Köln vs RB Leipzig Match Preview


Week 30 brings us a match on Apr 20th, where Köln plays host to RB Leipzig in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. Köln is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Bayer Leverkusen. Leon Bailey scored the first goal for Bayer Leverkusen in the 5th minute, then Moussa Diaby added another in the 51st minute on a feed from Leon Bailey In the end, Köln couldn’t muster any offence and Bayer Leverkusen ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, RB Leipzig recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Hoffenheim. Neither RB Leipzig nor Hoffenheim could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 15 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. RB Leipzig is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10 matches.

On the 19th of December, RB Leipzig hosted Köln in their last match together. RB Leipzig and Köln battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither RB Leipzig nor Köln could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 20 and 3 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.

RB Leipzig is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Marcel Sabitzer and Alexander Sørloth each having 2 goals in their last 5. Köln’s most prolific scorer has been Ondrej Duda. He has netted three goals over the last five matches

Markus Gisdol’s Köln squad will be without Kingsley Ehizibue, Ondrej Duda, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Jan Thielmann and Ismail Jakobs, while Julian Nagelsmann’s squad will be without Konrad Laimer, Yussuf Poulsen, Lukas Klostermann, Angeliño and Justin Kluivert.