Week 16 brings us a match on Dec 14th, where Wolfsburg hosts Köln in a clash of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Wolfsburg is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Lille. Burak Yılmaz struck first for Lille in the 11th minute on a feed from Jonathan Ikoné, then Jonathan David added another in the 72nd minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while 9th placed Köln is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Augsburg. André Hahn struck first for Augsburg in the 72nd minute, then Niklas Dorsch added another in the 88th minute In the end, Köln was frustrated by Augsburg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Augsburg ended the match with the shutout victory. Köln is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Wolfsburg won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Both Anthony Modeste and Salih Özcan have been the hottest scorers for Köln in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Wout Weghorst has been the most prolific scorer on Wolfsburg in his last five matches with 2 goals
Renato Steffen, Koen Casteels, Xaver Schlager, William and Bartosz Bialek are unavailable to play for Wolfsburg, while Horn is unavailable to play for Steffen Baumgart’s team.