Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Viktoria Köln & FC Bayern München face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Viktoria nor FC Bayern München as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Viktoria Köln form and stats
Viktoria Köln participated in DFB Pokal the last season, where they reached the 1st round.Viktoria Köln have collected seven points from their first three 3. Liga games here at RheinEnergieStadion, a promising start.
Viktoria's previous match was also a home event, the defeat 0-4 vs FC Bayern München (in DFB Pokal).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus 1860 München that ended 1-1.The Viktoria Köln fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Viktoria Köln have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FC Bayern München form and stats
München was sent out of DFB Pokal in the 2nd round last season.FC Bayern München are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Bundesliga.
Two away games in a row for FC Bayern München, whose boss Nagelsmann could celebrate last time after the DFB Pokal win against Viktoria Köln. Gravenberch got a match rating of 8.44 in that game, top player of the team. Gravenberch scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 40 successful passes (of 47 total).
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Borussia M'gladbach.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with FC Bayern München given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 15 matches with 12 wins as expected, 1 draw and 2 surprise home wins. The favourites won 9 of these games by at least two goals.
FC Bayern München have the goal stats of 13-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Meißner 3 goals |   J. Musiala 3 goals |  S. Mané 3 goals |
Viktoria Köln missing players
FC Bayern München missing players
| Viktoria Köln | FC Bayern München | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 57 | 10 | Scored | S | 43 | 69 | ||
| 34 | 13 | Conceded | C | 19 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 8% | ||
| 4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.9 | 6.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20.1 | 19.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8.5 | 8.2 | ||
| 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | ||
| 11.2 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 9.5 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Elversberg | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | Freiburg II | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Saarbrucken | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | Ingolstadt | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | MSV Duisburg | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Viktoria Köln | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Waldhof Mannheim | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Dynamo Dresden | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Meppen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Osnabruck | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | Zwickau | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | -9 | 6 |
| 14 | VfB Oldenburg | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Verl | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Hallescher FC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
| 17 | Bayreuth | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 18 | Borussia Dortmund II | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
| 19 | Erzgebirge Aue | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 3 |
| 20 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Bayern München | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Union Berlin | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Hoffenheim | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Borussia M'gladbach | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Mainz 05 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Köln | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | RB Leipzig | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 12 | Stuttgart | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 3 |
| 15 | Wolfsburg | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 2 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Bochum | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -10 | 0 |
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