The Bundesliga 2 game at RheinEnergieStadion on Saturday sees home side Cologne prepare for the visit of opponents, Hertha Berlin.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Cologne v Hertha Berlin are shown on this page (plus the best game odds).
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Form Guide
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Cologne
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Cologne are hoping to win again following the 1-2 Bundesliga 2 victory vs SC Paderborn 07.
In that game, Cologne had 52% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. For Cologne, goals were scored by Imad Rondić (42') and Denis Huseinbašić (61'). Paderborn 07 got 23 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Marvin Mehlem (34') scored for SC Paderborn 07.
It has not been often in recent games that Cologne have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Cologne have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 7 goals in the process. It will be interesting to find out if that trend will end up being sustained into this next match.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Cologne:
- haven't lost in the league to Hertha Berlin in their last 2 games.
- are undefeated in their last 7 home league matches.
Hertha Berlin
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Hertha Berlin will go into this game following a 3-1 Bundesliga 2 win to beat Karlsruhe in their last fixture.
In that game, Hertha Berlin managed 42% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For Hertha Berlin, the scorers were Fabian Reese (16', 47') and Luca Schuler (89'). On the other side, Karlsruher had 12 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Marvin Wanitzek (55') was the scorer for Karlsruhe.
In a total of 5 of the previous 6 games involving Hertha Berlin, a minimum of three goals have been struck. The average number of goals per match within that spell is 3.33, with the number of goals averaged by Hertha Berlin working out to 1.67.
Going into this encounter, Hertha Berlin have not won against Cologne when having played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.
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Head to head
A look at their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 15/08/2021 shows that Cologne have won 5 of them & Hertha Berlin 1, with the tally of drawn games being 0.
In all, 21 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 14 of them from Köln and 7 for Hertha. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.5.
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Team News: Hertha Berlin
Hertha Berlin boss Stefan Leitl has multiple availability issues to deal with. John Brooks (Ankle injury), Jeremy Dudziak (Adductor injury), Bilal Hussein (Ankle injury) and Pascal Klemens (Head injury) will miss out on this game.
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Prediction
We envisage that Hertha Berlin will manage to breach the defence of this Cologne lineup, however it is unlikely to be enough to avoid defeat.
Our selection here is for a very close game with a 2-1 win for Cologne after 90 minutes. Should be an interesting one.
Andre Moura,
20:09 02/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Cologne
Formed: 1948
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion (50,000)
Captain: Timo Hübers
Chairman: Werner Wolf
Manager: Gerhard Struber
Competitions: Bundesliga 2 position 1
🔑 Key Player: Luca Waldschmidt
Mostly taking up the Striker position, Luca Waldschmidt was born in Siegen, Germany. After making a first senior appearance for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 2014 - 2015 season, the talented Forward has managed to score 5 league goals in the 2. Bundesliga 2024 - 2025 season to date coming from a total of 23 appearances.