Match Report
The table gap was wide: 25 points between Fortuna Köln (1st, 70 pts) and Köln II (10th, 45 pts). The last five rounds placed Fortuna Köln no better than 9th for form, against 1st in the standings. Per game in the league, Köln II were scoring 1.62 and conceding 1.85, Fortuna Köln 2.09 and 0.88, against a competition average of 1.54 goals per team per game.
Köln II had lost five in a row. The last-five ledger: Köln II 0/15, Fortuna Köln 10/15.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Köln II 1, draws 4, Fortuna Köln 4, at 4.33 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host. Goals tend to flow: 89% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 100%. Where history says 4.33 goals per meeting, the last five say 5.2.
The referee was T. Esch, with 30 matches in our database and 1.3 yellows per game on average. The venue was Franz-Kremer-Stadion, with room for 14,944 spectators. Köln II led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 3-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Köln II: Youssoupha Niang (77'), Youssoupha Niang (39'), David Haider Kamm Al-Azzawe (14' og)