Viktoria Koln - Hansa Rostock Prediction, Picks and Tips
On the first matchday of the 3rd division, Hansa Rostock led the promoted Viktoria Köln 3-0 after just 19 minutes. In the end, however, both teams separated with a 3: 3 draw. Also because the cathedral dwellers flashed through their comeback how much quality is in their team. For a long time, Pavel Dotchev's team was in the top third of the table. Until autumn came. Since the 3-2 win at Preussen Münster on September 14, 2019, the black, white and red have not won a single league game. No wonder that at Viktoria Köln against Rostock the odds of bookmakers turn in the direction of the guests, although there are five defeats in the last six league games in the Kogge. So the plight of injuries hit the Baltic Sea towns. Jens Härtel has to travel to North Rhine-Westphalia without seven of his actors, which definitely affects the forecast for Viktoria Köln against Rostock. However, the home side also lacks top performers. In our view, it would be the most sustainable in this crisis duel between the 16th and the 13th of the current table to play the tip on the division of points at Viktoria Köln against Rostock.
Viktoria Köln had started promisingly in the 3rd league and for a long time established itself on a par with SV Waldhof Mannheim as the best climber in the top third of the table. At least in the first two months of league operations before Pavel Dotchev's team was properly thrown off the track. Since September 14, 2019, the cathedral town has not won a single league game. Recently there were even four straight defeats in a row - no other third division team was also without points in this period. The Cologne team was able to finish the first half of the season on a non-relegation zone, but could theoretically be overtaken by Chemnitz FC with their fifth defeat in a row. The fact that Viktoria Köln against Rostock Tip 1 is not the best choice is not only due to the winning series of North Rhine-Westphalia that has now been going on for more than three months, but also due to its meager home record overall. The climber has only won two of the ten games in the Höhenberg sports park. Just last Saturday there was another 0-1 defeat against KFC Uerdingen, in which the Victoria also experienced another low point: For the first time in almost three months, the cathedral town remained without their own goal in the 3rd league. Bitter, especially since with the 36-year-old veteran Albert Bunjaku they are currently the leader of the current top scorer list in Germany's third-highest division, while captain Mike Wunderlich has also been able to compete nine times. Together, they scored 22 of the 32 goals of the city dwellers this season - and are currently not part of the long list of injuries, on which mainly defensive forces can be found. In addition to goalkeeper Daniel Mesenhöler, center-back Lars Dietz and left-back Fabian Holthaus. A total of eight players from the first team are currently at least struck. Seven of them with defensive tasks, which explains at least some of the 37 goals conceded by Viktoria Köln so far. In order to turn the corner and say goodbye to the winter break with a win from the calendar year 2019, the city dwellers not only need a closed defensive performance, but also have to hope that their brilliant offensive duo will stand out again.
While the host from Cologne made a comparatively good start to the season and only then broke it down, the given 3-0 lead of the Hansa-Kogge against the cathedral town from the first day of play was already groundbreaking. After the first five league games, the former Bundesliga club had already suffered three defeats before Jens Härtel ordered Kai Bülow into the midfield, which from then on ensured lack of stability and can be described in retrospect as the face of the upswing. However, since the 33-year-old suffered an inner ligament tear in the knee, things have been going downhill again, which underlines the five defeats from the last six games. Also because with Nicolas Nartey among the seven actors without whom Jens Härtel has to travel to Cologne, Kai Bülow's deputy is also absent. The problem is aggravated because Nik Omladic injured his shoulder against Chemnitz last weekend and is almost certainly not part of the game. And as if that weren't enough problems, left-back Nico Neidhardt saw his fifth yellow card at home defeat against the Saxons and also has to pause. It is all the more surprising that the odds against Viktoria Köln against Rostock nonetheless turn in the direction of the Baltic Sea townspeople, who also come to the cathedral city with a miserable away record. The four-time GDR champion won only two of the nine away games - 17th place in the away table. Now it could perhaps be argued that the weakness of the Cologne home ironed out this shortcoming, but Hansa has repeatedly presented himself as an opponent of weak counterparties. At Uerdingen, Mannheim and Jena - after all, all three together with Cologne and Großaspach belong to the five clubs at the lower end of the home table - the kickers from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern scored only one point. In addition, Jens Härtel relies heavily on his top scorer Pascal Breier. The 27-year-old scored eight goals in the first half of the season. Overall, the cog only got 22 hits, which is the third worst value in the entire 3rd division. The only ray of hope is the fact that Mirnes Pepic and Korbinian Vollmann, two of the last struck players, are completely fit again, while Maximilian Ahlschwede is again an option after the yellow card suspension against Chemnitz.
Our recommendation tip for Viktoria Koln - Hansa Rostock : BTS / YES @ 1.48