Viktoria Koln 1904
- Viktoria Koln 1904 have won two and lost three of their last five games.
- Despite Viktoria Koln 1904 being only 12th in the 3.Liga 2025/2026, with 38 points from 29 games, and SC Rot-Weiss Essen sitting third with 52 points from 29 matches, this game doesn’t hold the title of a derby match.
- Marian Wilhelm’s Viktoria Koln 1904 prefer to play with a patient build-up, using their wing-backs to stretch the field.
- Their home form has been mixed of late, winning one and losing one of their last two and SC Rot-Weiss Essen have won five, drawn six and lost three of their 14 away games.
SC Rot-Weiss Essen
- SC Rot-Weiss Essen have won three of their last five matches.
- Uwe Koschinat’s Rot-Weiss Essen like to play with pace on the wings, they love getting forward and they are an aggressive team that will press in order to turn opponents over.
- They have won their last three in a row and Marek Janssen’s 11 goals from 23 appearances in the 3.Liga 2025/2026 leads the line.
- Essen have averaged 1.93 goals per game away from home, so they should have enough to score against Viktoria Koln 1904, who have nothing in their game that can’t be easily picked off by a high-press and turnovers in possession.
Key Players
David Otto has netted 7 goals in 29 league games for Viktoria Koln 1904, so he is the team’s focal point in their 3-4-2-1 system.
Betting Insights
In the odds markets, the 2.5 on offer for Rot-Weiss to win is a big price, whilst the 1.48 on Both Teams to Score - Yes is also too big for us to go against.
Prediction
- Essen are on a roll and with the better record in the league, they’ll be very hard to beat this weekend.
- We’re backing SC Rot-Weiss Essen to take all three points as they have a much better position in the table and much better form coming into this game.
