FC Energie Cottbus
- FC Energie Cottbus have won three of their last five 3.Liga matches and thrashed RW Essen 5-3 at home last time out.
- Energie boss Claus-Dieter Wollitz is a pragmatic and direct coach who wants his team to press and to win the ball back in the opponent’s half.
- Cottbus have won eight, drawn two and lost six of their 16 away matches this season, scoring 25 goals.
Viktoria Koln 1904
- Viktoria Koln 1904 have split their last two home matches, winning one and losing one.
- While 11th-placed Viktoria, on 47 points from 34 games, are unlikely to have the points tally to trouble the promotion spots this season.
- Viktoria have won eight, drawn three and lost six of their 17 home matches in the 3.Liga, conceding 22 goals in the process.
Head-to-Head
Viktoria Koln 1904 have been unable to beat FC Energie Cottbus in any of their previous three meetings.
Key Players
- FC Energie Cottbus
- Striker Erik Engelhardt has been in red-hot form of late, bagging five of the visitors’ 12 goals in the last five matches.
- Viktoria Koln 1904
- Koln’s top scorer David Otto has nine goals in 34 3.Liga appearances and has been involved in the build-up to three of their eight goals scored across the last five games.
Betting Insights
- With Cottbus in superior form, having dominated the head-to-head in recent years and positioned higher in the league, the odds of 1.97 for an Energie away win do not represent any value.
- However, over 2.5 goals at 1.53 and both teams to score at 1.49 both look very attractive bets in this matchup.
Prediction
However, Cottbus have been the sharper team in recent weeks and the fact that Viktoria have failed to beat them in the last three meetings, losing all three, will be enough to sway the decision in the visitors’ favour .
