RB Leipzig will be visiting RheinEnergieStadion on Friday for their Bundesliga 1 tie with Cologne. We have the latest player updates and predicted teams line ups.
Cologne prepare for this game following a 3-3 Bundesliga 1 drawn game versus Borussia Mönchengladbach. We are thinking that Köln may well employ a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one and select Marvin Schwabe, Rasmus Carstensen, Luca Kilian, Julian Chabot, Max Finkgräfe, Eric Martel, Denis Huseinbašić, Faride Alidou, Florian Kainz, Steffen Tigges and Sargis Adamyan.
Cologne manager Timo Schultz doesn’t have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this match thanks to a completely healthy squad available to choose from.
How Cologne could look to play RB Leipzig
RB Leipzig head into the encounter following on from a 2-0 Bundesliga 1 win to beat Darmstadt in their last game. We believe Leipzig will likely utilise a 4-4-2 system with a starting lineup of Peter Gulacsi, Castello Lukeba, Christopher Lenz, Willi Orban, David Raum, Xavi Simons, Kevin Kampl, Xaver Schlager, Dani Olmo, Yussuf Poulsen and Loïs Openda.
Owing to an otherwise full-strength group of players, there’s just a single fitness issue for the RB Leipzig boss Marco Rose to contend with. Lukas Klostermann (Hamstring injury) won’t be playing here.
Possible RB Leipzig Starting XI
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