Viktoria Köln vs Waldhof Mannheim match preview: Even contest expected at Sportpark Höhenberg

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Höhenberg (6214 seats)

Viktoria Köln confront Waldhof Mannheim for praise and sporting success.

Insights:
  • Viktoria Köln have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in 3. Liga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Viktoria Köln form and stats

A 3. Liga draw at home so far for Viktoria Köln. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats from 19 matches.

Viktoria are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Verl.

Before that game, the home loss against Hoffenheim (after extra-time) with the scoreline 2-3.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Viktoria Köln have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost five.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Viktoria as they are travelling to their away game against 1860 München in the 3. Liga. That match is three days after this one.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Viktoria Köln at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Waldhof Mannheim form and stats

One match played away so far in the 3. Liga for Waldhof Mannheim and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses from 19 games.

Mannheim's last game was the home draw against Wurzburger Kickers (1-1). As mentioned above, Waldhof Mannheim drew the match against Wurzburger Kickers. Manager P. Glöckner brought on H. Saghiri to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Eintracht Frankfurt in the DFB Pokal.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Mannheim in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Waldhof Mannheim, nine draws and two defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Meppen in just three days.

1 goal so far away for Waldhof Mannheim, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the former four meetings): Viktoria Köln won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and Waldhof Mannheim managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / zero

Top Goalscorers

Viktoria KölnY. Amyn
Y. Amyn
2 goals
Viktoria KölnS. Handle
S. Handle
1 goals
Waldhof MannheimJ. Boyamba
J. Boyamba
1 goals

Viktoria Köln missing players

Waldhof Mannheim missing players

Viktoria Köln Waldhof Mannheim
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 1 0 Scored S 0 1 2
6 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
4 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 7.3
3.7 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3
2.3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 5 3.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.3 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 11.7
4.3 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3.7
23% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 18%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Viktoria Köln have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in 3. Liga
Viktoria Köln Last season Waldhof Mannheim
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
13 6   Won W   6 13
12 4   Drew D   7 13
13 9   Lost L   6 12
52 26   Scored S   14 50
59 33   Conceded C   22 55
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 95%
89% 95%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 71%
47% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   16% 39%
32% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 34%
16% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 24%
63% 58%   BTTS BTTS   32% 50%
18% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   37% 24%
21% 26%   Failed to Score F T   42% 32%
 
3.6 3.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5.1
4.4 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.4
2.4 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.1
6 4   Red cards R C   0 1
 
9.1 8.1   Shots (avg) S (   8.3 10
4.2 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 4.2
33% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 31%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Viktoria Berlin 3 3 0 0 10 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 9 9
2 Borussia Dortmund II 3 2 1 0 8 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 7 3 4 7
3 Magdeburg 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 7
4 Verl 3 2 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 7
5 Saarbrucken 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
6 1860 München 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
7 Wehen Wiesbaden 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 5
8 Hallescher FC 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
9 Meppen 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 -1 4
10 MSV Duisburg 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3
11 Turkgucu-Ataspor 3 0 3 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 3
12 Osnabruck 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
13 Zwickau 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
14 Waldhof Mannheim 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 2
15 Freiburg II 3 0 2 1 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3 2
16 Wurzburger Kickers 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 1
17 Viktoria Köln 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 1
18 Eintracht Braunschweig 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 -4 1
19 Kaiserslautern 3 0 1 2 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5 1
20 Havelse 3 0 0 3 1 7 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 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 Dynamo Dresden 38 23 6 9 61 29 19 12 5 2 35 14 19 11 1 7 26 15 32 75
2 Hansa Rostock 38 20 11 7 52 33 19 10 6 3 29 18 19 10 5 4 23 15 19 71
3 Ingolstadt 38 20 11 7 56 40 19 13 5 1 29 14 19 7 6 6 27 26 16 71
4 1860 München 38 18 12 8 69 35 19 8 8 3 36 19 19 10 4 5 33 16 34 66
5 Saarbrucken 38 16 11 11 66 51 19 9 5 5 39 26 19 7 6 6 27 25 15 59
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 38 15 11 12 57 53 19 8 6 5 29 25 19 7 5 7 28 28 4 56
7 Verl 38 14 13 11 66 55 19 6 7 6 30 24 19 8 6 5 36 31 11 55
8 Waldhof Mannheim 38 13 13 12 50 55 19 7 6 6 36 33 19 6 7 6 14 22 -5 52
9 Hallescher FC 38 14 10 14 51 58 19 8 6 5 27 24 19 6 4 9 24 34 -7 52
10 Zwickau 38 13 12 13 46 45 19 6 4 9 21 23 19 7 8 4 25 22 1 51
11 Magdeburg 38 14 9 15 42 45 19 6 6 7 17 23 19 8 3 8 25 22 -3 51
12 Viktoria Köln 38 13 12 13 52 59 19 6 4 9 26 33 19 7 8 4 26 26 -7 51
13 Turkgucu-Ataspor 38 12 11 15 45 55 19 6 7 6 19 23 19 6 4 9 26 32 -10 47
14 Kaiserslautern 38 8 19 11 47 52 19 5 11 3 24 21 19 3 8 8 23 31 -5 43
15 MSV Duisburg 38 11 10 17 52 67 19 6 5 8 26 35 19 5 5 9 26 32 -15 43
16 Uerdingen 38 11 11 16 38 50 19 4 5 10 14 28 19 7 6 6 24 22 -12 41
17 Meppen 38 12 5 21 37 61 19 8 0 11 24 37 19 4 5 10 13 24 -24 41
18 Bayern München II 38 8 13 17 47 58 19 5 3 11 20 27 19 3 10 6 27 31 -11 37
19 VfB Lubeck 38 8 11 19 41 57 19 4 7 8 17 23 19 4 4 11 24 34 -16 35
20 Unterhaching 38 9 5 24 40 57 19 6 2 11 21 26 19 3 3 13 19 31 -17 32

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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.