M’gladbach team started well this season Bundesliga: 3 wins, one draw and one defeat in the first 5 stages. There followed a series of five games in which he has never known the taste of victory and failed to score even one goal. It ranks 11th in the rankings, with only 12 points. In the last round, he lost miserably to Hertha Berlin (0-3 with a triple by Kalou). Borussia can not keep pace nor in Group C of the Champions League, where is 3rd with 4 points. A defeated only Celtic (Glasgow 2-0) lost at Manchester City (0-4) and then home against FC Barcelona (1-2). In the last round, he drew at home in the second leg with Celtic and will receive Guardiola’s team visit Wednesday.
The tried: 1 and over 2.5 goals, share 3.45 Winmasters
However, it should be noted that the hosts have not lost on their own ground in 12 Bundesliga matches (10 wins and 2 draws). Statistics also show that they received from the team in Cologne goal in 5 of the last 6 encounters the guiding. Usually plays better in the first half when he scored 6 out of 10 goals so far. Coach Andre Schubert has a problem: he does not know how well it will integrate midfielder Tobias Strobl November 1, barely recovered from a head injury. But the only solution is that it has to replace Kramer, suspended for a red card. Strobl has the advantage of playing at Cologne in the 2012-2013 season and has held in 21 stages, scoring a goal. True, everything happens in League Two.
FC Cologne
FC Cologne has not removed any point in M’gladbach in 2009, but this season is better: 6th with 18 points and one of the best defenses in the Bundesliga (only 7 goals). Anthony Modeste is the author of 11 of the 16 goals scored so far. Although he lost in the last round in Frankfurt (0-1), after receiving empty in minutes. 5 has not been defeated this season than Hertha BSC. Away he won at Schalke and pulled one point of leader Bayern and Wolfsburg (1-1).
The tried: Modeste marks share 2.67 at Unibet
Europe top scorer Anthony Modeste has not scored the last round. His only match without a goal this season. Many wonder if this is not yet a sign of the decline seems to have joined FC Cologne: earned 11 points in the first 5 stages and only 7 of these 5. Timo Horn, keeper of FC Cologne has been operated knee and will missing until the end. It will be replaced by Thomas Kessler, experience preferred, although not defended more than one match per season over the last 3 years. Away, guests playing better in the second half, when they scored more goals.
Borussia M’gladbach: Sommer – Elvedi, Christensen Vestergaard – Dahoud, Strobl – Traore, Wendt – Stindl – Hazard, Raffael
Absent: Alvaro Dominguez, Doucoure, Herrmann, Schulz, Drmic (injured), Kramer (suspended), Blaswig, Nicolas, Ndenge, Simak
FC Cologne: Kessler – Sorensen, Mavraj Heintz, Hector – Lehmann, Höger – Risse, Rausch – Modeste, Osako
Absent: Horn, Maroh, Bittencourt (injured)
Info direct dispute Hertha – Borussia M’gladbach
the two rival Rhine derby faced 85 times
M’gladbach 44 victories, 19 draws and 22 wins FC Cologne
FC Cologne won just one of their last 11 direct meetings: 1-0 at home last year
was also the only goal that the guests managed to score in last 6 matches Borussia direct
Conclusions and pont
Maybe it will not be able to win this time either on M’gladbach, but Modeste is determined to not let it go two steps without a goal.
