Week 31 brings us a match on Apr 23rd where Köln and Arminia Bielefeld will play a match in Cologne in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, a perfect day for football. Köln sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Borussia M’gladbach. Anthony Modeste struck first for Köln in the 5th minute on a feed from Florian Kainz, then Florian Kainz added another in the 20th minute on a feed from Mark Uth. Köln should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 17th placed Arminia Bielefeld is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Bayern München. Jacob Laursen struck first for Bayern München on an own goal in the 10th minute, then Serge Gnabry added another in the 7th minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Joshua Kimmich In the end, Arminia Bielefeld couldn’t muster any offence and Bayern München ran away with the shutout win. Arminia Bielefeld looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Schücoarena, Arminia Bielefeld and Köln battled to a 1-1 draw. Salih Özcan struck first for Köln in the 17th minute, then Bryan Lasme tied it up for Arminia Bielefeld in the 59th minute on a feed from Masaya Okugawa earning them at least the one point. Köln’s top weapon lately has been Dejan Ljubičić, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches
Benno Schmitz, Jan Thielmann, Salih Özcan and Horn are unavailable to play for Steffen Baumgart’s team, while Arminia Bielefeld will be without Fabian Klos and Brunner.