Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Augsburg and Koln face each other at WWK Arena in the opening game of the Bundesliga round 31. As expected, Augsburg were beaten by Eintracht Frankfurt in their last league match, with the team dropping to 12th position in the standings. Since the Bavarians are seven points clear of the relegation zone, they should be happy with one point from Friday’s clash. The Billy Goats, on the other hand, did well to beat Leipzig 2-1 in midweek, with the team putting an end to their three-game losing run.
Koln aim to overtake Hertha in 16th position in the standings, and seeing that they are level on points with the capital club, the visitors should be happy with one point from the match as well. Uduokhai is banned for the hosts, while both Civeja and Sarenren-Bazee are sidelined with injuries. As for the visitors, they will be without Andersson, Ehizbue, Jakobs, and Thielmann in Friday’s game.
Highlighted Player (Rani Khedira):
Just like his brother Sami, Rani Khedira started his senior career at Stuttgart. The midfielder made 56 league appearances for Stuttgart II, while playing nine matches for the first team. In 2014 he joined Leipzig and he has been playing for Die Bullen ever since.
Rani Khedira was born on 27 January, 1994 in Stuttgart and he has 2 caps for Germany U19 team. The Leipzig midfielder represented Germany U17 at the 2011 FIFA World Cup. Khedira played 15 matches for Leipzig in the 2015/2016 2. Bundesliga campaign and he certainly helped the team secure promotion to the German elite division. He is a central midfielder, but he plays as a defensive midfielder as well.
Khedira has a contract with Leipzig which expires on 30 June, 2017. His highest market value was €1,300,000 on 13 January, 2015. Rani Khedira was born in Germany, but his father is Tunisian. He is a right-footed footballer.
Highlighted Team (Koln):
FC Koln is a German football club from Koln and is currently active in the Bundesliga. The club was founded on 13th of February in 1948 after a fusion between Koner BC01 and SpVgg Sulz07. Like many German football clubs FC Koln is not only a football club but has different other sports departments as well.
FC Koln currently hosts it’s home games in the Rhein Energie Stadium which holds a capacity of almost 51 000 spectators and was recently renovated in 2004.The main club colours are white and red. The most known nickname for FC Koln is Die Geißböcke which literally means the Goats. The biggest rivals of FC Koln are Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Monchengladbach and Fortuna Dusseldorf. The club from Koln holds a narrow relationship with St Pauli, Liverpool and Paris Saint Germain.
FC Koln is one of the most successful clubs in Germany winning the Bundesliga title 3 times and the DFB Pokal 3 times. Notable players that played for FC Koln are Schuster, Korput, Olsen, Weber and Muller.