It's the 3. Liga season opener for these participants, whom at last are playing for points again. Will Viktoria Köln or Verl get that important first victory?
Viktoria Köln form and stats
The season before, Viktoria Köln's league results were 14 wins, 13 draws and 11 losses, producing 9th place in the 3. Liga. During these 38 matches they scored {58 goals} and let in 53. Performing as the home side in the previous season Viktoria Köln delivered 8-5-6 (win-draw-lost) with {26 goals} and 27 conceded.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Viktoria Köln 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 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Viktoria Köln have prepared for this season with five friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these five matches are 3 victories, 1 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Viktoria Köln have scored {15 goals} and conceded 5 times.
Verl form and stats
Let's have a look at how Verl performed last season in the 3. Liga: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 10 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 60 and conceded {58 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 10 with 27/33 goals scored/conceded.
Verl are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
The schedule is very tough for Verl now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Reg. Cup Westfalen game at Hannibal is waiting in only three days.
It's a day of discovery for Verl as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Verl have played five with the results W3-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Verl has scored {11 goals} and conceded 6 times.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - five - one (Viktoria Köln wins - draws - Verl wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Viktoria Köln missing players
Verl missing players
| Viktoria Köln | Verl | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Viktoria Köln | Last season | Verl | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 58 | 26 | Scored | S | 27 | 60 | ||
| 53 | 27 | Conceded | C | 33 | 58 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 87% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 84% | ||
| 58% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 68% | 68% | ||
| 39% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 37% | 37% | ||
| 11% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 16% | ||
| 71% | 63% | BTTS | BTTS | 74% | 74% | ||
| 16% | 16% | Clean Sheets | C S | 5% | 11% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 16% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.1 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 32% | ||
| 10.8 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 12.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | 1860 München | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Dynamo Dresden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Erzgebirge Aue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Freiburg II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Hallescher FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Ingolstadt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Jahn Regensburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MSV Duisburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Preußen Münster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Saarbrucken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Ulm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Unterhaching | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Verl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | VfB Lubeck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Viktoria Köln | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Waldhof Mannheim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 80 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 40 | 74 |
| 2 | Freiburg II | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 34 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 73 |
| 3 | Osnabruck | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 70 | 49 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 21 | 70 |
| 4 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 71 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 20 | 70 |
| 5 | Saarbrucken | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 64 | 39 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 25 | 69 |
| 6 | Dynamo Dresden | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 44 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 21 | 69 |
| 7 | Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 63 | 65 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 44 | -2 | 60 |
| 8 | 1860 München | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 61 | 52 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 9 | 57 |
| 9 | Viktoria Köln | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 58 | 53 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 5 | 55 |
| 10 | Verl | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 60 | 58 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 2 | 49 |
| 11 | Ingolstadt | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 54 | 56 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 28 | -2 | 47 |
| 12 | MSV Duisburg | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 54 | 58 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 30 | -4 | 46 |
| 13 | Borussia Dortmund II | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 47 | 49 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 29 | -2 | 45 |
| 14 | Erzgebirge Aue | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 49 | 62 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 34 | -13 | 45 |
| 15 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 43 | 56 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 30 | -13 | 42 |
| 16 | Hallescher FC | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 49 | 60 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 35 | -11 | 41 |
| 17 | Meppen | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 43 | 65 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 33 | -22 | 37 |
| 18 | VfB Oldenburg | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 42 | 64 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 26 | -22 | 35 |
| 19 | Zwickau | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 42 | 72 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 47 | -30 | 35 |
| 20 | Bayreuth | 38 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 39 | 81 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 44 | -42 | 32 |
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