Hoffenheim vs FC Koln prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-10-02 18:30.
[p]Currently level on seven points just outside of the European places, Hoffenheim meet Cologne in the Bundesliga’s Friday night offering. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]After coming from behind to secure a 1-1 draw in Freiburg last week, Hoffenheim head into matchday six with a perfectly balanced record (W2, D1, L2) and sitting amongst a glut of sides with similar European ambitions. Shoring up the defence will be key in realising any such seasonal aims for Hoffenheim, who are yet to keep a single Bundesliga clean sheet this term. Returning home seems unlikely to stimulate a response either, as Hoffenheim have lost each of their last four Bundesliga games there, conceding 3+ goals in each.[/p]
[p]An identical league record to their hosts would suggest Cologne are travelling on a high, but they actually make the journey bidding to end a rotten three-game winless run after their perfect start to the campaign. A 1-0 win in their first away league game of the season seems like a distant memory after conceding six times across their following two trips, although the Billy Goats’ four goals in reply across those games hint at potential goal-fuelled drama here. They tend to be on the wrong end of those matches on the road in the Bundesliga though, as Cologne have won just one of their last 13 top-flight away games (D7, L5). [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Hoffenheim have won ten of the last 14 meetings with Cologne (D3, L1). Cologne are actually unbeaten in their last two away H2Hs (W1, D1) following a run of five such defeats prior.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Hoffenheim are one of four sides who have seen both teams score in all of their Bundesliga games this term. [/p]
[p]Hoffenheim failed to win ten of their last 15 Bundesliga games as pre-match favourites (W5, D5, L5). [/p]
[p]Cologne failed to win half of their Bundesliga games when scoring first this season (W2, D1, L1). [/p]
[p]Cologne have scored exactly once before half-time in four of their five league games this season. Â [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]A talismanic figure in Cologne’s promotion last season, Tim Lemperle has since moved to Hoffenheim where he’s hit the ground running with three goal contributions in four league games (G2, A1). Jakub Kamiński is posting similar numbers of late with four goal contributions across his last four appearances for club and country (G3, A1). [/p]
[p]Albian Hajdari and Wouter Burger are amongst the absentees for Hoffenheim, while Cologne will be without Marius BĂĽlter.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Goals certainly haven’t been in short supply in the Bundesliga this season, so we’re backing a high-scoring affair with over 3.5 goals.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Matthew Billon[/i][/p]