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On Wednesday, the Bundesliga comes up with a midfield duel, in which both teams can still hope to knock on the Europa League places through the back door.
Ninth against tenth doesn’t sound particularly exciting at first glance, but the game Hoffenheim vs. Cologne is actually a small pursuit duel, because both teams are in wait for sixth place, which is only three or five points away.
However, while Cologne speaks mainly of mathematically bagging the relegation, the ambitions of the Hoffenheimers are certainly greater. The team from the Kraichgau region secretly dreams of playing in Europe next season – but gradually a victory is needed. Otherwise the gray mediocrity finally threatens – with no chance that anything will go up or down.
Both Cologne and Hoffenheim missed points in the fight for Europe against cellar children over the weekend and only played draws. Although this was an unexpected point win for Effzeh after a 0-2 deficit in the derby against Düsseldorf, whereas Hoffenheim is likely to be much more annoyed about the 1-1 lead against Paderborn.
If you look at the odds of the best bookmakers, the duel – at least on paper – could hardly be more balanced in advance. At Hoffenheim vs. Sports fans in Cologne are spoiled for choice, and the game is rated as balanced.
Hoffenheim:
TSG Hoffenheim did not really get on track after the Bundesliga restart. First a bitter 0: 3 at home against Hertha, then a disappointing 1: 1 against the bottom of the table Paderborn. Two games, one point – far too little to knock on the door to the Europa League.
“As a team, we have shown enough morals, then you have to be honest after such games that the result does not live up to our standards. We are of course not satisfied, “defender Ermin Bicakcic admitted after sharing the points with the promoted team.” We had enough chances to still win the game. ”
The Kraichgauer have been without a win for seven league games, especially in the PreZero arena at home there were three bankruptcies at last, in which the defensive fragility of the TSG was revealed: 2: 3 against Wolfsburg, 0: 6 against Bayern Munich and finally that mentioned 0: 3 against Berlin – makes 2:12 goals and 0 points.
Because the TSG has only scored more than one goal in their last seven games, three times they went off the pitch without their own goal. The team of Alfred Schreuder did not like to defend as well as defensively.
Cologne:
Two 2-2 draws in a row – but the draw could not have been more different. First, 1. FC Köln lost a 2-0 lead against Mainz, then they got a point against Fortuna Düsseldorf after a 2-2 deficit by a late double strike.
As a result, “mixed feelings” prevailed in Cologne, as coach Markus Gisdol noted. Weak played, point scored – “the reaction after 0-2 was important,” said Gisdol.
Due to the two division of points, the Effzeh is on the spot, missing the chance to move up to the European Cup ranks – among other things, because opponent Hoffenheim also dropped twice.
A home defeat by Hoffenheim would mean a negative record in the TSG Bundesliga club history, there have never been eight bankruptcies. So does Gisdol succeed in the coup? Because the current Cologne coach is returning to his old place of work, from April 2013 to October 2015 Gisdol trained the Kraichgauer.
Now he wants to kidnap the points with the Effzeh – and take an important step towards Europe.
Hoffenheim vs FC Koln head to head matches
08.11.19 BUN FC Koln Hoffenheim 1 : 2
31.03.18 BUN Hoffenheim FC Koln 6 : 0
05.11.17 BUN FC Koln Hoffenheim 0 : 3
21.04.17 BUN FC Koln Hoffenheim 1 : 1
03.12.16 BUN Hoffenheim FC Koln 4 : 0