Week 27 features a match on Sat Feb 19th, where Saarbrücken will host Viktoria Köln in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched 3. Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 3rd placed Saarbrücken is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Wehen Wiesbaden. Gustaf Nilsson scored the first goal for Wehen Wiesbaden in the 48th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Saarbrücken couldn’t manage to score, and Wehen Wiesbaden took the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Saarbrücken should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 13th placed Viktoria Köln, recorded a 1-1 draw against Osnabrück. David Lennart Philipp struck first for Viktoria Köln in the 30th minute, then in the 50th minute, Aaron Opoku sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Sven Kohler earning Osnabrück a comeback draw. Viktoria Köln is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
Saarbrücken and Viktoria Köln last played eachother at the Sportpark Höhenberg on Sep 11th. Viktoria Köln and Saarbrücken battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Viktoria Köln nor Saarbrücken could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 2 and 3 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
David Lennart Philipp has been the most prolific scorer on Viktoria Köln in the last 5 matches with 2 goals. Adriano Grimaldi has been the most effective weapon for Saarbrücken lately. The German attacker has netted three goals in his last 5 matches.