VfL Bochum 1848 and FC Köln will face on Saturday the 22nd of January at 6:30 pm in the 20th week of the Bundesliga. The match is going to be staged in Bochum at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion.
VfL Bochum 1848 occupies the 11th place in the table with 23 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against FSV Mainz 05 in its last match in the Bundesliga. As of now, it has won 7 times, drawn twice, and lost 10 times.
FC Köln is in the 9th position in the league with 28 points. It comes from a 0-4 loss against FC Bayern München in its last match in the Bundesliga. Until now, 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.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of VfL Bochum 1848 would be 28.64.
S. Zoller will definitely miss the match.
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 T. Horn because of injury.
E. Skhiri will definitely miss the match.