Fasten your seatbelt before the show! Today's starring characters are Rot-Weiss Essen and Köln II, 3 points is the objective and 90 minutes the length.
- Rot-Weiss Essen have the most scored goals (64) in Regionalliga: West
- Köln II have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in Regionalliga: West
Rot-Weiss have less rest than Köln II in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Reg. Cup Niederrhein game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Schonnebeck, was also a home game here at Stadion Essen. The away team is better rested.
Rot-Weiss Essen form and stats
Rot-Weiss Essen are steadily winning Regionalliga: West games and points here at Stadion Essen. 10 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games.
Rot-Weiss Essen's previous match was a Reg. Cup Niederrhein game also played at their own arena, ending 3-0 vs Schonnebeck. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Wiedenbruck.The manager Neidhardt will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Rot-Wei Oberhausen in only four days.
Rot-Weiss Essen can score goals in their home matches. After 14 league matches they have found the net 29 times. Rot-Weiss are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Essen in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 14 matches.
Köln II form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Regionalliga: West travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Köln II had fun at their own home (Stadion Essen) last time out, beating Rot Weiss Ahlen 6-1. Schwirten (4), Jansen and Kuyucu scored.
Prior to that match, the Köln II manager Zimmermann faced defeat when travelling to Rodinghausen and losing 1-2.The travelling fans enjoy Köln's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 14 league matches away. 19 goals have been conceded by Köln II in these games.
Head 2 Head
Rot-Weiss Essen and Köln II have met already this season: Köln II - Rot-Weiss Essen 1-1. Last ten meetings involving these squads: Rot-Weiss Essen won seven, Köln II triumphed in two and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  S. Engelmann 18 goals |  F. Dietz 13 goals |  M. Obuz 7 goals |
Rot-Weiss Essen missing players
Köln II missing players
| Rot-Weiss Essen | Köln II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 14 | 30 |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 64 | 29 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 24 | 63 |
| 28 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 19 | 39 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 76% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 87% |
| 59% | 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 60% |
| 28% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 36% | 43% |
| 24% | 21% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 20% |
| 55% | 57% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 79% | 73% |
| 38% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 17% |
| 10% | 14% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 14% | 13% |
| 6.3 | 6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.2 | 4.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.2 | 12.5 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 8.8 | 11.3 |
| 6.9 | 5.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | 5.1 |
| 35% | 41% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 46% | 41% |
| 6.8 | 5.1 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 7.1 | 7.5 |
| 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
- Köln II have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in Regionalliga: West
- Köln II have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Köln II haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 the most scored goals (64) in Regionalliga: West
- Rot-Weiss Essen have the most scored goals in the second half (38) in Regionalliga: West
- Rot-Weiss Essen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 56 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 36 | 67 |
| 2 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 29 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 64 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 36 | 66 |
| 3 | Fortuna Koln | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 50 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 28 | 64 |
| 4 | Rot-Wei Oberhausen | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 57 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 30 | 61 |
| 5 | Wuppertaler SV | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 55 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 33 | 60 |
| 6 | Köln II | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 63 | 39 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 24 | 53 |
| 7 | Rodinghausen | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 53 |
| 8 | Wiedenbruck | 31 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 39 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 47 |
| 9 | Fortuna Dusseldorf II | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 52 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 39 |
| 10 | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 41 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 39 | -13 | 36 |
| 11 | Lippstadt 08 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 42 | 50 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 33 | -8 | 35 |
| 12 | SV 1919 Straelen | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 34 | 53 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 28 | -19 | 35 |
| 13 | Borussia M'gladbach II | 31 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 35 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 18 | -8 | 34 |
| 14 | Bonner SC | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 39 | 51 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 22 | -12 | 34 |
| 15 | Schalke 04 II | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 55 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 34 | -13 | 32 |
| 16 | Alemannia Aachen | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -12 | 31 |
| 17 | Wegberg-Beeck | 31 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 50 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -25 | 27 |
| 18 | Sportfreunde Lotte | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 31 | -20 | 26 |
| 19 | Uerdingen | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 78 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 39 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 39 | -48 | 20 |
| 20 | Homberg | 31 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 57 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 32 | -35 | 16 |
- German Football Association - (also in English)
