1.FC Köln vs VfL Bochum Preview 10/03/2023

1.FC Köln vs VfL Bochum – 10/03/2023

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The German Bundesliga fixtures kick off on the tenth of March this weekend with a gathering between Köln and Bochum.

The sport will probably be performed on the Rhein Energie Stadion and the host start the weekend in twelfth place on 27 factors whereas the guests are backside of the desk on 19 factors.

Köln come into the match on the again of a 0-0 draw at excessive flying Union Berlin. It was an excellent end result for Köln in opposition to a crew that’s nonetheless within the title race this season however means they’ve did not win any of their 3 most up-to-date Bundesliga fixtures.

Along with the draw with Union Berlin there have been defeats at dwelling in opposition to Wolfsburg and away to Stuttgart.

Tendencies present Köln have recorded only a single win from their 7 most up-to-date fixtures, all of which have been within the Bundesliga.

The victory came visiting Eintracht Frankfurt at dwelling and was an excellent 3-0 win. House type within the Bundesliga exhibits Köln are undefeated in 3 of their final 4 matches together with a complete 7-1 win over Werder Bremen.

Köln have failed to attain a purpose of their 3 most up-to-date Bundesliga video games and will probably be hoping to finish that run on this match. Köln have managed to attain 10 targets throughout their final 4 dwelling Bundesliga video games however they got here in 2 matches.

Bochum make the journey to the Rhein Energie Stadion having misplaced 2-0 at dwelling to Schalke within the Bundesliga final weekend.

Schalke opened the scoring on the stroke of half time and added a second purpose within the 79th minute. It was a disappointing defeat for Bochum and so they slipped to the underside of the desk on account of the loss.

Tendencies present Bochum have misplaced every of their final 5 fixtures in all competitions. 4 of the defeats have come within the Bundesliga and Bochum have misplaced at dwelling in opposition to Freiburg and Schalke plus away to Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen.

Away type within the Bundesliga exhibits Bochum have misplaced every of their final 4 video games and so they have recoded only a single victory from their final 13 league matches on the highway.

Bochum have conceded 2 or extra targets in every of their final 4 away Bundesliga fixtures.

Crew information and Köln have a number of gamers on the remedy desk together with Jan Thielmann, Kristian Pedersen, Luca Kilian, Mark Uth, Florian Dietz, and Sebastian Andersson.

Bochum will probably be with out the injured trio of Simon Zoller, Gerrit Holtmann, and Cristian Gamboa. In addition they have doubts over the health of Philipp Hofmann.

Neither crew are in good type going into this match however with Bochum’s poor away document, Köln should start the match as favourites. We anticipate the hosts to attain at the very least 2 targets on their approach to victory, with each groups discovering the again of the online.