Fortuna Köln manager von Ahlen looking for three points in Düren Merzenich showdown

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Competition: Germany Regionalliga: West
Competition: Fri 07.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Südstadion (14944 seats)

This league campaign has been hard for Fortuna Köln so far, while Düren Merzenich have done well. Will the away team chalk up another victory at Südstadion?

Insights:
  • Fortuna Köln have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Regionalliga: West
  • Düren Merzenich have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Fortuna Köln form and stats

When playing at home in the Regionalliga: West, Fortuna Köln have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.

A strong away win for Fortuna against Alemannia Aachen the last match, as Lokotsch and Marquet were on target.

In the match before that, Fortuna Köln hosted Rot-Wei Oberhausen and drew the game 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Fortuna Köln handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Fortuna Köln have scored {4 league goals} here from 5 matches, not a lot. Fortuna are not conceding a lot of goals here at Südstadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.

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Düren Merzenich form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Düren Merzenich playing as the away team in the Regionalliga: West this season. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Düren Merzenich are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Merzenich, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus Rot-Wei Oberhausen (placed 8th). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Rot-Wei Oberhausen was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Kaan-Marienborn.

We have checked recent matches where Düren Merzenich have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

The attacking power of Düren Merzenich when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Düren Merzenich concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

Fortuna-Düren Merzenich H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Fortuna Köln one win, Düren Merzenich zero wins, one draw. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Fortuna KölnL. Lokotsch
L. Lokotsch
4 goals
Düren MerzenichM. Brasnic
M. Brasnic
4 goals
Fortuna KölnD. Willms
D. Willms
2 goals

Fortuna Köln missing players

Düren Merzenich missing players

Fortuna Köln Düren Merzenich
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 5 3 Played P 1 5 10
3 1 1 Won W 1 1 5
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 1
3 2 1 Lost L 0 3 4
8 4 3 Scored S 1 4 14
9 4 2 Conceded C 0 13 18
89% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 80%
33% 20% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 80% 70%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 60% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
33% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 40%
33% 40% 67% Clean Sheets C S 100% 20% 30%
44% 60% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 30%
 
5.4 4.6 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.2 4.6
2.2 3.2 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 1 2.4 3.1
1.7 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10 9.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 14 8.4 9.7
4.3 4 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4 4.7
21% 20% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 20% 30%
 
7.4 8 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 4 9 9.6
2.8 2.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 4.8 4.2
Key stats in Regionalliga: West this season:
  • Düren Merzenich have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Düren Merzenich have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Düren Merzenich haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Fortuna Köln have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Regionalliga: West
  • Fortuna Köln have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Preuen Munster 9 7 1 1 23 8 5 4 1 0 15 4 4 3 0 1 8 4 15 22
2 Rödinghausen 10 7 0 3 23 8 5 5 0 0 18 3 5 2 0 3 5 5 15 21
3 Kaan-Marienborn 10 5 2 3 15 16 5 2 2 1 8 8 5 3 0 2 7 8 -1 17
4 Schalke 04 II 9 5 1 3 17 12 4 2 0 2 7 6 5 3 1 1 10 6 5 16
5 Koln II 10 5 1 4 21 22 5 4 0 1 13 8 5 1 1 3 8 14 -1 16
6 Düren Merzenich 10 5 1 4 14 18 5 4 0 1 10 5 5 1 1 3 4 13 -4 16
7 Alemannia Aachen 10 4 3 3 15 14 5 3 1 1 11 8 5 1 2 2 4 6 1 15
8 Rot-Wei Oberhausen 10 4 3 3 20 21 5 4 0 1 12 6 5 0 3 2 8 15 -1 15
9 Lippstadt 08 10 5 0 5 16 20 5 3 0 2 9 8 5 2 0 3 7 12 -4 15
10 Borussia M'gladbach II 10 3 5 2 17 14 5 1 4 0 11 8 5 2 1 2 6 6 3 14
11 Wuppertaler SV 10 3 4 3 18 13 5 2 2 1 10 6 5 1 2 2 8 7 5 13
12 Fortuna Dusseldorf II 10 4 1 5 16 20 5 2 1 2 9 8 5 2 0 3 7 12 -4 13
13 Fortuna Köln 9 3 3 3 8 9 5 1 2 2 4 4 4 2 1 1 4 5 -1 12
14 Wiedenbruck 10 3 2 5 14 12 5 2 0 3 8 5 5 1 2 2 6 7 2 11
15 Rot Weiss Ahlen 10 3 2 5 18 18 6 2 2 2 15 8 4 1 0 3 3 10 0 11
16 FC Bocholt 9 2 3 4 15 21 4 2 1 1 8 6 5 0 2 3 7 15 -6 9
17 SV 1919 Straelen 10 2 0 8 7 13 4 1 0 3 1 4 6 1 0 5 6 9 -6 6
18 Wattenscheid 09 10 1 2 7 12 30 5 1 1 3 5 10 5 0 1 4 7 20 -18 5

Germany:

Read more about Regionalliga: West

The Regionalliga is the fourth level of football in Germany. It is divided into five groups based on regional location, leading to the names Regionalliga Südwest, Regionalliga West, Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga Nord and Regionalliga Nordost. Each group usually has 18 teams.