Hertha BSC and FC Köln will face on Sunday the 9th of January at 3:30 pm in the 18th week of the Bundesliga. The match will be staged in Berlin at the Olympiastadion Berlin.

Hertha BSC is in the 12th position in the league with 21 points. It comes from a 3-2 win against Borussia Dortmund in its last match in the Bundesliga. Up to now, it has won 6 times, draw 3 times, and lost 8 times.​​

FC Köln is in the 8th place in the league with 25 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against VfB Stuttgart in its last match in the Bundesliga. As of now, it has won 6 times, draw 7 times, and lost 4 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Hertha BSC​

Line - Ups​
4-2-3-1
14 May
Borussia Dortmund-Hertha BSC
2-1
4-2-3-1
07 May
Hertha BSC-FSV Mainz 05
1-2
4-2-3-1
30 Apr
DSC Arminia Bielefeld-Hertha BSC
1-1
4-2-3-1
24 Apr
Hertha BSC-VfB Stuttgart
2-0
4-4-2
16 Apr
FC Augsburg-Hertha BSC
0-1
4-1-4-1
09 Apr
Hertha BSC-FC Union Berlin
1-4
4-1-4-1
02 Apr
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Hertha BSC
2-1
4-1-4-1
19 Mar
Hertha BSC-TSG Hoffenheim
3-0
3-1-4-2
12 Mar
Borussia Mönchengladbach-Hertha BSC
2-0
4-3-3
05 Mar
Hertha BSC-Eintracht Frankfurt
1-4
4-3-3
26 Feb
SC Freiburg-Hertha BSC
3-0
4-3-3
20 Feb
Hertha BSC-RB Leipzig
1-6
4-4-2
12 Feb
SpVgg Greuther Fürth-Hertha BSC
2-1
4-4-2
04 Feb
Hertha BSC-VfL Bochum 1848
1-1
5-3-2
23 Jan
Hertha BSC-FC Bayern München
1-4
4-4-2
15 Jan
VfL Wolfsburg-Hertha BSC
0-0
4-2-2-2
09 Jan
Hertha BSC-FC Köln
1-3
4-2-2-2
18 Dec
Hertha BSC-Borussia Dortmund
3-2
4-4-2
14 Dec
FSV Mainz 05-Hertha BSC
4-0
4-2-2-2
11 Dec
Hertha BSC-DSC Arminia Bielefeld
2-0
4-4-2
05 Dec
VfB Stuttgart-Hertha BSC
2-2
3-4-2-1
27 Nov
Hertha BSC-FC Augsburg
1-1
4-2-3-1
20 Nov
FC Union Berlin-Hertha BSC
2-0
4-2-3-1
07 Nov
Hertha BSC-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-1
4-2-3-1
29 Oct
TSG Hoffenheim-Hertha BSC
2-0
4-2-3-1
23 Oct
Hertha BSC-Borussia Mönchengladbach
1-0
4-2-3-1
16 Oct
Eintracht Frankfurt-Hertha BSC
1-2
3-4-2-1
02 Oct
Hertha BSC-SC Freiburg
1-2
3-4-2-1
25 Sep
RB Leipzig-Hertha BSC
6-0
3-4-2-1
17 Sep
Hertha BSC-SpVgg Greuther Fürth
2-1
3-4-2-1
12 Sep
VfL Bochum 1848-Hertha BSC
1-3
4-2-3-1
28 Aug
FC Bayern München-Hertha BSC
5-0
4-2-3-1
21 Aug
Hertha BSC-VfL Wolfsburg
1-2
4-3-3
15 Aug
FC Köln-Hertha BSC
3-1

Hertha BSC has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 41.18%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 3-4-2-1 (5 times), 4-2-2-2 (2 times), 4-4-2 (2 times) and 4-3-3 (once).

Tayfun Korkut is expected to play against FC Köln with the following players: A. Schwolow, M. Mittelstädt, N. Stark, J. Torunarigha, J. Ekkelenkamp, V. Darida, S. Serdar, M. Richter, M. Maolida and I. Belfodil.

