FC Koln vs Union Berlin prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-12-19 14:30.
[p]Cologne and Union Berlin approach their final game of 2025 hoping to sign off in style, although neither side carry much momentum into this fixture.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Cologne will be desperate to give their fans something to smile about during the festive period as they’re heading towards the winter break on a five-match winless run in the Bundesliga (D2, L3). Last weekend’s 2-0 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen saw them maintain their unwanted record of being the only side yet to win a German top-flight game on a Saturday all season (D4, L5), suggesting the Billy Goats could be up against it here. While potentially dangerous at home, given that both of their home league wins this term were by a three-goal margin, they’ve come too infrequently for the RheinEnergieStadion to be considered much of a fortress (D2, L2).[/p]
[p]Union Berlin ended the previous round inside the top half having returned to winning ways by beating RB Leipzig 3-1 last Friday in a game that saw all the goals arrive after the 55th minute. That suggests Die Eisernen might be unlikely to make a fast start here, especially as they’re also winless in their last three league games against promoted clubs (D1, L2). Another cause for concern is winning just one of their last four Bundesliga away games (L3), scoring only twice across those four fixtures.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Cologne’s 3-2 win in the last staging of this fixture was their first H2H victory since April 2014 (D3, L8). Union have scored exactly twice on four of their last five trips to Cologne.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Only Bayern have scored more Bundesliga goals after the 75th minute than Cologne this season (11).[/p]
[p]All seven of Cologne’s home games this term saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]Only Frankfurt (9) start the round having conceded more goals beyond the 75th minute than Union (8) in the Bundesliga this season.[/p]
[p]Union have lost all five games when conceding first in this league campaign.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Said El Mala has scored second-half goals in two of Cologne’s last three league games, and three of his last four goals arrived after the 75th minute. Oliver Burke opened the scoring for Union against Leipzig, but each of his last three strikes came between the 50th and 60th minute.[/p]
[p]Cologne appear to have no new injury worries, while Janik Haberer will sit this one out for Union through suspension having picked up five yellow cards this season.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]With just two points separating these two sides and neither in great form at the moment, our tip is to back the draw as we can see them cancelling each other out.[/p]
[p][i]Author: John Pennington[/i][/p]