Viktoria Cologne vs Mannheim Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Viktoria Cologne

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Viktoria Cologne will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 0-2 3rd Liga loss in their previous game against Saarbrucken.

Calogero Rizzuto (22') and Boné Uaferro (54') scored for Saarbrucken.

Olaf Janßen's Viktoria Cologne have found the net a sum total of 11 times in their prior six outings. The number of goals that have been scored against them in those fixtures amounts to 7.

Mannheim

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Mannheim head into the meeting following a 1-3 3rd Liga win with the defeat of Duisburg in their most recent outing.

For Mannheim, the goalscorers were Dominik Martinović (24'), Adrien Lebeau (47') and Thomas Pledl (54'). Sebastian Mai (43') scored for Duisburg.

In a total of 5 of the previous 6 clashes involving Mannheim, three or more goals have been struck. The average number of goals per match within that time is 3.33, with the number of goals averaged by Mannheim working out to 2.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head meetings going back to 06/06/2020 shows us that Viktoria Cologne have won 1 of these & Mannheim 4, with the number of draws standing at 1.

An aggregate of 20 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 8 from Viktoria and 12 created by Mannheim. That is an average goals per game value of 3.33.

The previous league game between these sides was 3rd Liga match day 1 on 23/07/2022 and the score finished Mannheim 3-1 Viktoria Cologne.

The match was refereed by Daniel Schlager.

🗞️ Team News: Viktoria Cologne

David Philipp (Calf Injury) and Federico Palacios (Knee Problems) won’t be available for Viktoria Cologne boss Olaf Janßen.

🗞️ Team News: Mannheim

Mannheim manager Christian Neidhart has some current player fitness concerns. Luca Bolay (Torn Muscle Fibre), Johannes Dörfler (Torn Muscle Fibre), Gerrit Gohlke (Shoulder Injury) and Marco Höger (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

💡 Prediction

It’s looking like Mannheim and Viktoria Cologne could well end up finding themselves level here, with both teams capable of netting.

A close call, and we think a draw is quite likely. We’re therefore expecting a very close game with a 1-1 scoreline at the end of the match.

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Peter Guest, 01:38 25/01/2023