FC Koln vs St. Pauli prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-12-05 14:30.
[p]Two teams with spiralling form meet here as Cologne aim to push towards a place in the top half, while St. Pauli will try to distance themselves from the foot of the table.Ā [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Cologne’s bright start to this Bundesliga season is waning, with their recent 1-1 draw at Werder Bremen extending their recent run to just one win in seven competitive matches (D2, L4). They still clung onto a top-ten spot at the end of the last round despite the wins drying up and manager Lukas Kwasniok, who arrived in the summer, should be relatively satisfied with the newly promoted teamās position. Heāll hope to see his side strengthen their claims for a top-half place with a composed and defensively sound win here, particularly as their home games have been chaotic with each of the six seeing both teams score and five producing 3+ match goals.Ā [/p]
[p]St. Pauli are another side whose early season sparkle has fizzled out. Their three undefeated games to open the campaign have been followed by nine straight losses, five of them on the road, leaving them in 17th at the start of the round. Players such as Hauke Wahl have been publicly backing under-fire manager Alexander Blessin, who will face increasing scrutiny if he can’t quickly address his team’s ongoing scoring issues. St. Pauli have netted just ten across their 12 league games so far, the equal-fewest in the division coming into this gameweek.Ā [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Although this is the first meeting since 2019, Cologne are undefeated in each of the past six H2H meetings thanks to five consecutive wins. St. Pauliās last away win against Cologne came way back in 1998.Ā [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]The winning team scored four goals in each of Cologneās past three competitive home games.Ā [/p]
[p]Cologne have scored 11 goals beyond the 75th minute, the second-most in the league after the previous round.[/p]
[p]St. Pauli have conceded first in ten of their 12 league games this season.Ā [/p]
[p]No side conceded more goals during the 31-45 minute period in the first 12 rounds than St. Pauli (seven).Ā [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]No Cologne player has contributed to more goals this season thanĀ Said El Mala (G7, A2), who remains productive with one goal and two assists across his past three games for club and country. Despite a poor defensive record, only three goalkeepers had made more Bundesliga saves than St. Pauli’s Nikola Vasilj (38) at the start of the round.Ā [/p]
[p]Cologne could be without fellow defender Dominique Heintz who was forced off against Werder. Mathias Pereira Lage and Andreas Hountondji are also doubtful having left St. Pauliās recent defeat to Bayern prematurely.Ā [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]While neither side is playing well, our money is on a Cologne win. Recent matches here suggest we could also see both sides score.[/p]
[p][i]Author: David H[/i][/p]