The Rot-Weiss Essen & Fortuna Köln managers C. Neidhardt and A. Ende are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Regionalliga: West league table.
- Rot-Weiss Essen have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Regionalliga: West
- Fortuna Köln have the most points from losing position (15) in Regionalliga: West
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Rot-Weiss Essen form and stats
Rot-Weiss Essen, who have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Regionalliga: West, have been outstanding at home so far in the Regionalliga: West with 10 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Rot-Weiss Essen tasted defeat here at Stadion Essen, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.
The Rot-Weiss fans got no joy from their last match, a DFB Pokal game also here at Stadion Essen: A 0-3 defeat against Holstein Kiel. Prior to that, an away loss at Fortuna Dusseldorf II in the Regionalliga: West.
Rot-Weiss are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (30 goals in 11 games). Rot-Weiss have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Fortuna Köln form and stats
As the visiting team in Regionalliga: West matches, Fortuna Köln have produced an overall stat of 6-4-3 so far.
Fortuna are travelling again after losing away to Wuppertaler SV in their previous match (0-2). A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Sportfreunde Lotte.
Fortuna has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 13 games. As opposed to that, Fortuna have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Fortuna Köln - Rot-Weiss 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rot-Weiss Essen one win, four draws and Fortuna Köln five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Rot-Weiss Essen missing players
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| Rot-Weiss Essen | Fortuna Köln | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 13 | 26 |
| 16 | 10 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 48 | 30 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 22 | 48 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 28 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 87% | 91% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 77% | 81% |
| 39% | 55% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 46% | 54% |
| 26% | 45% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 31% | 35% |
| 17% | 36% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 15% | 19% |
| 43% | 55% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 46% | 54% |
| 52% | 45% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 23% | 15% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 11.1 | 10.4 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 52% | 67% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 37% |
- Fortuna Köln have the most points from losing position (15) in Regionalliga: West
- Rot-Weiss Essen have not yet lost a game at home.
- Rot-Weiss Essen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rot-Weiss Essen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rot-Weiss Essen have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Rot-Weiss Essen have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Regionalliga: West
- Rot-Weiss Essen have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Regionalliga: West
- Rot-Weiss Essen have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Regionalliga: West
- Rot-Weiss Essen have the most clean sheets (12) in Regionalliga: West
- Rot-Weiss Essen 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 | Borussia Dortmund II | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 64 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 46 | 57 |
| 2 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 33 | 54 |
| 3 | Preußen Münster | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 49 |
| 4 | Fortuna Köln | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 48 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 48 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf II | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 22 | 42 |
| 6 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 42 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 40 |
| 7 | Rodinghausen | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | Koln II | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 38 |
| 9 | Borussia M'gladbach II | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 38 |
| 10 | Schalke 04 II | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 34 |
| 11 | Wiedenbruck | 26 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 34 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 34 |
| 12 | Alemannia Aachen | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 34 |
| 13 | SV 1919 Straelen | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -8 | 34 |
| 14 | Wuppertaler SV | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -14 | 28 |
| 15 | Wegberg-Beeck | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -15 | 25 |
| 16 | Homberg | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 26 | -23 | 23 |
| 17 | Sportfreunde Lotte | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 34 | -26 | 23 |
| 18 | Lippstadt 08 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 42 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -16 | 22 |
| 19 | Bergisch Gladbach | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 45 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -21 | 22 |
| 20 | Bonner SC | 25 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -23 | 19 |
| 21 | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 26 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 48 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -21 | 16 |
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