On Saturday, starting with 14:30, the Cologne – Hoffenheim match will be played, within the first stage of the Bundesliga. Hoffenheim is unbeaten in the last 8 direct meetings with Cologne, from the Bundesliga, ticking 5 victories in this interval. Last season, TSG won 2-1 away and 3-1 at home, reaching a series of 4 consecutive victories.
Cologne strengthened in this competitive break with striker Andersson, the author of 12 goals for Union Berlin last season, but also with goalkeeper Zieler, world champion in 2014 with the German national team. “Tapii”, also coached by Markus Gisdol, will try to improve their ranking this season, finishing in 2020 on the 14th place. Cologne played last week in the first round of the German Cup, achieving a 6-0 away success, on the land of the modest Altglienicke.
Hoffenheim starts with a new coach, Sebastian Hoeneß, who won the title in the third German league with the second team of Bayern. The first match of the season was a victory in the first round of the German Cup, 3-2 after the execution of the tiebreaks, with Chemnitzer, a regional league team. TSG finished last season with 3 consecutive victories, thanks to which it ticked the 6th place in the Bundesliga, obtaining the qualification in the European cups for only the third time in the club’s history.
-Cologne is without a win of 8 matches with Hoffenheim;
-“Tapii” transferred Andersson (12 goals for Union Berlin in 2019/2020);
-Hoffenheim is coached by Sebastian Hoeneß, who came from Bayern II;
-TSG will play in the European Cups for the third time in the club’s history;
Koln: Horn – Ehizibue, Bornauw, Czichos, Horn – Skhiri, Hector (c) – Drexler, Duda, Thielmann – Andersson
Absent: Jakobs, Kainz, Schmitz
Coach: Markus Gisdol
Hoffenheim: Baumann (c) – Brenet, Posch, Bicakcic, Skov – Grillitsch, Vogt, Geiger – Baumgartner – Bebou, Kramaric
Absent: Hübner, Nordtveit, Stafylidis
Coach: Sebastian Hoeneß
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,47
