FC Viktoria Koln 4:1 Preussen Munster: Match Result

Match report

Viktoria Köln Extend Unbeaten Run With Comfortable Victory

Viktoria Köln put three goals past Preußen Münster in the 3. Liga on Sunday evening, a 4:1 win at Sportpark Hönneberg that keeps them within touching distance of the automatic promotion places. The hosts took control early and never really looked back, though the visitors managed to salvage something from the final whistle. By then you could see this was going to be straightforward, and it was. Two goals inside the first twelve minutes set the tone, Castelle opening the scoring before Otto doubled the advantage. To be fair, Münster should have been more alert at the back, but the visitors sat deep and soaked it up in the opening exchanges. The pressure told, and Higl made it three at the twenty-minute mark, a moment that shifted the game entirely. The stadium fell silent after that one, and the visitors knew they were chasing shadows. Otto added a fourth before the break, and the visitors finally got a response when Maboulou pulled one back late on. Eighty-nine minutes in, and it was too little too late for Münster, who had let the tie slip from their grasp. The hosts came from the dead in terms of composure, keeping a clean sheet until the dying embers of the match. The statistics tell you what the eye already saw. Both sides shared possession evenly at fifty percent, but Köln's accuracy with their shots mattered more. They hit the target four times from eight attempts, while Münster managed just three on target from eight. The visitors had more corners and more attacks, but shots accuracy is where games are decided. Viktoria Köln sit fourth with six points from three matches, two wins and a defeat. Münster remain twelfth with four points, level on matches played but a point behind the hosts. The gap between them isn't huge, but results like this close it quickly. What stood out was how Köln controlled the tempo after going ahead. They didn't need to chase the game, and that's often harder than being ahead. Preußen Münster showed character to stay in it, but the wheels came off after the first hour. This was a match decided in those opening exchanges, and the visitors never really recovered. Köln can take confidence from the way they saw out the game, keeping their shape when it mattered. Münster have work to do, and this result makes their path harder.

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Key numbers

Possession, % 50 – 50

Shots on target 4 – 3

Shots off target 4 – 5

Attacks 97 – 79

🟨 1' L. Zeller — Yellow card ⚽ 6' N. H. Castelle — Goal ⚽ 12' D. Otto — Goal 🟨 15' L. M. Wolf — Yellow card ⚽ 20' F. Higl — Goal 🟨 35' N. Varelmann — Yellow card ⚽ 43' D. Otto — Goal ⇄ 46' L. Zeller — Substitution ⇄ 46' M. Sponsel — Substitution 🟨 49' A. Tikvic — Yellow card 🟨 57' T. Paetow — Yellow card ⇄ 62' W. Adeh — Substitution ⇄ 62' N. Varelmann — Substitution ⇄ 62' Y. Tonye — Substitution ⇄ 62' N. H. Castelle — Substitution ⇄ 64' N. H. Castelle — Substitution ⇄ 64' Y. Tonye — Substitution ⇄ 64' N. Varelmann — Substitution ⇄ 64' W. Adeh — Substitution 🟨 69' T. Duman — Yellow card ⇄ 75' T. Duman — Substitution ⇄ 75' R. Johansson — Substitution ⇄ 75' R. Preissinger — Substitution 🟨 86' N. Jahn — Yellow card ⇄ 86' K. Jakob — Substitution ⚽ 89' N. Maboulou — Goal

Match events

1' 0:0 Preussen Munster Yellow card L. Zeller
6' 1:0 FC Viktoria Koln Goal N. H. Castelle assist: D. Otto
12' 2:0 FC Viktoria Koln Goal D. Otto assist: N. H. Castelle
15' 2:0 FC Viktoria Koln Yellow card L. M. Wolf
20' 2:1 Preussen Munster Goal F. Higl
35' 2:1 Preussen Munster Yellow card N. Varelmann
43' 3:1 FC Viktoria Koln Goal D. Otto assist: T. Eisenhuth
46' 3:1 Preussen Munster Substitution L. Zeller off: T. Paetow
46' 3:1 FC Viktoria Koln Substitution M. Sponsel off: V. Boboy
49' 3:1 Preussen Munster Yellow card A. Tikvic
57' 3:1 Preussen Munster Yellow card T. Paetow
62' 3:1 Preussen Munster Substitution W. Adeh off: M. Ndikom
62' 3:1 Preussen Munster Substitution N. Varelmann off: S. Althaus
62' 3:1 FC Viktoria Koln Substitution Y. Tonye off: P. Fallmann
62' 3:1 FC Viktoria Koln Substitution N. H. Castelle off: N. Maboulou
64' 3:1 FC Viktoria Koln Substitution N. H. Castelle off: N. Maboulou
64' 3:1 FC Viktoria Koln Substitution Y. Tonye off: P. Fallmann
64' 3:1 Preussen Munster Substitution N. Varelmann off: S. Althaus
64' 3:1 Preussen Munster Substitution W. Adeh off: M. Ndikom
69' 3:1 FC Viktoria Koln Yellow card T. Duman
75' 3:1 FC Viktoria Koln Substitution T. Duman off: N. Jahn
75' 3:1 Preussen Munster Substitution R. Johansson off: L. Tasov
75' 3:1 Preussen Munster Substitution R. Preissinger off: M. Schulz
86' 3:1 FC Viktoria Koln Yellow card N. Jahn
86' 3:1 FC Viktoria Koln Substitution K. Jakob off: M. Pledl
89' 4:1 FC Viktoria Koln Goal N. Maboulou assist: D. Otto

Statistics

50 Possession, % 50

4 Shots on target 3

4 Shots off target 5

97 Attacks 79

4 Corners 5

18 Free kicks 14

3 Offsides 3

3 Yellow cards 4

0 Red cards 0

9 Goal kicks 6

13 Throw-ins 15

All statistics

1 Blocked shots 4

0.44 Shot accuracy 0.25

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