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The SC Fortuna Köln fights in the third league with all means for relegation. Coach Tomasz Kaczmarek was replaced by the new trainer Oliver Zapel in the Südstadt in Cologne four games before the end of the season. The debut of the new coach went with a 0: 2 in Würzburg last Saturday but wrong. Nevertheless, Zapel is firmly convinced that the Fortuna can still avoid the descent. The residue on the saving shore is two points for the Cologne. For eight league games, the SC is waiting for a threesome. Will this win at home against Meppen?
With the 2-0 home win against Zwickau SV Meppen was able to make a big step towards relegation on the last matchday. Before the final three games of the season, the SVM has seven points ahead of the relegation zone. Can the Emsländer on Monday evening finally put the lid on the theme “relegation battle”? In the foreign, the team of coach Christian Neidhart waiting for four games for a victory. Even the bookmakers see before the game Fortuna Cologne vs.. Meppen on the odds rather the hosts in the favorites position. The betting base agrees with this opinion and sets in the duel Fortuna Cologne vs.. Meppen her tip on “win Fortuna Cologne”.
Fortuna Cologne:
In the first game under new coach Oliver Zapel Fortuna Cologne won the Landespokal semi-final 2-0 after extra time against the fifth division FC Wegberg-Beeck. The league debut of the new coach was then in Würzburg. Here, the Cologne could have gone in the second minute by a penalty in the lead, but Hartmann failed to FWK keeper Verstappen. As a result, the guests remained the dominant team, but could not turn their chances into goals. The Fortuna finally overslept the initial phase of the second round completely and was suddenly with two goals behind. Since the men of coach Zapel could not exploit other great opportunities, it remained at the end of 0: 2. The coach was nevertheless convinced after the game that his team holds the class.
In the season final spurt, the Südstädter three times against teams from the bottom half of the table ran: After the match against Meppen it is still around 1860 and against Sonnenhof Großaspach. Cologne has been waiting for victory for eight games. At home, the SC is undefeated since five encounters. But there was no victory. Thus, Cologne is waiting for six home games on a threesome. There was also bad news during the week by investor Michael W. Schwetje, who would like to resign soon from his involvement with the club. The Internet entrepreneur had joined the association in 2008 and wanted to help with financial injections to lead the Fortuna back to the 2nd Bundesliga.
Meppen:
The SV Meppen can descend purely arithmetically, but already plans the next league season. With center-back Yannick Osee and midfielder Willi Evseev are already the first two new entries for the upcoming season firmly. With three remaining games, the Emsländer have a lead of seven points to 16th place. Thus, the league is almost certain. After the trip to the southern city of Cologne, the Emsländer still have to go against Jena and Kaiserslautern. Last Saturday, the SVM received at home FSV Zwickau. The hosts took the lead in the second minute.
Although the guests showed some good chances, the team of coach Christian Neidhart showed self-confident and with more playfulness. So stood at the end of a 2-0 for the Emsländer on the scoreboard. In the final of the Niedersachsen Cup, SV Meppen has to play on 22nd May away at the regional league SV Drochtersen / Assel. Since the Lower Saxony Football Association has been playing two cup competitions since this season, this end is not on the “Final Day of the Amateur” instead. Kleinsorge is suspended for his fifth yellow card for the Monday match. For him Undav could move into the starting lineup, which marked after his substitution, the second goal against Zwickau.
Fortuna Koln vs Meppen head to head matches
02.12.18 3LIG Meppen Fortuna Koln 3 : 0
31.03.18 3LIG Fortuna Koln Meppen 0 : 2
21.10.17 3LIG Meppen Fortuna Koln 1 : 0