In a weekend match on Sunday Mar 7th, in week 24, Köln plays host to Werder Bremen in a meeting of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. In their last match, 14th placed Köln, recorded a 1-5 loss against Bayern München. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting struck first for Bayern München in the 18th minute, then Robert Lewandowski added another in the 33rd minute. Köln looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while werder Bremen sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Eintracht Frankfurt. André Silva scored the first goal for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 9th minute, but Theodor Gebre Selassie got the equalizer for Werder Bremen in the 47th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 62nd minute on a goal by Josh Sargent. Werder Bremen is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Nov 6th, Werder Bremen hosted Köln in their last match together. Werder Bremen and Köln battled to a 1-1 draw. Niklas Moisander struck first for Köln on an own goal in the 67th minute, then Leonardo Bittencourt tied it up for Werder Bremen in the 82nd minute squeezing out at least the one point for Werder Bremen.
Werder Bremen’s top weapon lately has been Kevin Möhwald, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Elvis Rexhbecaj has been the most prolific scorer on Köln in his last five matches with two goals
Florian Kainz, Rafael Czichos, Sebastiaan Bornauw and Jonas Hector are unavailable to play for Markus Gisdol’s team, while Werder Bremen will be without Marco Friedl, Ludwig Augustinsson and Patrick Erras.