Only a win will satisfy the Viktoria Köln supporters in this Sportpark Höhenberg clash with VfB Lübeck, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the 3. Liga table.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Viktoria Köln form and stats
Viktoria Köln have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the 3. Liga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Sportpark Höhenberg.
In their previous game, the manager P. Dotchev led his Viktoria to a defeat in the 3. Liga match away at Hansa Rostock. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sportpark Höhenberg. Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Bayern München II.
Viktoria were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost zero.
The Viktoria fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Viktoria have conceded 4 in these home matches.
VfB Lübeck form and stats
It's not happening yet for VfB Lübeck on their 3. Liga travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? With the Lübeck losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on R. Landerl, the Lübeck manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
The manager R. Landerl was unhappy after their last game, a 3. Liga match played at their home ground Stadion Lohmühle. Lübeck suffered a 2-3 loss to Hallescher FC (placed 12th). A 3-4 defeat away at Turkgucu-Ataspor before that.
Lübeck are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, zero draws and one defeat. From a total of one match.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lübeck have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. Lübeck can't defend away. 9 goals have been scored by the opposition in 3 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Wunderlich 3 goals |  L. Cueto 3 goals |  A. Bunjaku 2 goals |
Viktoria Köln missing players
VfB Lübeck missing players
| Viktoria Köln | VfB Lübeck | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 57 | 21 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 30 | 69 |
| 27 | 12 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 12 | 26 |
| 41% | 42% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 33% | 31% |
- All of Viktoria Köln's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- VfB Lübeck has the fewest clean sheets (0) in 3. Liga
- VfB Lübeck has the fewest points (0) away in 3. Liga
- VfB Lübeck has the most conceded goals (15) in 3. Liga
- VfB Lübeck has the most conceded goals (9) away in 3. Liga
- VfB Lübeck has the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in 3. Liga
- VfB Lübeck has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in 3. Liga
- VfB Lübeck has the the worst goal difference (-5) away in 3. Liga
- VfB Lübeck has the the worst goal difference (-7) in 3. Liga
- VfB Lübeck have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- VfB Lübeck have lost all their away matches so far.
- VfB Lübeck haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- VfB Lübeck is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Viktoria Köln haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Hansa Rostock | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Saarbrucken | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Verl | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Ingolstadt | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Viktoria Köln | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | Zwickau | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Dynamo Dresden | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Bayern München II | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | Hallescher FC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Unterhaching | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Uerdingen | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Waldhof Mannheim | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | Meppen | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | MSV Duisburg | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 18 | Kaiserslautern | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
| 19 | Magdeburg | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 20 | VfB Lübeck | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 2 |
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