If this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Hertha BSC would be 26.40.

There are doubts about the presence of P. Pekarík.

Tayfun Korkut will probably not be able to employ L. Klünter and M. Plattenhardt because of injury.

R. Almenning Jarstein, A. Boyata, L. Gechter, D. Zeefuik, S. Ascacíbar, L. Tousart and S. Jovetić will definitely miss the match.

FC Köln​

Line - Ups​
4-2-3-1
14 May
VfB Stuttgart-FC Köln
2-1
4-3-1-2
07 May
FC Köln-VfL Wolfsburg
0-1
4-1-3-2
30 Apr
FC Augsburg-FC Köln
1-4
4-2-3-1
23 Apr
FC Köln-DSC Arminia Bielefeld
3-1
4-2-3-1
16 Apr
Borussia Mönchengladbach-FC Köln
1-3
4-2-3-1
09 Apr
FC Köln-FSV Mainz 05
3-2
4-2-3-1
01 Apr
FC Union Berlin-FC Köln
1-0
4-1-3-2
20 Mar
FC Köln-Borussia Dortmund
1-1
4-1-3-2
13 Mar
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-FC Köln
0-1
4-2-3-1
06 Mar
FC Köln-TSG Hoffenheim
0-1
4-3-1-2
26 Feb
SpVgg Greuther Fürth-FC Köln
1-1
4-2-3-1
19 Feb
FC Köln-Eintracht Frankfurt
1-0
4-2-3-1
11 Feb
RB Leipzig-FC Köln
3-1
4-1-3-2
05 Feb
FC Köln-SC Freiburg
1-0
4-1-3-2
22 Jan
VfL Bochum 1848-FC Köln
2-2
4-1-3-2
15 Jan
FC Köln-FC Bayern München
0-4
4-1-3-2
09 Jan
Hertha BSC-FC Köln
1-3
4-1-3-2
19 Dec
FC Köln-VfB Stuttgart
1-0
4-1-3-2
14 Dec
VfL Wolfsburg-FC Köln
2-3
4-1-3-2
10 Dec
FC Köln-FC Augsburg
0-2
4-2-3-1
04 Dec
DSC Arminia Bielefeld-FC Köln
1-1
4-2-3-1
27 Nov
FC Köln-Borussia Mönchengladbach
4-1
4-2-3-1
21 Nov
FSV Mainz 05-FC Köln
1-1
4-2-3-1
07 Nov
FC Köln-FC Union Berlin
2-2
4-1-3-2
30 Oct
Borussia Dortmund-FC Köln
2-0
4-3-1-2
24 Oct
FC Köln-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2-2
4-1-3-2
15 Oct
TSG Hoffenheim-FC Köln
5-0
4-1-3-2
01 Oct
FC Köln-SpVgg Greuther Fürth
3-1
4-3-1-2
25 Sep
Eintracht Frankfurt-FC Köln
1-1
4-1-3-2
18 Sep
FC Köln-RB Leipzig
1-1
4-1-3-2
11 Sep
SC Freiburg-FC Köln
1-1
4-1-3-2
28 Aug
FC Köln-VfL Bochum 1848
2-1
4-1-3-2
22 Aug
FC Bayern München-FC Köln
3-2
4-3-1-2
15 Aug
FC Köln-Hertha BSC
3-1

FC Köln has mostly adopted the 4-1-3-2 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 58.82%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-3-2 (10 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times) and 4-3-1-2 (3 times).

Steffen Baumgart is expected to play against Hertha BSC with the following players: M. Schwäbe, J. Hector, T. Hübers, L. Kilian, B. Schmitz, S. Özcan, O. Duda, F. Kainz and A. Modeste.

Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of FC Köln would be 28.00.

There are doubts about the presence of D. Ljubicic and S. Andersson.

Steffen Baumgart will probably not be able to employ T. Horn, J. Meré Pérez and N. Hauptmann because of injury.

E. Skhiri will definitely miss the match.