Bundesliga – FC Köln at home to Stuttgart

Sunday at the Rhein Energie Stadion, as Cologne host Stuttgart in the Bundesliga.

It’s a trip to the Rhein Energie Stadion for tenth placed Cologne on Sunday, as they take on sixteenth placed Stuttgart.

FC Köln go into this fixture with 22 points secured

It was three points secured for Cologne in their last fixture, beating Wolfsburg 2-3 at the Volkswagen Arena.

Also, Cologne are quickly becoming the Bundesliga’s draw specialists, having recorded seven in their last 13 meetings. With a tenth position in the league and 5 wins, 4 losses and 7 draws, they currently have 22 points in the League having won five fixtures, drawn seven meetings, and lost four matches.

Cologne have won four matches, drawn three games, and lost one game of their eight League matches at home this season.

FC Köln will see 25 points so far this season, should they secure a win.

Good Attacking Performance

Cologne have a good scoring record this season, with 26 netted so far. This is largely down to the efforts of their stand-out attackers – Anthony Modeste (10), Mark Uth (3), and Ellyes Skhiri (3). Cologne have shown a poor consistency in defence so far, having conceded 27 goals in their previous games.

Injury and illness have depleted Steffen Baumgart’s Cologne and they will likely be missing three key personnel for Sunday’s match.

It’s 17 points so far for Stuttgart this season, going into this game

This match sees Stuttgart looking for a return to form, following a defeat in their last match against Bayern Munich.

Also, Stuttgart need to find a way to generate wins on a consistent basis, as they’ve recorded four losses in their last seven games. With 17 points, they currently sit sixteenth in the League. The breakdown for the team’s record is 4 wins, 7 losses and 5 draws having won four games, drawn five meetings, and lost seven fixtures.

Stuttgart have had a disappointing run of performances on the road, having won one game, drawn three meetings, and lost three games of their seven League matches on the road this season.

A win in this fixture, would take Stuttgart’s points from 17 to 20, so far this season.

Stuttgart are missing eight players through injury or illness. This will affect Pellegrino Matarazzo’s selection choices significantly.

FC Köln v Stuttgart – Head-to-Heads.

Regarding their historical duels the clubs have previously met each other 39 times with the result being 14 victories and 14 draws for Cologne. The last time both teams met in this competition The Billy Goats secured a 0-2 away win.

Cologne’s win probability is 50.76 percent in this game.

Other standout players for Cologne are Mark Uth and Ellyes Skhiri with three goals and three goals respectively and for Stuttgart are Konstantinos Mavropanos and Marc Kempf with four goals each.