Cologne vs Hamburg Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Cologne

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Cologne will be wanting a better result here following a 0-4 Bundesliga 1 defeat last time out to Bayern Munich.

In that match, Cologne managed 50% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. At the other end, Bayern München had 23 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. Robert Lewandowski (9', 62', 74') and Corentin Tolisso (25') scored for Bayern Munich.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Cologne haven’t conceded. In fact, Cologne have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 10 goals in the process.

Hamburg

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In their previous fixture, Hamburg drew 1-1 in the Bundesliga 2 match with Dynamo Dresden.

In that match, Hamburg managed 60% possession and 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Hamburg was Robert Glatzel (37'). At the other end, Dynamo Dresden had 18 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Christoph Daferner (61') scored for Dynamo Dresden.

A run of hard-working performances by the Hamburg defenders has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their previous 6 fixtures overall. Over that same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 12. Such a pattern might not be continued into this game, though.

👥 Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head meetings going back to 07/02/2017 shows us that Cologne have won 1 of these and Hamburg 4, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

A combined sum of 14 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 5 from Köln and 9 being from Hamburg. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.

The last league fixture featuring these clubs was Bundesliga 2 match day 29 on 15/04/2019 and the score finished Cologne 1-1 Hamburg.

The match was refereed by Robert Hartmann.

📰 Team News: Cologne

The Cologne boss Steffen Baumgart doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this match thanks to a completely healthy group available to choose from.

We think that Köln look set to use the 4-1-3-2 system this time and select Marvin Schwaebe, Benno Schmitz, Luca Kilian, Timo Huebers, Jonas Hector, Salih Oezcan, Jan Thielmann, Mark Uth, Dejan Ljubicic, Anthony Modeste and Sebastian Andersson.

🗞️ Team News: Hamburg

Hamburg manager Tim Walter has some current player fitness concerns. Maximilian Rohr (Muscle Injury), Tim Leibold (Ruptured cruciate ligament), Josha Vagnoman (torn tendon) and Anssi Suhonen (Torn Muscle Fibre) are not ready for selection.

From our viewpoint, Hamburg seem likely to elect for a 4-1-2-3 lineup, starting the game with D. Heuer Fernandes, Moritz Heyer, Mario Vuskovic, Sebastian Schonlau, Miro Muheim, Jonas Meffert, Ludovit Reis, Sonny Kittel, Bakery Jatta, Robert Glatzel and Faride Alidou.

💭 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Cologne will, in all likelihood, be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.

Conversely, Hamburg are also probably going to find it difficult to score but we can see them scoring here.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a fairly comfortable 3-1 margin for Cologne at the end of this one.

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Renata Leite, 01:00 14/01/2022