Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Sunday’s football game between Koln and Hoffenheim will bring down the curtain on day 12 of the new Bundesliga campaign. The Billy Goats have been struggling on the travels of late, with the team conceding ten goals in total in back-to-back defeats to Borussia M’gladbach (2-5) and Mainz (0-5), but they have suffered only one defeat at home ground this term. Defender Luca Kilian misses out through suspension, whilst all Dejan Ljubicic, Tim Lemperle, Sebastian Andersson, Julian Chabot, and Mathias Olesen are out of contention through injuries.
The visitors, on the other hand, aim to recover from a 2-0 loss to Bayern Munich, but beating Koln at RheinEnergieStadion is easier said than done. Taking everything into account, both sides should be happy with one point from the match. All Munas Dabbur, Fisnik Asllani, Luca Philipp, Ermin Bicakcic, Benjamin Hubner, and Ihlas Bebou have been struggling with injuries of late, speaking of the away side.
Highlighted Player (Jonas Hector):
Jonas Hector is a product of Koln’s youth school. The left back was born on 27 May, 1990 in Saarbrucken and he began his youth career at SV Auersmacher. In 2010 he joined FC Koln and he made 63 league appearances for the reserve team between 2010 and 2013. Ever since he made his debut for the senior team on 27 August, 2012 he has been playing regularly for the Billy Goats and he certainly helped the team return to Bundesliga at the end of the 2013/2014 campaign.
Jonas Hector made his Germany debut on 14 November, 2014 in a 4-0 win over Gibraltar. The left-footed defender scored his first goal for the German national team on 29 March, 2016 in a 4-1 victory over Italy in Munich.
Hector represented his homeland at the 2016 European Championship finals in France and he scored the winner from the penalty spot in the quarter-final against Italy. Hector is capable of playing as a midfielder as well.
Highlighted Team (Hoffenheim):
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim is a German sport club from Hoffenheim in the Baden-Wurttemberg region. The football division played in season 2001/2002 for the first time in the Regionalliga Sud: the third highest football division in Germany. In 2007 the club managed to get to the 2. Bundesliga. One year later in 2007/2008 the club even managed to reach the Bundesliga .
Hoffenheim plays its home games in the Rhein-Neckar-Arena Rhein-Neckar-Arena which was built in 1999. The venue holds a capacity of 32 000 and is one of the most modern stadiums in Germany. The club colors of Hoffenheim are blue and white. The most known nickname for the club is Hoffe. The most famous football player that played for Hoffenheim was Luiz Gustavo.