On Monday, starting with 19:30, the Cologne – Leipzig match will be played, within the 29th round of the Bundesliga. In the tour, Leipzig won 4-1 at home, through the successes of Werner, Forsberg (2) and Laimer, respectively Czichos. In all 5 previous confrontations, both teams scored in the opponent’s goal. “Taurus” won 3 matches, “Tapii” only one, and a duel ended in a draw.
Cologne has lost its enthusiasm and is without a 5-stage victory in the Bundesliga. During this interval, “Tapii” ticked two draws and two defeats, the last at Hoffenheim, score 1-3. Markus Gisdol’s students are on the 11th place in the ranking, with 34 points and a negative goal difference, 44-52. At home, Cologne won 6 of the 14 matches played, but missed two important victories in the previous two meetings, 2-2 with both Dusseldorf and Mainz. Before the confrontation on Monday night, the host team has to solve important problems in the defense that received 7 goals in the last 4 stages.
On the other hand, Leipzig comes after a new draw recorded at home, 2-2 with Hertha, after drawing with Freiburg this month. The team prepared by Julian Nagelsmann loses ground in the fight for the title and is 9 points away from Bayern. Thanks to Friday’s victory over Freiburg, Leverkusen overtook Leipzig in the standings, finishing in third place. The “bulls” have 55 points and only 3 defeats this season, unlike Bayern (4) or Dortmund (5). Goal scorer Timo Werner is at level 24 at the moment, and 14 of his successes have been scored in away matches.
– In the tour, Leipzig won 4-1 against Cologne;
– Leipzig is expected to react quickly to the points lost to Hertha and force victory in Cologne. However, the hosts have enough quality to produce an attractive match.
– Cologne have conceded the first goal in the previous 5 direct matches with Leipzig;
– “Tapii” wins an average of 21 air duels / match, only Union Berlin has more;
– Leipzig has an average of 16.4 shots per game, second after Bayern;
– 14 of Werner’s 24 goals were scored away.
Koln: Horn – Ehizibue, Mere, Leistner, Schmitz – Skhiri, Hector (c) – Kainz, Uth, Jakobs – Cordoba
Absent: Bornauw, Risse
Coach: Markus Gisdol
Leipzig: Gulacsi – Mukiele, Klostermann, Upamecano, Angelino – Sabitzer (c), Laimer – Nkunku, Olmo, Werner – Schick
Absent: Ampadu, Halstenberg, Konate, Poulsen
Coach: Julian Nagelsmann
PREDICTION: RB Leipzig to win @ 1,48
