Homberg v Fortuna Köln preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Germany Regionalliga: West
Competition: Wed 16.September
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: PCC-Stadion (3000 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the Regionalliga: West so far, with Homberg placed 21st and Fortuna Köln sitting in the 1st position.

It's no vacation for neither Homberg nor Fortuna Köln 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.

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Homberg form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Regionalliga: West game of the season here at PCC-Stadion. Last season these fans witnessed 2 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from Homberg's 12 home games.

C. Kader was the last player to score a league goal for Homberg and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Homberg haven't scored in 372 minutes.

Homberg faced defeat in their previous match, away at Fortuna Düsseldorf II (0-4). Preceding that match was a defeat to Lippstadt 08 (0-2).

As you see from the result above, Homberg suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Homberg as they are travelling to their away game against Preußen Münster in the Regionalliga: West. That match is three days after this one.

Homberg has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Fortuna Köln form and stats

Only one away game in the Regionalliga: West so far for Fortuna Köln and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 victories, 4 draws and 2 losses from 11 travels.

The Fortuna goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 190 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Fortuna won their last game, 3-0 versus SV 1919 Straelen played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Bergisch Gladbach with the score of 2-0.

A new game in only three days for Fortuna Köln, the Regionalliga: West home match versus Wuppertaler SV. Busy days.

It's early days yet, but Fortuna Köln has scored 2 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Homberg, zero draws and two wins for Fortuna Köln. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Fortuna KölnF. Uzelac
F. Uzelac
1 goals
Fortuna KölnH. Salman
H. Salman
1 goals
Fortuna KölnF. Ubabuike
F. Ubabuike
1 goals

Homberg missing players

Fortuna Köln missing players

Homberg Fortuna Köln
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 2 5
6 2 2 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 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% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 9 9 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 6.5
7 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 2.5
2.5 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 9 9 Total Shots T S 0 11 29
1 1 1 Shots on Target S O 0 7 16
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 31%
Homberg Last season Fortuna Köln
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 12   Played P   11 23
4 2   Won W   5 8
5 3   Drew D   4 6
17 7   Lost L   2 9
22 14   Scored S   13 20
52 24   Conceded C   12 27
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
85% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   55% 61%
50% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   27% 22%
31% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 13%
8% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 4%
42% 58%   BTTS BTTS   36% 30%
15% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   45% 30%
42% 25%   Failed to Score F T   18% 39%
 
3.4 2.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 4.1
6.2 7.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5.6
2.5 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.3
1 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
206 95   Total Shots T S   94 200
71 32   Shots on Target S O   33 68
30% 41%   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 Fortuna Köln 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 6
2 Borussia Dortmund II 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 4
4 Preußen Münster 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 4
5 Lippstadt 08 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Wuppertaler SV 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
7 Borussia M'gladbach II 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
8 Sportfreunde Lotte 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Alemannia Aachen 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Rot-Weiss Essen 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Wiedenbrück 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Schalke 04 II 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Rödinghausen 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
15 SV 1919 Straelen 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
17 Bonner SC 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Köln II 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
19 Rot Weiss Ahlen 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
20 Bergisch Gladbach 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -6 0
21 Homberg 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -6 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 Rödinghausen 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 Köln 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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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.