Very important shoot-out in the bottom part of the Regionalliga: West, with both Köln II and Rot Weiss Ahlen suffering more angst than pleasure. This game is a classic "six-pointer" with the team playing at home placed 15th and the away side in 16th place.
- Köln II have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Regionalliga: West
- Rot Weiss Ahlen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both squads have had plenty of rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's hope for an enthusiastic game!
Köln II form and stats
5-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Regionalliga: West numbers at home for Köln II so far this season. When Köln II hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Köln II, FC Bocholt, Fortuna Düsseldorf II, Wattenscheid 09 and SV 1919 Straelen), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
Köln travelled for their previous game, a trip to Wuppertaler SV that ended 2-2.
Preceding that match was the home game against Preuen Munster that was lost 1-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Köln II have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 0.
The Köln II fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 12 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Köln defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Rot Weiss Ahlen form and stats
There's been little loot from Rot Weiss Ahlen's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 12 away games in the Regionalliga: West. Rot Weiss Ahlen only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 1 draw. It's all red in the travel logs of Rot Weiss Ahlen, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.
Two away games in a row for Rot Weiss Ahlen, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus SV 1919 Straelen.
Prior to that match, the Weiss manager Golombek faced defeat when travelling to Borussia M'gladbach II and losing 2-3.We have checked recent matches where Rot Weiss Ahlen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 12 of this side's 13 latest league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
Weiss find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Rot Weiss Ahlen concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own. When Rot Weiss Ahlen is visiting a side on the bottom half, 4 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against FC Bocholt, Fortuna Düsseldorf II, Wattenscheid 09, SV 1919 Straelen and Weiss.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent fixtures involving these two teams have all finished as Köln II wins. Surely both teams are aware of this.The teams have faced each other previously this season, with the result Rot Weiss Ahlen - Köln II 1-3 written in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Mittelstädt 7 goals |  H. Bulut 6 goals |
Köln II missing players
Rot Weiss Ahlen missing players
| Köln II | Rot Weiss Ahlen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 32 | 19 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 40 |
| 51 | 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 15 | 34 | 51 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 84% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 68% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 92% | 79% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 67% | 54% |
| 28% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 75% | 50% | 29% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 75% | 71% |
| 16% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 36% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 17% |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.6 | 10.1 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.4 | 9.6 |
| 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 33% | 32% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 44% | 43% |
| 8.6 | 10 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.9 | 12.2 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.2 | 6.4 | 5.5 |
- Köln II have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Regionalliga: West
- Rot Weiss Ahlen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Rot Weiss Ahlen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rot Weiss Ahlen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 66 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 40 | 59 |
| 2 | Borussia M'gladbach II | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 48 |
| 3 | Wuppertaler SV | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 44 |
| 4 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 42 |
| 5 | Alemannia Aachen | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 42 |
| 6 | Kaan-Marienborn | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 41 |
| 7 | Fortuna Köln | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 40 |
| 8 | Rodinghausen | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 38 |
| 9 | Schalke 04 II | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 49 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 36 |
| 10 | Lippstadt 08 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -6 | 33 |
| 11 | Duren Merzenich | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 45 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 30 | -16 | 29 |
| 12 | Wiedenbruck | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 28 |
| 13 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 37 | 47 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 26 | -10 | 27 |
| 14 | FC Bocholt | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 27 | -15 | 27 |
| 15 | Köln II | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 51 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 33 | -19 | 25 |
| 16 | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 40 | 51 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 34 | -11 | 23 |
| 17 | Wattenscheid 09 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 34 | 71 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 41 | -37 | 18 |
| 18 | SV 1919 Straelen | 25 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 27 | -24 | 13 |
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