The league table in 3. Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Viktoria Köln leading Zwickau by 6 points. Match preview to follow:
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Viktoria Köln form and stats
Viktoria Köln have played 5 3. Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Viktoria, their manager P. Dotchev and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Viktoria travelled for their previous game, a trip to Unterhaching that ended 2-2. Preceding that match was the home game against Saarbrucken that was lost 0-2.
A disappointing finish for Viktoria in their match versus Unterhaching as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.
This is expected to be a close game, with Viktoria Köln perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Viktoria Köln as a small favourite), we find five games. Viktoria has won three of these, drawn zero and lost two.
There will be little rest for Viktoria after this match as they are travelling to Hallescher FC for a 3. Liga game in only three days.
Viktoria are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Zwickau form and stats
Playing away, Zwickau have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the 3. Liga this season.
Zwickau delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Waldhof Mannheim (placed 11th) in their previous match; a 3. Liga game. A 1-3 defeat away at Wehen Wiesbaden before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Zwickau in our archives, and the results are: one win for Zwickau, one draw and three defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Zwickau are hosting Magdeburg in the 3. Liga only three days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Zwickau's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. 5 goals have been conceded by Zwickau in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Viktoria victory, zero draws and one Zwickau win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Wunderlich 4 goals |  A. Bunjaku 3 goals |  L. Cueto 3 goals |
Viktoria Köln missing players
Zwickau missing players
| Viktoria Köln | Zwickau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 91% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 45% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 45% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 10% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 70% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 27% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 86 | 24 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 46 | 106 |
| 44 | 13 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 16 | 39 |
| 36% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 28% |
- All of Viktoria Köln's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Zwickau's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Viktoria Köln has the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in 3. Liga
- Viktoria Köln haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zwickau has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in 3. Liga
- Zwickau have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Zwickau haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Saarbrucken | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| 2 | Ingolstadt | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Dynamo Dresden | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | 1860 München | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | Viktoria Köln | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 6 | Verl | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 8 | Hansa Rostock | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 9 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 10 | Uerdingen | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | Waldhof Mannheim | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 | VfB Lübeck | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | Bayern München II | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -1 | 12 |
| 14 | Hallescher FC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 | Zwickau | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 16 | Kaiserslautern | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 17 | Unterhaching | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 18 | MSV Duisburg | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -9 | 9 |
| 19 | Magdeburg | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 8 |
| 20 | Meppen | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
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