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FC Koln vs Union Berlin Prediction & Betting tips
The situation of still having to do without your own fans in the stadium is difficult for all clubs. However, it seems to be particularly difficult for the two promoters from Cologne and Union Berlin, who are both on course to stay in the league. After all, both teams have so far been in five or six attempts without a win in a ghost game.
So far, the billy goats as well as the iron men have suffered three bankruptcies. At Union there are two draws. With “Effzeh” three point divisions. Which bookmaker offers the best odds for the first three at Cologne against Union Berlin can already be seen in the odds comparison on a betting basis.
The bookies’ quotations swing towards the home side. The billy goats’ first ghost threesome is considered more likely.
However, in Cologne against Union Berlin, the forecast must also include the fact that the Domstadt residents have now had three competitive games without a win against the Iron Men, who also won the first leg in the stadium at the Alte Försterei 2-0 seven Bundesliga games no longer scored three times, but are not completely free of ambitions in the Rhine Energy Stadium.
Nevertheless, in a match that should primarily be decided on the defensive, it seems to us that the home team is most likely to win a point.
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Cologne:
Overall, 1. FC Köln really can’t complain despite the recent dry spell of only three out of 18 possible points from the past six ghost games. If, after the first half of the season, the promoted rider is only two points ahead of the relegation place, four games before the end of the season there is currently a comfortable seven points behind.
Two wins from the last four games and the “Effzeh” should definitely plan another season in the top German division. However, since it cannot be assumed that the current table 16th, Fortuna Düsseldorf, will win all four remaining games, a home three against 1. FC Union Berlin could be sufficient.
For this, the Domstadt, who started a strong series with 15 of 18 possible points in the subsequent six matches following the 0-2 defeat by the Iron in the first leg, must first of all build on their captivating form from before the compulsory break.
Anthony Modeste could be a guarantee that there is now the first three since the 2-1 away win at fellow promoters SC Paderborn. The Frenchman recently became a kind of noble joker. He has come off the bench in the last four league games and scored one goal in three of these four games.
Added to this is the overall good staff situation among billy goats, where strong center-back Sebastiaan Bornauw can return to the defensive of the cathedral town after his red ban.
A total of five players currently play with four yellow cards in the account and run the risk of getting a lock before the 2019/20 season ends. In this important home game against 1. FC Union Berlin, coach Markus Gisdol can still fall back on the entire team with the exception of Marcel Risse, who is probably not available due to knee problems.
Union Berlin:
1. FC Union Berlin has also been convincing in its debut season in the top floor of German football, but is currently threatening to gamble away all the laurels of the first round on the home stretch after a long-lasting negative streak.
After the Ironmen still ranked sensationally eleventh in the half-time table of the German soccer house after the 17th matchday, seven of the 13 second half games have been lost so far. As 14th, the lead on the relegation place is only four points.
Accordingly, Urs Fischer’s squad now has to end the losing streak from seven league games in a row without a win at fellow promoters Cologne. Not only do the bookmakers’ odds speak clearly against the Iron in Cologne against Union Berlin, but their away record also gives little courage here.
After all, Union is the worst away team in the entire Bundesliga, scoring only 15 goals in 33 goals in 15 games in the distance, and ended up losing out in ten of these 15 fixtures. So not good values, although the Berliners were able to hold the 1-1 draw last season in the 2nd Bundesliga away at the Rheinenergiestadion.
To make matters worse, the lack of momentum and the blatant weakness away from home add to the personnel situation of the Iron. For example, Urs Fischer is not spoiled for choice in his team line-up, but has to forego a total of four key players – not even counting the suspended Sebastian Polter.
Sheraldo Becker, Akaki Gogia and Julian Ryerson are missing injured. Midfielder Robert Andrich has to give a yellow card suspension in this away game at the cathedral city, which will force the Berlin coach to a hard rotation.
Judging by the fact that the promoters with their mini budget are not as strong in the breadth as some other Bundesliga clubs, this can also become an important factor that ultimately extends the winless series of the capitals by another encounter.
FC Koln vs Union Berlin head to head matches
08.12.19 BUN Union Berlin FC Koln 2 : 0
31.01.19 2BUN Union Berlin FC Koln 2 : 0
13.08.18 2BUN FC Koln Union Berlin 1 : 1
11.04.14 2BUN Union Berlin FC Koln 1 : 2
04.11.13 2BUN FC Koln Union Berlin 4 : 0