Week 21 features a match on Sat Feb 18th, where Stuttgart will host Köln in a Bundesliga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, a perfect day for football. 17th placed Stuttgart is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Freiburg. Chris Führich struck first for Stuttgart in the 30th minute, but Vincenzo Grifo got the equalizer for Freiburg in the 60th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 84th minute on a penalty goal by Vincenzo Grifo to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, Köln recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Eintracht Frankfurt. Timo Hübers scored the first goal for Köln in the 49th minute, then Ellyes Skhiri added another in the 71st minute on a feed from Sargis Adamyan In the end, Eintracht Frankfurt was frustrated by Köln’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Köln ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Rheinenergiestadion, Köln and Stuttgart battled to a 0-0 draw. Köln had 6 on net, and Stuttgart had 14, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,.
Köln is glad to have Ellyes Skhiri in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored 5 goals. Both Sehrou Guirassy and Chris Führich have been the hottest scorers for Stuttgart in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Sehrou Guirassy, Tiago Tomás, Wamangituka and Borna Sosa are unavailable to play for Stuttgart, while Luca Kilian, Florian Dietz, Smajic and Schmid are unavailable to play for Steffen Baumgart’s team.