FC Koln play host to Wolfsburg in the penultimate game week of the 2021-22 Bundesliga season at the RheinEnergieStadion on Saturday. Kickoff set for 7th May 2-022 06:30 EAT.
The hosts are 6th on the table with 52 points from 32 played matches. They are scoring goals for fun at the moment and they will come into this tie on the back of netting at least three goals in each of the last four wins.In their previous 6 games shows that Cologne have seen their goal breached in 6 of them in addition to scoring in 5 of those matches.
The Billy Goatswill be looking for a repeat result of the 1-4 Bundesliga 1 victory against Augsburg.In that game, Cologne had 53% possession, 17 shots with 7 on target and goals scored by Jan Thielmann (12′), Mark Uth (15′) and Anthony Modeste (63′, 77’FC Augsburg 1907 had 12 shots with 4 of them on target and a goal scored by Florian Niederlechner (73′).
The Wolves are 13th in the league table with 38 points from 32 games.Wolfsburg lost three and drew one of the last four away outings in the league. They have shipped two or more goals in four of the previous five Bundesliga ties on the road. In their prior six fixtures we’ve seen goals 23 times yielding a mean average of 3.83 goals per fixture and opponents have hit 12 from this total.
Florian Kohfeldt’s men will be hoping for better results following a 1-1 drawn game in the Bundesliga 1 tie with Stuttgart.In that game, VfL Wolfsburg had 43% possession, 15 shots with 5 on target and a goal scored by John Anthony Brooks (13′). VfB Stuttgart had 19 shots on goal with 5 of them on target and a goal scored by Chris Führich (89′).
FC Koln vs Wolfsburg Head-to-Head
32 games have been played between these two teams since 1997; FC Koln has 8 wins while Wolfsburg managed 14 wins and 10 games ended in stalemates.
- Wolfsburg 2-3 FC Cologne14/12/21
- Wolfsburg 1-0 FC Cologne03/04/21
- FC Cologne 2-2 Wolfsburg05/12/20
- FC Cologne 3-1 Wolfsburg18/01/20
- Wolfsburg 2-1 FC Cologne17/08/19
Home
- Augsburg1-4 FC Koln
- FC Koln3-1Bielefeld
- M´gladbach1-3 FC Koln
- FC Koln 3-2 Mainz
- Union Berlin1-0 FC Koln
Away
- Stuttgart 1-1 Wolfsburg
- Wolfsburg 5-0 Mainz
- Dortmund 6-1 Wolfsburg
- Wolfsburg 4-0 Bielefeld
- Augsburg 3-0 Wolfsburg
FC Koln team news
Steffen Baumgart will have a fully fit squad ahead of this match.
VfL Wolfsburg team news
Florian Kohfeldt will miss the service of William, Paulo Otávio, SebastiaanBornauw and Luca Waldschmidt due to injuries.
Prediction and Odds
Koln are on a four-game winning streak and have lost just one of their last seven games and are unbeaten in their last three home matches and will look to maximise their home advantage on Saturday while Wolfsburg are unbeaten in back-to-back games, however winless in their last five matches on the road and could lose this weekend.
- FC Koln win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
