It's ground zero in Regionalliga: West - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Bergisch Gladbach and Fortuna Köln did in their pre-season friendlies!
Bergisch Gladbach form and stats
Bergisch Gladbach have prepared for this season with six friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these six matches are 2 victories, 2 draws and 2 losses. In these games, Bergisch have scored 12 goals and conceded 11 times.
Last season, Bergisch Gladbach's league statistics were 5 wins, 3 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 17th position in the Regionalliga: West. Over these 24 matches they scored 18 goals and conceded 53. Playing at home last season Bergisch Gladbach managed 2-2-6 (win-draw-lost) with 8 goals and 20 conceded.
Fortuna Köln form and stats
It's a day of discovery for Fortuna as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Fortuna Köln have played four with the results W4-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Fortuna Köln has scored 8 goals and conceded 2 times.
Let's have a look at how Fortuna Köln performed last season in the Regionalliga: West: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 20 and conceded 27 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 2 with 13/12 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: one win for Bergisch Gladbach, two draws and four wins for Fortuna Köln. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Bergisch Gladbach missing players
Fortuna Köln missing players
| Bergisch Gladbach | Fortuna Köln | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Bergisch Gladbach | Last season | Fortuna Köln | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 23 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 13 | 20 | ||
| 53 | 20 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 61% | ||
| 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 22% | ||
| 25% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 13% | ||
| 8% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 30% | ||
| 17% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 30% | ||
| 46% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 39% | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 171 | 83 | Total Shots | T S | 94 | 200 | ||
| 78 | 38 | Shots on Target | S O | 33 | 68 | ||
| 22% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alemannia Aachen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Bergisch Gladbach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bonner SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Borussia M'gladbach II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Fortuna Köln | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Homberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Koln II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Lippstadt 08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Preuen Munster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Rodinghausen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Sportfreunde Lotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | SV 1919 Straelen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Wegberg-Beeck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Wiedenbrück | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Wuppertaler SV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Rodinghausen | 27 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 68 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 9 | 47 | 64 |
| 2 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 25 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 20 | 54 |
| 3 | Verl | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 35 | 53 |
| 4 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 46 |
| 5 | Alemannia Aachen | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Koln II | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 36 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach II | 25 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 49 | 47 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 2 | 36 |
| 8 | Borussia Dortmund II | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 34 |
| 9 | Sportfreunde Lotte | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 34 |
| 10 | Schalke 04 II | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 31 |
| 11 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 23 | -7 | 30 |
| 12 | Fortuna Köln | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -7 | 30 |
| 13 | Bonner SC | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 19 | -15 | 25 |
| 14 | Wuppertaler SV | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 48 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 26 | -19 | 23 |
| 15 | TuS Haltern | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 30 | -23 | 23 |
| 16 | Lippstadt 08 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -22 | 19 |
| 17 | Bergisch Gladbach | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 33 | -35 | 18 |
| 18 | Homberg | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 52 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 28 | -30 | 17 |
| 19 | Wattenscheid 09 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
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