Season ticket holders at RheinEnergieStadion haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Köln languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Hoffenheim will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Köln form and stats
The story so far in the Bundesliga for Köln, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in Bundesliga, at their home stadium (RheinEnergieStadion) is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
The fans are hoping that Köln will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Bundesliga game against Fortuna Düsseldorf (placed 13th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Saarbrucken (2-3).
This is expected to be a close game, with Köln perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Köln as a small favourite), we find four games. Köln has won 0 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Köln are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 4 attempts. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Köln with 8 goals conceded in these matches.
Hoffenheim form and stats
Playing away, Hoffenheim have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Bundesliga this season. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Hoffenheim hope to make it five in this match. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Hoffenheim are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
The supporters enjoyed Hoffenheim's previous game versus Paderborn (placed 18th), a Bundesliga 3-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus MSV Duisburg at their stadium, the result 2-0.
Hoffenheim delivered their win in the match against Paderborn already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the three points. Solid performance!
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Hoffenheim in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Hoffenheim, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
Hoffenheim find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Hoffenheim have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Köln victories, 4 draws and 3 Hoffenheim wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
S. Terodde
3 goals
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A. Kramarić
2 goals
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P. Kadeřábek
2 goals
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Köln missing players
Hoffenheim missing players
| Köln | Hoffenheim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 21 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 90% |
| 90% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 80% |
| 70% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 40% |
| 10% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 5.9 | 6.2 | 8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 6.1 | 7 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9.2 | 7.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Hoffenheim have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Borussia M'gladbach | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 19 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 18 |
| 4 | Bayern München | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 17 |
| 8 | Wolfsburg | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Hertha BSC | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Union Berlin | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 21 | -17 | 9 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 7 |
| 17 | Köln | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 7 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -14 | 4 |