 5 18 23 11 1 4 6 15 23 -13 21
19 Sonnenhof Großaspach 24 4 6 14 22 49 13 1 3 9 12 33 11 3 3 5 10 16 -27 18
20 Carl Zeiss Jena 23 4 4 15 24 49 11 2 2 7 11 20 12 2 2 8 13 29 -25 16

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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.