- Team form: Alemannia Aachen are favorites for Saturday's game, but they have only played one match.
- Opposition form: Fortuna Koln are in inconsistent form.
- Match outlook: Over 2.5 goals and both teams to score are both likely, but not in a safe way.
Clash of styles on Saturday
Aachen's Mersad Selimbegovic has made his side a little bit more proactive and aggressive in the transition. Fortuna Koln are likely to be much more compact, they build up in a controlled way and they want to strike quickly, rather than play in a pressing game. This should lead to a clash of different playing styles on Saturday, but that does not mean that it will be a cagey game.
Aachen are in flying form with 4 wins and 1 draw in their last 5 matches across all competitions and have won 3 matches in a row coming into this one.
- Their latest results, 6-1 at home against TSV Havelse and 4-1 at home against SC Verl 1924, both represent statement results, whereas Fortuna's last 3 results are all slightly different.
- A 2-1 home win against SF Siegen 1899 was followed by a 2-2 away draw against Sportfreunde Lotte before last weekend's 1-0 away defeat to SG Sonnenhof Grossaspach.
Selimbegovic’s team are the value bet
League position:
In 3.Liga 2026-2027, Alemannia Aachen are 3rd with 3 points from their opening match, while Fortuna sit 15th having picked up 0 points from their first game.
Head-to-head and scorers:
The head-to-head suggests that Aachen are more likely to take the points on Saturday too, with the visitors having won 2 of the last 3 meetings between the two sides, while Fortuna have won one and there has not been a draw between the pair to date. Daniel Starodid is top scorer for Alemannia Aachen in 3. Liga 2026-2027 with 1 goal in 1 match, but Lars Gindorf has been the form player in their current 3-game winning streak with 6 goals across those matches, during which time Aachen have scored a total of 16 goals.
Expect goals
Fortuna will undoubtedly be happy to keep the score down on Saturday, but this is a home day where the visitors are likely to push the pace. Fortuna have only scored an average of 0.5 goals in their 3 previous home games against TSV Alemannia Aachen, while the away side have averaged 0.5 goals in the same 3 games.
Aachen's only away match so far this season was a win and they have the transition game to make them a danger on the road. Odds of 1.6 for an away win are a touch short, especially considering Fortuna are underdogs at 4.7 and the draw is 4.1, but Aachen are a decent bet.
Over 2.5 goals at 1.4 and both teams to score at 1.45 are both pointing to a lively game, but Aachen have the firepower to make this game one-way traffic, while Fortuna's home form should keep it a bit tighter than the market suggests.
