Match Report
The table gap was wide: 45 points between Fortuna Köln (1st, 70 pts) and SSVg Velbert (18th, 25 pts). Recent form told a different story for Fortuna Köln: only 9th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. Against a league average of 1.54 goals per team per game, SSVg Velbert ran at 1.03 scored and 2.12 conceded, Fortuna Köln at 2.09 and 0.88.
15 matches unbeaten backed Fortuna Köln's arrival. The five-game form split read 6/15 points for SSVg Velbert against 13/15 for Fortuna Köln.
5 meetings are on record — 0 won by SSVg Velbert, 5 by Fortuna Köln, 0 drawn, at 3.4 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. Goals tend to flow: 80% of the meetings produced three or more.
Christopeit Sport Arena, capacity 4,702, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Fortuna Köln led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-2.
Goal scorers
Fortuna Köln: Hamadi Al Ghaddioui (39'), Nico Thier (79')