In this week 13 match, on Saturday Nov 27th, Borussia M’gladbach will travel to Cologne to battle Köln in a clash of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 1 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 12th placed Köln is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Mainz 05. Jonathan Burkardt scored the first goal for Mainz 05 in the 41st minute, then Salih Özcan tied it up for Köln in the 47th minute on a feed from Mark Uth earning Köln at least a draw. Köln is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Borussia M’gladbach recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Greuther Fürth. Jonas Hofmann scored the first goal for Borussia M’gladbach in the 9th minute, then Florian Neuhaus added another in the 28th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Greuther Fürth couldn’t manage to score, and Borussia M’gladbach took the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Borussia M’gladbach should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Borussia M’gladbach’s most prolific scorer has been Jonas Hofmann. He has netted three goals over the last five matches. Köln is fortunate enough to have Anthony Modeste in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 6 goals
Ellyes Skhiri is unavailable to play for Köln, while Adolf Hütter’s squad will be without Breel Embolo, Christoph Kramer, Mamadou Doucouré, Tony Jantschke, Stefan Lainer, Nico Elvedi and Jordan Beyer.