The Fortuna Köln & Düren Merzenich bosses von Ahlen and Schommers are both anxious about and looking forward to this very important fixture in the upper regions of the Regionalliga: West league table.
- Fortuna Köln have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Regionalliga: West
- Düren Merzenich have the most scored goals (28) in Regionalliga: West
Fortuna Köln and Düren Merzenich should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Fortuna Köln form and stats
Fortuna Köln are steadily winning Regionalliga: West games and points here at Südstadion. 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 7 games.
In their previous game, the manager von Ahlen led his Fortuna to a defeat away at FC Bocholt. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Südstadion.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Rot Weiss Ahlen in a game that was won 2-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Fortuna Köln handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
Fortuna can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 15 times. Fortuna Köln are not conceding a lot of goals here at Südstadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.
Düren Merzenich form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Düren Merzenich so far, with 5-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Regionalliga: West statistics. Düren Merzenich has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Rödinghausen.
Merzenich won their last game, 5-0 versus Fortuna Düsseldorf II played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Düren Merzenich was very dominant against Fortuna Düsseldorf II, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Brock (2), Goden, Schlößer and Salman providing the goals.
Prior to that result Düren Merzenich won their away game at Gutersloh. The scoreline was 3-1.We have checked recent matches where Merzenich have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Goal alert! This side have played 5 consecutive league matches all having at least three goals scored (over 2.5 goals).
The Düren Merzenich manager Schommers has got the team scoring on the road, with 13 away goals in 6 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Merzenich in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the prior five meetings): Fortuna Köln won two games, one match ended with a draw and Düren Merzenich managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / one.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Goden 9 goals |   L. Demaj 5 goals | J. Steinkötter 5 goals |
Fortuna Köln missing players
Düren Merzenich missing players
| Fortuna Köln | Düren Merzenich | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 13 | 28 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| 50% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 17% | 29% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 42% | 29% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 42% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 5.1 | 6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 2.9 | 2.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.6 | 11.6 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.5 | 8.4 |
| 4.5 | 5.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 41% | 41% | 83% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 57% | 52% |
| 6.3 | 5.4 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7.5 | 7 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
- Düren Merzenich have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Düren Merzenich have the most points (15) away in Regionalliga: West
- Düren Merzenich have the most scored goals (28) in Regionalliga: West
- Düren Merzenich have the the best goal difference (+15) in Regionalliga: West
- Düren Merzenich haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Düren Merzenich is in the best form (5-0-1) in Regionalliga: West
- Fortuna Köln have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Fortuna Köln have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Regionalliga: West
- Fortuna Köln have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Fortuna Köln haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Düren Merzenich | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 26 |
| 2 | FC Bocholt | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | Fortuna Köln | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 23 |
| 4 | Schalke 04 II | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | Köln II | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Wuppertaler SV | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Rot-Wei Oberhausen | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 8 | Alemannia Aachen | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 9 | SC Paderborn 07 U23 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 17 |
| 10 | Rödinghausen | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | Wegberg-Beeck | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | Borussia M'gladbach II | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | Gutersloh | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
| 14 | Wiedenbruck | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 12 |
| 15 | SV Lippstadt 08 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 10 |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Velbert | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -14 | 9 |
| 18 | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -21 | 6 |
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