Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
RheinEnergieStadion will host Saturday’s Bundesliga game between Koln and Stuttgart, the two teams who sit in the opposite halves of the table. The Billy Goats aim to escape the relegation zone, with the team eyeing their first win of the process, but they face a tough challenge against die Schwaben. The good news for the hosts is that defender Rasmus Carstensen is back from suspension, while all Eric Martel, Mathias Olesen, Florian Dietz, Mark Uth, and Jan Thielmann remain in the treatment room.
Stuttgart, on the other hand, made a flying start to the season, with the team sitting in third position in the standings ahead of Matchday 6. Stuttgart are more of a team than Koln and given their three-game winning run in the German top flight, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the visiting team. As for the away team, all Thomas Kastanaras, Nikolas Nartey, and Josha Vagnoman miss out with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Waldemar Anton):
The Uzbekistan-born central defender plays at the heart of Hannover’s defense. His idol was Roy Maakay, so he started his career as a striker, but he soon turned to defense. Anton Waldemar was a mere teenager when he made his first appearance for Die Roten in February 2016 against VfB Stuttgart.
Waldemar only had to wait for two months to net his first goal against Borussia Monchengladbach. The following season he commanded Hannover’s defense in Bundesliga 2, making 31 appearances, helping his team to return to the top flight immediately after the relegation.
Even though he was born in Olmaliq, Uzbekistan, Waldemar decided to pledge allegiance to Germany, debuting for the U21 squad in September 2016, making 7 appearances so far. The press in Germany compare him to Javi Martinez from Bayern Munich, because Anton Waldemar can play in the heart of defense, as well as a defensive midfielder and a right-back.
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.