Stuttgart will travel to Cologne this Sunday to face FC Koln in the 17th fixture of the 2021/22 Bundesliga campaign.
Venue: RheinEnergieStadion (Cologne)
Key Statistics – FC Koln vs VfB Stuttgart
FC Koln have lost just one of their last seven games (W3, D3).
They are one of just three Bundesliga teams (alongside Mainz and Hoffenheim) yet to be awarded a penalty this season.
Only Robert Lewandowski (70) has had more shots on goal than Koln’s Anthony Modeste (60) this season.
The Billy Goats have won 68% of all their points on home turf this season (15 out of 22).
VfB Stuttgart have won just one of their last seven away games in the league (D3, L3).
Konstantinos Mavropanos is the joint highest-scoring defender in the Bundesliga in 2021/22 with four goals.
Head to head
Stuttgart are unbeaten in their last five Bundesliga meetings with Cologne, winning four and drawing one. They did, however, lose the last meeting – October’s 2-0 defeat in the second round of the DFB Cup.
Overall, there has been 27 meetings between Koln and VfB Stuttgart. The hosts have won nine of those games while the visitors have won eight (D10).
Latest Performances in all competitions
FC Koln: W-L-D-W-D
Stuttgart: L-W-D-W-L
FC Koln
Koln will look to pick up their second win in a row when they welcome VfB Stuttgart to the RheinEnergieStadion this Sunday.
The ‘Billy Goats’ ended a run of two games without a win when they came from behind to win Wolfsburg thanks to a brace from veteran French striker Anthony Modeste. The win was their first league victory away from home all season and moved them into tenth place on the table.
Steffen Baumgart and his boys could climb into a European place by collecting all three points for the second Matchday in a row, something that would round up an excellent first half of the season for them.
With just one loss all season at home (W4, D3) the hosts will enter this tie confident of taking maximum points from this game.
Possible FC Koln starting line-ups
Marvin Schwäbe; Kingsley Ehizibue, Luca Kilian, Rafael Czichos, Benno Schmitz; Jonas Hector; Ondrej Duda, Mark Uth, Florian Kainz; Anthony Modeste, Sebastian Andersson.
Injured: Timo Horn, Tomas Ostrak, Matthias Kobbing, Niklas Hauptmann
Doubtful: Ellyes Skhiri, Salih Özcan, Dejan Ljubicic
Suspended: None
VfB Stuttgart
Stuttgart will look to get back to winning ways when they welcome to Cologne this Sunday for their last league game of the year.
The visitor’s three-match unbeaten run was ended at home to Bayern Munich last time out with the league leaders putting five past VfB who could not get a goal.
Before that loss to Bayern, Stuttgart had won 2-0 away to Wolfsburg. That result was just their second clean sheet in this Bundesliga campaign and was also their only taste of victory away from home in the top-flight this season. Pellegrino Matarazzo’s side have taken just four points from their road trips (W1, D3, L3) which leave them hovering just above the automatic relegation spot.
Their last five Bundesliga away games have seen them fail to defeat Bochum (D 0-0), Mönchengladbach (D 1-1) and Augsburg (L 4-1), suggesting that the win against Wolfsburg could be a fluke.
Despite that record, they will be desperate to win this game and push themselves completely clear of the relegation zone.
Possible VfB Stuttgart starting line-ups
Florian Muller; Konstantinos Mavropanos, Waldemar Anton, Hiroki Ito; Atakan Karazor; Borna Sosa, Roberto Massimo, Wataru Endo, Tanguy Coulibaly; Philipp Forster, Omar Marmoush.
Injured: Mohamed Sankoh, Erik Thommy, Sasa Kalajdzic, Enzo Millot, Philipp Klement
Doubtful: Fabian Bredlow, Roberto Massimo, Nikolas Nartey
Suspended: None
Prediction
FC Koln 2-0 VfB Stuttgart
