FC Viktoria Cologne vs 1. FC Saarbrucken
Match details. 3. Liga, Regular Season - 13. Kick-off is Fri 6 Nov, 19:00 Lagos time. It is played at Sportpark Höhenberg, Cologne. The referee is Ben Henry Uhrig.
What's at stake. FC Viktoria Cologne are 1st on 26 points after 12 games, level on points with MSV Duisburg. 1. FC Saarbrucken are 4th on 20 points after 12 games, 4 points behind Rot-Weiß Essen, level on points with Alemannia Aachen.
Form. FC Viktoria Cologne have won seven, drawn two and lost one of their last ten, 2.3 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W W D D W. In this competition FC Viktoria Cologne have gone W W D D W W. 1. FC Saarbrucken have won four, drawn two and lost four of their last ten, 1.4 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L W L D. In this competition 1. FC Saarbrucken have gone W L W L D W.
The numbers. FC Viktoria Cologne score 3.2 and concede 0.8 a game in their last five at home, with two clean sheets. FC Viktoria Cologne average 15.4 shots (6.5 on target), 4.9 corners and 2.2 cards a game, with 56% of the ball. 1. FC Saarbrucken score 2.8 and concede 1.6 a game in their last five away, with one clean sheet. 1. FC Saarbrucken average 15.2 shots (5.9 on target), 6.2 corners and 2.4 cards a game, with 51% of the ball.
Head to head. In the last ten meetings FC Viktoria Cologne have won three, drawn one and lost six. Five of the ten went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in five. In the last four, FC Viktoria Cologne won one and 1. FC Saarbrucken won three. The last time they met, on 23 Jan 2026, it finished FC Viktoria Cologne 2-0 1. FC Saarbrucken: FC Viktoria Cologne had 8 shots to 24, 45% of the ball, six yellow cards.
Where it pulls both ways. FC Viktoria Cologne are the form side, but the meetings favour 1. FC Saarbrucken: in the last ten meetings, FC Viktoria Cologne won three, 1. FC Saarbrucken won six and one was drawn.
The read. No side to back. An open game. Form and the meetings point different ways, so I back neither side. Their goals for and against point to an open game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 80%.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: FC Viktoria Cologne or Over 2.5 Goals (no result call); 1. FC Saarbrucken or Over 2.5 Goals (no result call); Under 4.5 Goals (no unders on an open read). Predicted score: FC Viktoria Cologne 2-1 1. FC Saarbrucken (9% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (an open game).