Sportfreunde Lotte v Fortuna Köln preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Germany Regionalliga: West
Competition: Tue 15.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark am Lotter Kreuz

Sportfreunde Lotte will pray that their home comfort is enough to get a victory from this hard duel, versus high-flying Fortuna Köln.

Insights:
  • Sportfreunde Lotte have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Fortuna Köln have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Regionalliga: West

The visiting Fortuna Köln played their last game only four days ago, a Regionalliga: West match.

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Sportfreunde Lotte form and stats

5 victories, 0 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Sportfreunde Lotte have to build on here at Sportpark am Lotter Kreuz in the Regionalliga: West.

Sportfreunde Lotte faced defeat in their previous match, away at Schalke 04 II (1-4).

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Homberg.

The Sportfreunde fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. Sportfreunde Lotte's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Fortuna Köln form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Regionalliga: West. Things are running smoothly for Fortuna Köln who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 17 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Rot-Weiss Essen.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Fortuna goalkeeper Andre Weis is eager to challenge this, with his 334 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

The fans enjoyed Fortuna Köln's previous game versus Wuppertaler SV (placed 4th), a 1-0 win played at home.

Prior to that result Fortuna Köln won their away game at SV 1919 Straelen. The scoreline was 2-0.

A quick return to home after this game, as Fortuna are hosting Bonner SC in the Regionalliga: West only three days away.

Fortuna Köln has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sportfreunde Lotte-Fortuna Köln H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sportfreunde three wins, Fortuna Köln five wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these clubs have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Fortuna KölnS. Marquet
S. Marquet
10 goals
Sportfreunde LotteC. Euschen
C. Euschen
6 goals
Fortuna KölnS. Najar
S. Najar
6 goals

Sportfreunde Lotte missing players

Fortuna Köln missing players

Sportfreunde Lotte Fortuna Köln
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 1 Played P 3 10 21
6 5 0 Won W 2 6 14
0 0 0 Drew D 1 3 6
15 5 1 Lost L 0 1 1
22 15 1 Scored S 3 15 35
40 12 2 Conceded C 0 5 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 90% 90%
95% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 70% 67%
67% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 29%
24% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 19%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 14%
52% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 43%
14% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 60% 57%
33% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 10% 10%
 
3.5 4.2 2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 6 6.3
5.9 6.4 9 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 3.6 4.4
1.7 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.8
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.7 10 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 9.3 10.6
3.9 5.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 4.6
26% 24% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 38% 36%
 
14.4 14.3 19 Shots against (avg) S A 5.3 6.7 6.6
6.7 6.2 12 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3.4 3
Key stats in Regionalliga: West this season:
  • Fortuna Köln have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Fortuna Köln have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Regionalliga: West
  • Fortuna Köln have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Regionalliga: West
  • Fortuna Köln have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Regionalliga: West
  • Fortuna Köln have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Regionalliga: West
  • Fortuna Köln have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Regionalliga: West
  • Sportfreunde Lotte have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sportfreunde Lotte 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 Rot-Weiss Essen 23 17 5 1 55 20 12 9 2 1 26 11 11 8 3 0 29 9 35 56
2 Preuen Munster 23 15 6 2 43 16 13 9 3 1 22 7 10 6 3 1 21 9 27 51
3 Fortuna Köln 21 14 6 1 35 12 11 8 3 0 20 7 10 6 3 1 15 5 23 48
4 Wuppertaler SV 23 13 7 3 42 16 10 6 3 1 21 7 13 7 4 2 21 9 26 46
5 Rot-Wei Oberhausen 23 13 5 5 47 23 12 8 2 2 27 9 11 5 3 3 20 14 24 44
6 Koln II 25 12 7 6 49 34 13 6 4 3 27 18 12 6 3 3 22 16 15 43
7 Wiedenbrück 24 11 9 4 34 17 12 6 5 1 22 9 12 5 4 3 12 8 17 42
8 Rodinghausen 22 9 5 8 24 22 10 5 2 3 12 8 12 4 3 5 12 14 2 32
9 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 23 8 7 8 42 40 11 5 2 4 26 21 12 3 5 4 16 19 2 31
10 Schalke 04 II 25 8 7 10 38 41 12 6 5 1 22 11 13 2 2 9 16 30 -3 31
11 Borussia M'gladbach II 25 9 3 13 31 34 13 5 1 7 18 21 12 4 2 6 13 13 -3 30
12 SV 1919 Straelen 24 8 5 11 27 35 12 3 3 6 9 18 12 5 2 5 18 17 -8 29
13 Lippstadt 08 22 8 3 11 34 39 10 4 2 4 15 13 12 4 1 7 19 26 -5 27
14 Rot Weiss Ahlen 22 6 9 7 35 43 10 3 6 1 15 14 12 3 3 6 20 29 -8 27
15 Alemannia Aachen 23 5 6 12 26 40 11 4 1 6 17 20 12 1 5 6 9 20 -14 21
16 Bonner SC 24 5 5 14 28 46 14 2 4 8 14 26 10 3 1 6 14 20 -18 20
17 Sportfreunde Lotte 21 6 0 15 22 40 10 5 0 5 15 12 11 1 0 10 7 28 -18 18
18 Wegberg-Beeck 22 3 8 11 19 36 11 1 3 7 9 23 11 2 5 4 10 13 -17 17
19 Homberg 22 2 6 14 16 42 11 1 4 6 10 17 11 1 2 8 6 25 -26 12
20 Uerdingen 25 1 7 17 22 73 13 1 3 9 13 37 12 0 4 8 9 36 -51 10

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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.