It's advantage Fortuna Köln so far with their 4th position in the Regionalliga: West table, welcoming Schalke 04 II who are placed 9th.
- Fortuna Köln have the most points from losing position (20) in Regionalliga: West
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Fortuna can neither be promoted or relegated from Regionalliga: West. Schalke is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
Fortuna Köln form and stats
9 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Fortuna Köln have to build on here at Südstadion in the Regionalliga: West.
The home team returns to Südstadion after being equal after 90 minutes with Rot-Wei Oberhausen (placed 6th) on their last time out; the Regionalliga: West game ended 1-1.
Before that game, the home loss against Borussia M'gladbach II with the scoreline 0-1.A decent goal production from Fortuna in their home games so far, with 32 goals from 19 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Fortuna's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Schalke 04 II form and stats
5-8-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Schalke 04 II in their Regionalliga: West matches away.
Impressive finishing from N. Awassi and J. Ceka secured the home win 2-0 against Fortuna Dusseldorf II in their previous game.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Lippstadt 08 wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.Schalke have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 19 league away games 19 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Schalke have seen the ball go into their own net 27 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Schalke 04 II - Fortuna Köln 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Fortuna five wins, one draw and Schalke 04 II three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Fortuna Köln missing players
Schalke 04 II missing players
| Fortuna Köln | Schalke 04 II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 38 | 19 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 19 | 38 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 61 | 32 | 11 | Scored | S | 7 | 19 | 55 |
| 43 | 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 14 | 27 | 50 |
| 95% | 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | 89% |
| 79% | 79% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | 76% |
| 47% | 47% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 37% | 45% |
| 32% | 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 21% | 24% |
| 13% | 16% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 16% | 18% |
| 53% | 53% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 42% | 50% |
| 32% | 37% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 37% | 32% |
| 21% | 16% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 37% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.6 | 9.9 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 6.5 | 8.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 36% | 41% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | 40% |
- Fortuna Köln have the most points from losing position (20) in Regionalliga: West
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 37 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 82 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 58 | 84 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund II | 35 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 84 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 58 | 82 |
| 3 | Preuen Munster | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 35 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 30 | 75 |
| 4 | Fortuna Köln | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 61 | 43 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 18 | 63 |
| 5 | Koln II | 37 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 63 | 52 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 35 | 11 | 57 |
| 6 | Rot-Wei Oberhausen | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 58 | 47 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 56 |
| 7 | Fortuna Dusseldorf II | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 64 | 47 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 55 |
| 8 | Rodinghausen | 37 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 54 |
| 9 | Schalke 04 II | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 55 | 50 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 5 | 54 |
| 10 | Wiedenbruck | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 52 | 47 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 5 | 54 |
| 11 | Wuppertaler SV | 39 | 16 | 6 | 17 | 56 | 60 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 45 | -4 | 54 |
| 12 | Borussia M'gladbach II | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 46 | 52 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 29 | -6 | 52 |
| 13 | Alemannia Aachen | 39 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 47 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 21 | -12 | 45 |
| 14 | SV 1919 Straelen | 37 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 28 | -15 | 44 |
| 15 | Sportfreunde Lotte | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 43 | 65 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 44 | -22 | 43 |
| 16 | Wegberg-Beeck | 37 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 56 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 29 | -22 | 38 |
| 17 | Lippstadt 08 | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 35 | 60 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -25 | 37 |
| 18 | Homberg | 37 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 37 | 69 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 39 | -32 | 33 |
| 19 | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 38 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 44 | 67 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 35 | -23 | 32 |
| 20 | Bonner SC | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 37 | 66 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 33 | -29 | 32 |
| 21 | Bergisch Gladbach | 37 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 63 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 38 | -33 | 30 |
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