Borussia Mgladbach VS FC Koln Match Prediction
2017-08-20
16:00:00
Borussia Mgladbach
VS
FC Koln
Our Prediction Tip
Draw will win this match.
2017-08-2016:00:00 Draw will win this match.
Borussia Monchengladbach have won ten of the last 20 meetings between these two teams, but did lose at home to Koln last season. They avenged that 2-1 defeat with a 3-2 away win later in the campaign, however. Here are the results of their last five games:
Apr 08, 2017: FC Koln 2-3 Borussia Monchengladbach
Nov 19, 2016: Borussia Monchengladbach 1-2 FC Koln
Feb 20, 2016: Borussia Monchengladbach 1-0 FC Koln
Sep 19, 2015: FC Koln 1-0 Borussia Monchengladbach
Feb 14, 2015: Borussia Monchengladbach 1-0 FC Koln
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Borussia Monchengladbach have had a mixed summer, but the form of captain Lars Stindl at the Confederations Cup for Germany will give them confidence that he is in for another big season.
And they will need him to be too - missing out on Europe was a big blow last season, and the level of their investment this summer proves that.
FC Koln, by contrast, enjoyed a great season - and won at Monchengladbach when they last met.
The departure of Anthony Modeste was a blow, but the fact they scored five in the DFB Pokal, albeit against lesser opposition, with five different goalscorers, is a good sign.
Both sides will want to start the new season, but both sides could actually end up cancelling each other out.
This is too close to call, and with Koln having drawn so many games away from home last season, another draw might be a safer bet.
Borussia Monchengladbach's home advantage makes them favourites, but a long injury list and a strong opposition in FC Koln will count against them.
A home win is 10/11 with Bet365, and the visitors are 31/10 but you can get 5/2 on the draw.
Both teams to score has been set at 3/4 by Bet365, while a score draw is 7/2 with the same bookmakers.
Lars Stindl, last season’s Borussia Monchengladbach top goalscorer, is 8/5 with Bet365 to score at any time on Sunday.
Though Borussia Monchengladbach are favourites, FC Koln did well last season and a draw looks to be on the cards.
Monchengladbach already have a long injury list to contend with, with Tobias Strobl rupturing his cruciate ligament in pre-season, and Raul Bobadilla the latest player to be added to an injury list that already contains Josip Drmic, Tony Jantschke, Timothee Kolodziejczak, Reece Oxford and Mamadou Doucoure.
Captain Lars Stindl was Monchengladbach's top scorer last season, with 18 in 43 in all competitions, and continued that form with Germany as he finished the Confederations Cup as joint-top scorer with three goals.
Monchengladbach wrapped up their pre-season with a 2-1 win at Malaga and a 2-1 defeat at Leicester, before starting their competitive campaign by coming from behind to beat Rot-Weiss Essen 2-1 in the DFB Pokal.
Goalkeeper:Sommer
Defenders:Elvedi, Ginter, Vestergaard, Wendt
Midfielders:Traore, Kramer, Zakaria, Hazard
Forwards:Stindl, Raffael
Leonardo Bittencourt and Milos Jojic have been ruled out of Sunday's game with injuries, joining Thomas Kessler, Yuya Osako and Nikolas Nartey on the sidelines.
Anthony Modeste's departure has left FC Köln without last season's top scorer. New signing Jhon Cordoba has not been prolific in the past, but after earning comparisons to Didier Drogba because of his power and strength, much is expected of the Colombian.
FC Koln were unbeaten in pre-season, and carried that form into their DFB Pokal match at Leher TS last weekend, thrashing them 5-0 with five different goalscorers.
Goalkeeper:Horn
Defenders:Sorensen, Heintz, Hector
Midfielders:Klunter, Hoger, Lehmann, Rausch
Forwards:Risse, Cordoba, Zoller
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