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Bochum vs FC Koln Prediction & Betting tips
This weekend, the 2nd Bundesliga starts finally in the season 2018/19. On Saturday afternoon, the first-division relegated and favorite on the resurgence of Cologne at VfL Bochum in Vonovia Ruhrstadion intervened in the action. Both teams want to play in this season for the rise or ascend. 82 times Bochum and Cologne met each other. So far, the Billy Goats have won 47 competitive matches and lost only 16. There are also 18 draws. In the second league, the home team usually had the lead in the lead. The home team won in five out of six second division games. Cologne was last in 2008/09 win in Bochum. After that there were two defeats and a draw. The betting base looks ahead to this Kracherduell the two promotion aspirants and presented at VfL Bochum and 1. FC Cologne the best tip with good odds.
Bochum:
Bochum’s last season was like a roller coaster ride with lots of ups and downs. Bochum lost four coaches in the last season with Gertjan Verbeek, Ismail Atalan, Jens Rasijewski and Heiko Butscher. Only with coach number five, Robin Dutt, the success came. When Dutt took over the VfL on 12 February 2018, the club was after the 22nd match with 26 points on the 14th place in the table. There were only two defeats under Dutt, but six wins and four draws. In the end, Bochum was even allowed to breathe even more at the promotion places, but ended the season in 6th place, eight points behind the relegation place. With 29 points from 17 games VfL was the sixth-best home team in the league last season. Eight games in front of home crowd could win and had to accept only four defeats. 16 home-counters were the second-best value in the league. The shoe squeezed but on the offensive.
Only 37 goals were the second worst value in the 2nd Bundesliga. Also in the new season Dutt lets his team play in the proven 4-2-3-1. In preparation for the new season, VfL lost only the dress rehearsal at FC Millwall. Goalkeeper Riemann and captain Celozzi returned to team training in time and can probably play both against Cologne. With Sebastian Maier found a replacement for playmaker Kevin Stöger, who moved to Dusseldorf. Of course, the West Germans hope for many goals from Lukas Hinterseer, who had taken second place in the top scorer list with 14 goals in the past season. Bochum has been unbeaten in seven home games.
Cologne:
Now it’s time: After the great Bundesliga season 2016/17, the EffZeh had finished on a sensational fifth place and thus after 25 years to celebrate his return to the European Cup, Cologne is back in the 2nd Bundesliga arrived. But the sixth descent of the club’s history should not be long-lasting. The club could hold important players like Horn, Hector or Höger in league two. The departures of players like Jojic, Osako, Heintz, Queiros or Bittencourt could be compensated by newcomers like Czichos, Bader, Captain, Schaub, Sobiech, Schmitz and Drexler quite well. So go the Geißböcke with a total cadre value of over 75 million euros in the second league season. This is by far the highest value in the 2nd Bundesliga. So the Cologne are considered the big favorite on the rise. Back in the first league Cologne should run the former Holstein Kiel coach Markus Anfang.
He lets the EffZeh play in the modern 4-1-4-1. Great hope is also made by Jhon Cordoba. The striker, who had been brought from Mainz last year as a replacement for Modeste for 17 million euros, seems finally to revive in Cologne. In the preparation Cologne could win test matches against the Erstligisten Mainz and Bremen. On the right defense side, it is with the failures of Bader and Schmitz closely. Marcel Risse also threatens to fail due to fever in Bochum. Maybe Mere has to move out of central defense to the outside. His place would then take new entry Sobiech. Cologne was able to win in the last season only two of 17 games in foreign countries. 13 times you left the place as a loser.
Bochum vs FC Koln head to head matches
07.01.17 CF Bochum FC Koln 0 : 1
21.04.14 2BUN FC Koln Bochum 3 : 1
10.11.13 2BUN Bochum FC Koln 1 : 0
04.05.13 2BUN Bochum FC Koln 2 : 1
16.01.13 CF FC Koln Bochum 4 : 0