Week 21 brings us a match on Feb 18th where Stuttgart and Köln will play a match in Stuttgart in a clash of the Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 17th placed Stuttgart is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Freiburg. Chris Führich struck first for Stuttgart in the 30th minute on a feed from Sosa, but Vincenzo Grifo got the equalizer for Freiburg in the 60th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 84th minute on a penalty goal by Vincenzo Grifo to cap off a wild match. Stuttgart looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while köln sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Eintracht Frankfurt. Timo Hübers struck first for Köln in the 49th minute, then Ellyes Skhiri added another in the 71st minute In the end, Eintracht Frankfurt couldn’t muster any offence and Köln ran away with the shutout win. Köln looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
Köln and Stuttgart last played eachother at the Rheinenergiestadion on Sun Aug 28th. Köln and Stuttgart battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Köln nor Stuttgart could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 6 and 14 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Köln is glad to have Ellyes Skhiri in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored 5 goals. Both Sehrou Guirassy and Chris Führich have been the hottest scorers for Stuttgart in the last five each having scored 2 goals each
Sehrou Guirassy, Tiago Tomás, Wamangituka and Borna Sosa are unavailable to play for Stuttgart, while Steffen Baumgart’s Köln squad will be without Luca Kilian, Florian Dietz, Rijad Smajic and Schmid.