In this 13th week match, on Saturday Nov 27th, Köln and Borussia M’gladbach will play a match in Cologne in a clash of the Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 1 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 12th placed Köln is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Mainz 05. Jonathan Burkardt scored the first goal for Mainz 05 in the 41st minute, then in the 47th minute, Mark Uth sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Salih Özcan earning Köln at least a draw. Köln is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while 9th placed Borussia M’gladbach is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Greuther Fürth. Jonas Hofmann struck first for Borussia M’gladbach in the 9th minute on a feed from Lars Stindl, then Florian Neuhaus added another in the 28th minute In the end, Greuther Fürth was frustrated by Borussia M’gladbach’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Borussia M’gladbach ended the match with the shutout victory. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Borussia M’gladbach should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Jonas Hofmann has been the most effective weapon for Borussia M’gladbach lately. The German midfielder has netted three goals in his last 5 matches. Köln is fortunate enough to have Anthony Modeste in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 6 goals
Ellyes Skhiri is unavailable to play for Steffen Baumgart’s team, while Borussia M’gladbach will be without Breel Embolo, Christoph Kramer, Mamadou Doucouré, Tony Jantschke, Stefan Lainer, Nico Elvedi and Jordan Beyer.