Soccer betting preview: Zwickau welcomes Viktoria Köln in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Tue 08.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: GGZ Arena

Which side will go home victorious when Viktoria Köln visit Zwickau? In this match guide you'll learn all the relevant facts and statistics needed to make a prediction.

Insights:
  • Viktoria Köln have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Zwickau and Viktoria Köln.

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Zwickau form and stats

Overall 3. Liga results playing at home this season for Zwickau are 3-5-4 (wins-draws-losses).

The Zwickau crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Kaiserslautern here at GGZ Arena.

Before that match, a win away at Meppen.

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 Zwickau have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost five.

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

Zwickau are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Viktoria Köln form and stats

There's been little loot from Viktoria Köln's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 12 away games in the 3. Liga. Viktoria Köln only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.

Viktoria has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Freiburg II for a 1-1 draw.

A 0-1 loss hosting 1860 München before that.

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

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Viktoria Köln have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams get together this season, as the records show this recent fixture: Viktoria Köln - Zwickau 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Zwickau one win, two draws and Viktoria Köln two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ZwickauD. Baumann
D. Baumann
6 goals
Viktoria KölnS. Handle
S. Handle
6 goals
ZwickauM. Schikora
M. Schikora
5 goals

Zwickau missing players

Viktoria Köln missing players

Zwickau Viktoria Köln
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 5 12 24
6 3 0 Won W 1 3 8
11 5 2 Drew D 2 2 5
6 4 1 Lost L 2 7 11
30 14 2 Scored S 3 8 29
31 16 3 Conceded C 9 23 40
96% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
87% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 75%
43% 42% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 58% 54%
35% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 33%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
70% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 42% 54%
22% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 17% 21%
13% 17% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 42% 29%
 
5.8 6.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.3 5
6.2 5.3 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5 4.6
2.1 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 2 2 4
 
11 12.6 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.4 9 10.2
4.4 4.3 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.8 4.4
29% 27% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 18% 28%
 
10 9.8 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 10.6 9.8
4.2 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.7 4.2
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Viktoria Köln have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Viktoria Köln have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Viktoria Köln 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 Magdeburg 25 18 3 4 55 23 13 10 2 1 24 7 12 8 1 3 31 16 32 57
2 Kaiserslautern 24 13 6 5 37 13 12 8 3 1 21 3 12 5 3 4 16 10 24 45
3 Saarbrücken 25 12 7 6 42 32 13 7 3 3 23 16 12 5 4 3 19 16 10 43
4 Eintracht Braunschweig 24 11 8 5 40 24 12 5 5 2 20 13 12 6 3 3 20 11 16 41
5 Osnabruck 25 11 8 6 38 26 13 6 3 4 14 8 12 5 5 2 24 18 12 41
6 Waldhof Mannheim 25 11 8 6 39 30 13 6 4 3 23 16 12 5 4 3 16 14 9 41
7 Meppen 25 12 4 9 35 38 12 7 2 3 22 11 13 5 2 6 13 27 -3 40
8 Borussia Dortmund II 25 11 5 9 38 30 12 3 5 4 13 12 13 8 0 5 25 18 8 38
9 1860 München 23 9 9 5 38 31 12 5 4 3 24 19 11 4 5 2 14 12 7 36
10 Wehen Wiesbaden 25 9 7 9 33 31 12 3 5 4 14 15 13 6 2 5 19 16 2 34
11 Freiburg II 25 8 8 9 24 36 13 6 4 3 19 16 12 2 4 6 5 20 -12 32
12 Zwickau 23 6 11 6 30 31 12 3 5 4 14 16 11 3 6 2 16 15 -1 29
13 Viktoria Köln 24 8 5 11 29 40 12 5 3 4 21 17 12 3 2 7 8 23 -11 29
14 Viktoria Berlin 22 7 5 10 32 31 10 5 2 3 17 11 12 2 3 7 15 20 1 26
15 Verl 25 5 9 11 35 47 13 3 4 6 17 23 12 2 5 5 18 24 -12 24
16 Hallescher FC 23 5 8 10 27 35 10 4 3 3 17 16 13 1 5 7 10 19 -8 23
17 MSV Duisburg 25 7 2 16 32 51 13 4 2 7 20 29 12 3 0 9 12 22 -19 23
18 Türkgücü-Ataspor 23 5 7 11 24 36 11 4 3 4 15 15 12 1 4 7 9 21 -12 22
19 Havelse 25 5 5 15 22 45 13 3 0 10 10 26 12 2 5 5 12 19 -23 20
20 Würzburger Kickers 25 3 9 13 17 37 12 1 5 6 9 21 13 2 4 7 8 16 -20 18

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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.