Bundesliga match prediction and preview for Köln vs Arminia Bielefeld clash

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 31.January
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: RheinEnergieStadion (50000 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Bundesliga, Köln holding 16th place and Arminia Bielefeld lying 15th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Köln has the fewest points (3) at home in Bundesliga
  • Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Bundesliga

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Köln form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Bundesliga this season. Köln, who have the fewest points (3) at home in Bundesliga, have only managed 0 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from their games here at RheinEnergieStadion. Köln are slowly digging their own grave here at RheinEnergieStadion with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Hoffenheim match.

Köln are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Hoffenheim. In the game before, an away victory match versus Schalke 04 with a 2-1 scoreline.

The penalty miss from Anthony Modeste in the defeat against Hoffenheim was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.

There will be little rest for Köln after this match as they are travelling to Jahn Regensburg for a DFB Pokal game in only three days.

Köln aren't scoring a lot here at RheinEnergieStadion in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Köln have conceded 18 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Arminia Bielefeld form and stats

Arminia Bielefeld, who have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Bundesliga, have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Bundesliga, after 1-2-5 (8 played).

Bielefeld failed to get anything from their last game, a Bundesliga home match vs Eintracht Frankfurt (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 1-5. Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Stuttgart.

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Eintracht Frankfurt was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Bielefeld are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 4 goals from 8 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Arminia Bielefeld have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Arminia Bielefeld - Köln 1-0 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Köln won six, Arminia Bielefeld won three and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KölnE. Skhiri
E. Skhiri
3 goals
Arminia BielefeldF. Klos
F. Klos
3 goals
Arminia BielefeldR. Doan
R. Doan
3 goals

Köln missing players

Arminia Bielefeld missing players

Köln Arminia Bielefeld
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 1 Played P 2 8 18
3 0 0 Won W 1 1 5
6 3 1 Drew D 0 2 2
9 6 0 Lost L 1 5 11
15 8 0 Scored S 1 4 14
31 18 0 Conceded C 1 13 29
89% 89% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
72% 78% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 62% 61%
56% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 44%
28% 44% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 17%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 17%
56% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 39%
17% 11% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 28%
39% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 39%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 1.8 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.2 9 8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9 8.6
2.8 2.8 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.4 2.6
30% 32% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 21% 30%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Bundesliga
  • Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest scored goals (4) away in Bundesliga
  • Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Bundesliga
  • Arminia Bielefeld have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Köln has the fewest points (3) at home in Bundesliga
  • Köln have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Köln have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Köln have yet to win a game at home.

  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 18 13 3 2 53 25 8 6 2 0 30 11 10 7 1 2 23 14 28 42
2 RB Leipzig 18 10 5 3 31 17 9 7 1 1 18 6 9 3 4 2 13 11 14 35
3 Bayer Leverkusen 18 9 5 4 32 18 9 4 3 2 16 11 9 5 2 2 16 7 14 32
4 Wolfsburg 18 8 8 2 27 19 8 5 3 0 14 8 10 3 5 2 13 11 8 32
5 Borussia M'gladbach 18 8 7 3 35 28 10 5 4 1 18 11 8 3 3 2 17 17 7 31
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 18 7 9 2 35 27 8 3 5 0 14 10 10 4 4 2 21 17 8 30
7 Borussia Dortmund 18 9 2 7 35 26 8 4 1 3 17 11 10 5 1 4 18 15 9 29
8 Union Berlin 18 7 7 4 33 23 9 4 4 1 20 11 9 3 3 3 13 12 10 28
9 Freiburg 18 7 6 5 33 29 10 4 4 2 22 15 8 3 2 3 11 14 4 27
10 Stuttgart 18 5 7 6 33 29 8 0 5 3 11 15 10 5 2 3 22 14 4 22
11 Hoffenheim 18 6 4 8 28 30 9 3 2 4 15 13 9 3 2 4 13 17 -2 22
12 Augsburg 18 6 4 8 19 27 10 3 2 5 11 17 8 3 2 3 8 10 -8 22
13 Werder Bremen 18 5 6 7 23 26 8 2 2 4 8 12 10 3 4 3 15 14 -3 21
14 Hertha BSC 18 4 5 9 24 32 9 2 2 5 11 19 9 2 3 4 13 13 -8 17
15 Arminia Bielefeld 18 5 2 11 14 29 10 4 0 6 10 16 8 1 2 5 4 13 -15 17
16 Köln 18 3 6 9 15 31 9 0 3 6 8 18 9 3 3 3 7 13 -16 15
17 Mainz 05 18 2 4 12 18 38 10 1 2 7 9 19 8 1 2 5 9 19 -20 10
18 Schalke 04 18 1 4 13 14 48 10 1 2 7 8 19 8 0 2 6 6 29 -34 7

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