Week 17 brings us a match on Jan 24th, where Bayern München hosts Köln at Allianz Arena in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 1 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Bayern München sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against RB Leipzig. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored the first goal for Bayern München in the 37th minute, then in the 52nd minute, Dominik Szoboszlai sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Marcel Halstenberg squeezing out at least the one point for RB Leipzig. Bayern München looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while köln sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Hertha BSC. Wilfried Kanga struck first for Hertha BSC in the 9th minute on a feed from Marvin Plattenhardt, then Marco Richter added another in the 54th minute In the end, Köln couldn’t muster any offence and Hertha BSC ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Bayern München won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Both Mathias Olesen and Denis Huseinbasic have been the hottest scorers for Köln in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Bayern München is fortunate enough to have Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored five goals
Lucas Hernández and Manuel Neuer are unavailable to play for Bayern München, while Köln will be without Lemperle and Florian Dietz.