On Friday, starting with 19:30, the Bremen – Cologne match will be played, within the 7th round of the Bundesliga. Bremen is unbeaten in 3 of the last 4 direct matches, including in 15 of the previous 16 played at home. Last season, the “white-greens” won 6-1 at home, but lost 1-0 to Cologne.
Bremen have not lost since the first stage of the new season in the Bundesliga, but have drawn in the last 3 rounds. The “white-greens” shared the points with Freiburg, Hoffenheim and Frankfurt, all matches ended with the same score, 1-1. The 9 points obtained by Florian Kohfeldt’s students place them on the 9th place in the ranking, 6 points away from the leader of Bayern. At home, Bremen has a victory, a draw and a defeat, at a goal difference of 3-5. The good news for Friday’s match is the return of Rashica, the author of 11 goals and 8 assists in the previous season.
Cologne is two steps away from 18 consecutive stages without a victory in the Bundesliga, equaling a negative club record. However, the defeat with Bayern in the previous stage, score 1-2 at home, gives some hope to Markus Gisdol’s team. “Tapii” offered only 7 goal opportunities to the Bavarians, the fewest with Hansi Flick on the technical bench. In the season standings, Cologne has only two points and is without a victory, just like Schalke and Mainz. For the guests, the “talisman” Hector is still missing, who produced 0.92 points per match with him in the team in 2019/2020, compared to 0.6 without the former German international.
Bremen has an excellent record with Cologne at home and is able to score again.
Cologne has a 16-game winning streak in the Bundesliga;
In Cologne – Bayern 1-2, the Bavarians had only 7 chances to score, the least with coach Hansi Flick;
Bremen defeated Cologne 6-1 on June 27, 2020, the most recent direct duel;
Bremen: Pavlenka – Veljkovic, Moisander (c), Friedl – Gebre Selassie, Eggestein, Groß, Mbom – Bittencourt, Rashica – Sargent
Absent: Füllkrug
Coach: Florian Kohfeldt
Koln: T. Horn (c) – Wolf, Bornauw, Czichos, J. Horn – Skhiri, Özcan – Limnios, Duda, Jakobs – Andersson
Absent: Hector, Kainz
Coach: Markus Gisdol
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,55
