In a weekend match in week 24, on Saturday Feb 26th, Greuther Fürth and Köln will play a match in Fürth in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 0 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Greuther Fürth recorded a 1-4 loss against Bayern München. Hrgota struck first for Greuther Fürth in the 42nd minute, then in the 46th minute, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Robert Lewandowski But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 61st minute on a goal by Sebastian Griesbeck. Greuther Fürth is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Köln recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Eintracht Frankfurt. Anthony Modeste scored the first goal for Köln in the 84th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Eintracht Frankfurt couldn’t muster any offence and Köln ran away with the shutout win. Köln should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 1st of October, Köln hosted Greuther Fürth at the Rheinenergiestadion in their last match together. Köln won by a score of 3 to 1. Marco Meyerhofer struck first for Greuther Fürth in the 7th minute, but Sebastian Andersson got the equalizer for Köln in the 50th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 55th minute on a goal by Ellyes Skhiri to cap off a wild match.
Anthony Modeste has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Köln. Branimir Hrgota has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Greuther Fürth
Stefan Leitl’s squad will be without Jessic Ngankam, Robin Kehr and Funk, while Steffen Baumgart’s Köln squad will be without Julian Chabot.