Bundesliga Play-offs match preview: Köln versus Holstein Kiel

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga Play-offs
Competition: Wed 26.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: RheinEnergieStadion (50000 seats)

Köln will battle it out with Holstein Kiel in this Bundesliga Play-offs game. All you need to know about the match can be found here!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Köln and Holstein Kiel.

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Köln form and stats

Disaster struck Köln last season as they could not defend their status as a Bundesliga team. With 17 defeats from 34 games, and only 8 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Köln are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W3 D5 L9.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Köln's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won two matches, drawn one and lost zero.

Köln are traveling soon after this match as the Bundesliga Play-offs match at Holstein Kiel awaits in three days.

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Holstein Kiel form and stats

A job perfectly done for Holstein last season as they secured promotion from 2. Bundesliga. With a grand total of 18 wins, 8 draws and 8 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 7 were in away matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Köln in just three days.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: one win for Köln, one draw and zero wins for Holstein Kiel. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

Holstein KielJ. Serra
J. Serra
13 goals
Holstein KielA. Mühling
A. Mühling
12 goals
Holstein KielF. Bartels
F. Bartels
11 goals

Köln missing players

Holstein Kiel missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Köln Holstein Kiel
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Köln Last season Holstein Kiel
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
8 3   Won W   7 18
9 5   Drew D   6 8
17 9   Lost L   4 8
34 20   Scored S   26 57
60 31   Conceded C   16 35
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
74% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 79%
59% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 47%
32% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 32%
18% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 15%
59% 71%   BTTS BTTS   59% 59%
15% 12%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 38%
35% 24%   Failed to Score F T   12% 6%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.9 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.6
1 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
10.4 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 11.7
3 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.2
33% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 40%

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 34 24 6 4 99 44 17 13 4 0 64 21 17 11 2 4 35 23 55 78
2 RB Leipzig 34 19 8 7 60 32 17 11 4 2 29 13 17 8 4 5 31 19 28 65
3 Borussia Dortmund 34 20 4 10 75 46 17 11 2 4 40 20 17 9 2 6 35 26 29 64
4 Wolfsburg 34 17 10 7 61 37 17 10 4 3 32 16 17 7 6 4 29 21 24 61
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 16 12 6 69 53 17 10 7 0 37 20 17 6 5 6 32 33 16 60
6 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 10 10 53 39 17 8 5 4 34 22 17 6 5 6 19 17 14 52
7 Union Berlin 34 12 14 8 50 43 17 8 8 1 32 18 17 4 6 7 18 25 7 50
8 Borussia M'gladbach 34 13 10 11 64 56 17 8 4 5 32 19 17 5 6 6 32 37 8 49
9 Stuttgart 34 12 9 13 56 55 17 5 6 6 27 26 17 7 3 7 29 29 1 45
10 Freiburg 34 12 9 13 52 52 17 7 6 4 33 23 17 5 3 9 19 29 0 45
11 Hoffenheim 34 11 10 13 52 54 17 8 3 6 32 24 17 3 7 7 20 30 -2 43
12 Mainz 05 34 10 9 15 39 56 17 4 4 9 16 26 17 6 5 6 23 30 -17 39
13 Augsburg 34 10 6 18 36 54 17 6 4 7 21 25 17 4 2 11 15 29 -18 36
14 Hertha BSC 34 8 11 15 41 52 17 5 5 7 21 26 17 3 6 8 20 26 -11 35
15 Arminia Bielefeld 34 9 8 17 26 52 17 6 2 9 13 23 17 3 6 8 13 29 -26 35
16 Köln 34 8 9 17 34 60 17 3 5 9 20 31 17 5 4 8 14 29 -26 33
17 Werder Bremen 34 7 10 17 36 57 17 3 5 9 16 28 17 4 5 8 20 29 -21 31
18 Schalke 04 34 3 7 24 25 86 17 3 3 11 14 34 17 0 4 13 11 52 -61 16
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bochum 34 21 4 9 66 39 17 12 2 3 40 16 17 9 2 6 26 23 27 67
2 Greuther Furth 34 18 10 6 69 44 17 9 4 4 34 23 17 9 6 2 35 21 25 64
3 Holstein Kiel 34 18 8 8 57 35 17 11 2 4 31 19 17 7 6 4 26 16 22 62
4 Hamburger SV 34 16 10 8 71 44 17 10 4 3 40 16 17 6 6 5 31 28 27 58
5 Fortuna Dusseldorf 34 16 8 10 55 46 17 11 4 2 32 20 17 5 4 8 23 26 9 56
6 Karlsruher SC 34 14 10 10 51 44 17 5 6 6 19 18 17 9 4 4 32 26 7 52
7 Darmstadt 98 34 15 6 13 63 55 17 7 3 7 29 23 17 8 3 6 34 32 8 51
8 Heidenheim 34 15 6 13 49 49 17 10 3 4 28 16 17 5 3 9 21 33 0 51
9 Paderborn 34 12 11 11 53 45 17 8 5 4 32 26 17 4 6 7 21 19 8 47
10 St. Pauli 34 13 8 13 51 56 17 8 3 6 28 25 17 5 5 7 23 31 -5 47
11 Nurnberg 34 11 11 12 46 51 17 5 7 5 22 23 17 6 4 7 24 28 -5 44
12 Erzgebirge Aue 34 12 8 14 44 53 17 8 4 5 29 28 17 4 4 9 15 25 -9 44
13 Hannover 96 34 12 6 16 53 51 17 7 4 6 30 22 17 5 2 10 23 29 2 42
14 Jahn Regensburg 34 9 11 14 37 50 17 6 6 5 23 21 17 3 5 9 14 29 -13 38
15 Sandhausen 34 10 4 20 41 60 17 9 4 4 29 21 17 1 0 16 12 39 -19 34
16 Osnabruck 34 9 6 19 35 58 17 3 1 13 16 34 17 6 5 6 19 24 -23 33
17 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 7 10 17 30 59 17 6 4 7 17 23 17 1 6 10 13 36 -29 31
18 Wurzburger Kickers 34 6 7 21 37 69 17 3 6 8 22 33 17 3 1 13 15 36 -32 25

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