VfL Bochum 1848 and FC Köln are going to play on Saturday the 22nd of January at 6:30 pm in the 20th week of the Bundesliga. The match will be staged in Bochum at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion.
VfL Bochum 1848 is in the 11th position in the league with 23 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against FSV Mainz 05 in its last match in the Bundesliga. Thus far, it has won 7 times, drawn twice, and lost 10 times.
FC Köln occupies the 9th position in the standings with 28 points. It comes from a 0-4 loss against FC Bayern München in its last match in the Bundesliga. To date, it has won 7 times, draw 7 times, and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
VfL Bochum 1848
VfL Bochum 1848 has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 63.16%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (12 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times) and 4-1-4-1 (2 times).
Thomas Reis is expected to play against FC Köln with the following players: M. Riemann, K. Stafylidis, M. Leitsch, A. Bella-Kotchap, C. Gamboa Luna, A. Losilla, E. Löwen, M. Pantović, T. Asano, C. Antwi-Adjej and S. Polter.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of VfL Bochum 1848 would be 28.64.
Thomas Reis will probably not be able to employ S. Zoller because of injury.
FC Köln
FC Köln has mostly adopted the 4-1-3-2 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 63.16%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-3-2 (12 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times) and 4-3-1-2 (3 times).
Steffen Baumgart is expected to play against VfL Bochum 1848 with the following players: M. Schwäbe, T. Hübers, L. Kilian, B. Schmitz, J. Hector, S. Özcan, L. Schaub, O. Duda, F. Kainz, M. Uth and A. Modeste.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of FC Köln would be 28.27.
Steffen Baumgart will probably not be able to employ J. Meré Pérez and N. Hauptmann because of injury.
E. Skhiri will definitely miss the match.
