On Dec 19th, Köln will play host to Stuttgart in a meeting of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 10th placed Köln is fresh off their 3-2 win against Wolfsburg. Lukas Nmecha scored the first goal for Wolfsburg in the 8th minute, then Anthony Modeste tied it up for Köln in the 34th minute But luckily in the 89th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Anthony Modeste. Köln is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 15th placed Stuttgart is fresh off their 0-5 blowout loss against Bayern München. Serge Gnabry struck first for Bayern München in the 40th minute, then Serge Gnabry added another in the 53rd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Stuttgart couldn’t manage to score, and Bayern München took the shutout win. Stuttgart is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Wednesday Oct 27th, Stuttgart hosted Köln at the Mercedes-benz-arena in their last match together. Köln won by a score of 2 to 0. Anthony Modeste struck first for Köln in the 72nd minute, then Anthony Modeste added another in the 77th minute on a feed from Ondrej Duda In the end, Stuttgart couldn’t muster any offence and Köln ran away with the shutout win.
Stuttgart’s most prolific scorer has been Philipp Forster. He has netted two goals over the last five matches. For Köln, their top scorers are Salih Özcan and Mark Uth, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches
Steffen Baumgart’s Köln squad will be without Horn, while Stuttgart will be without Erik Thommy, Chris Führich, Enzo Millot, Waldemar Anton, Sosa, Roberto Massimo, Marc-Oliver Kempf, Karazor, Kalajdzic, Bredlow and Naouirou Ahamada.