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FC Koln vs Bochum Prediction & Betting tips
On the last game weekend before the winter break, the 2nd Bundesliga starts with its 18th matchday already in its second half. It comes on Friday evening in the Rhein-Energie Stadium for the duel between 1. FC Köln and VfL Bochum. Although the Cologne have just missed the fall championship, the goats at the halfway point of the current season are clearly on track “Rise”. The Effzeh has after 17 games 36 points in the account and is just one point behind the leaders HSV. The gap to third and fourth places is five points. The Cologne have been unbeaten in five games and were able to win all these games in series.
VfL Bochum has played a decent preliminary round. With 24 points VfL occupies the eighth place before the start of the second half. This gives you a seven-point gap to the first promotion spot. There are twelve points to the relegation zone. However, the team of coach Robin Dutt has been waiting for victory for three games and only scored one point in that period. Before that, they had been unbeaten seven games in a row. The first leg on Matchday 1 Cologne won 2-0 in Bochum. In Cologne VfL was able to win only one of 33 competitive games. There were 25 home wins by the FC and seven draws. The people of Cologne are in top form and fully on course re-emergence. So comes the betting base in their analysis for the second division match Cologne vs.. Bochum to the tip “victory Cologne”.
Cologne:
Cologne had to play at home on Monday evening against 1. FC Magdeburg on matchday 17. The FCM began with much momentum and courage in the cathedral city, but could hardly find opportunities. The home side took a tough break in the first half, but were able to gain a goal in the 33rd minute before the break. At the beginning of the second round, the goats were immediately aware of their desire to offer their fans more. And three minutes after the restart, the Cologne increased to 2: 0. After that, the team of coach Markus Anfang became more and more dominant. In injury time then met Terodde with his 21st goal of the season to 3: 0-final score.
Thus, the Effzeh has good chances to return to the first division. Twenty-four of the 27 teams that had 36 or more points in the second division at the time also rose at the end of the season. A recipe for success after the defeat at HSV was certainly the change to two strikers. With 17 points from nine games Cologne is the second best home team in the league. With 45 goals, the Billy Goats have by far the best offense in the league. After the great series, coach Markus Anfang continues to try to prevent his team from accepting the results as a matter of course. His team has also made tactical progress and is increasingly finding constructive solutions to various situations in the game. It is also in the defensive fit: Against Magdeburg the defense allowed three chances. In addition, substitutes such as Jannes Horn, Benno Schmitz or Jhon Cordoba have found their way into the tribe when they are needed. Against Bochum missing Marco Höger locked. Jannes Horn should therefore start at the back left and captain Hector on the six back. Also missing are Clemens, Sobiech, Koziello and Modeste. The bookmakers hold Cologne against Bochum according to the quotas for the favorite.
Bochum:
After a good course of the season with largely good performances, VfL ran out of steam in the last week. Due to the last two defeats against the top teams Union (0: 2) and St. Pauli (1: 3) Bochum slipped to eighth place. After the 14th Matchday the team of coach Robin Dutt was still fourth and had only one point behind the relegation place three. After the end of the first round, the coach was a little dissatisfied and claimed that table and score would not reflect the performance of his team. On Saturday, the Dutt team had to play in the still unbeaten Iron in the league. In the first round the guests were more eager, more aggressive and dangerous than Union Berlin. The hosts did not cope with the intense game of VfL and were offensive hardly apparent.
Since Bochum could not use his chances, it went with a 0-0 in the break. In the second round, the conditions of the first half were turned completely upside down. All at once the Köpenickers determined the game and tied the guests in their own half. In the 60th minute Union then went through a penalty in the lead. After that, Berlin appeared like a top team and allowed little and had even good opportunities. Bochum looked tired in the end and did not have much to oppose. With a perfect counterattack Union then hit in the 87th minute to 2: 0-final. Compared to the teams who are currently involved in the promotion, the Bochumers lack the necessary cleverness. Overall, there are too many individual dropouts and too large problems in the exploitation of opportunities. Missing on the offensive, also due to injury, the alternatives. After all, the coach in Cologne back on Robbie Kruse and Silvere Ganvoula fall back. Dutt has to give up Bandowski, Eisfeld, Ekincier, Leitsch, Maier and Pantovic.
FC Koln vs Bochum head to head matches
04.08.18 2BUN Bochum FC Koln 0 : 2
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