Bundesliga match prediction: Little separates 1. FC Köln and Hertha BSC in quality

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 15.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: RheinEnergieStadion (50000 seats)

A new Bundesliga season is ready to begin and this is the first proper game for 1. FC Köln and Hertha BSC. Let's go!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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1. FC Köln form and stats

Last season, 1. FC Köln's league statistics were 8 wins, 9 draws and 17 losses, resulting in a 16th position in the Bundesliga. Over these 34 matches they scored 34 goals and conceded 60. Playing at home last season 1. FC Köln managed 3-5-9 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 31 conceded.

This is expected to be a close game, with 1. FC Köln perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with 1. FC Köln as a small favourite), we find five games. 1. FC Köln has won one of these, drawn zero and lost four.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Köln friendly games in pre-season: 1. FC Köln played six friendlies, won 4, drew 2 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that 1. FC Köln scored 13 goals and conceded 5 in these six games.

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Hertha BSC form and stats

Let's have a look at how Hertha BSC performed last season in the Bundesliga: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 11 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded 52 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 6 and lost 8 with 20/26 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Hertha in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Hertha BSC, four draws and six defeats.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Hertha BSC have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats from six fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Köln, three draws and four wins for Hertha BSC. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

1. FC Köln missing players

Hertha BSC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
1. FC Köln Hertha BSC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low 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%
1. FC Köln Last season Hertha BSC
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
8 3   Won W   3 8
9 5   Drew D   6 11
17 9   Lost L   8 15
34 20   Scored S   20 41
60 31   Conceded C   26 52
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 85%
74% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 79%
59% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 56%
32% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 26%
18% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 15%
59% 71%   BTTS BTTS   65% 53%
15% 12%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 26%
35% 24%   Failed to Score F T   29% 35%
 
4 3.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 4.5
4.7 5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.7
1.9 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
1 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
10.4 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.2 11.4
3 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4.4
33% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 27%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Augsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bayern München 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 VfL Bochum 1848 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Borussia M'gladbach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 SC Freiburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Greuther Furth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Hertha BSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Hoffenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 1. FC Köln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 1. FSV Mainz 05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 RB Leipzig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Stuttgart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 1. FC Union Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 VfL Wolfsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 VfL 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 04 Leverkusen 34 14 10 10 53 39 17 8 5 4 34 22 17 6 5 6 19 17 14 52
7 1. FC 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 SC 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 1. FSV 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 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 34 9 8 17 26 52 17 6 2 9 13 23 17 3 6 8 13 29 -26 35
16 1. FC 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

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Augsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bayern München 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 VfL Bochum 1848 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Borussia M'gladbach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 SC Freiburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Greuther Furth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Hertha BSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Hoffenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 1. FC Köln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 1. FSV Mainz 05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 RB Leipzig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Stuttgart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 1. FC Union Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 VfL Wolfsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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