In this week 4 match, on Sun Aug 28th, Köln hosts Stuttgart in a meeting of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which is great football weather. 8th placed Köln is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt. Daichi Kamada scored the first goal for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 71st minute, but Jan Thielmann got the equalizer for Köln in the 82nd minute squeezing out at least the one point for Köln. Köln is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Stuttgart recorded a 0-1 loss against Freiburg. Vincenzo Grifo struck first for Freiburg in the 11th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Stuttgart couldn’t muster any offence and Freiburg ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Köln won by a score of 2 to 0. Anthony Modeste struck first for Köln in the 72nd minute, then Anthony Modeste added another in the 77th minute In the end, Stuttgart couldn’t muster any offence and Köln ran away with the shutout win.
Stuttgart is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Darko Churlinov and Wamangituka each having 2 goals in their last 5. Both Lemperle and Dejan Ljubičić have been the hottest scorers for Köln in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.