Our prediction for this DFB Pokal match:
RheinEnergieStadion will be packed when Koln and Hertha Berlin lock horns in the German Cup last 16 on Wednesday. The Billy Goats dropped two points in a 2-2 draw with Hannover at the weekend, but they are still seen as favourites to beat the capital club in the German Cup clash. Midfielder Jacob Christensen remains on the sidelines with injury, while Damion Downs is widely expected to return to the starting XI after scoring as a substitute against die Roten.
Hertha Berlin, on the other hand, aim to build on a 3-1 win over Magdeburg. As Cristian Fiel’s men are likely to stick to their attacking style of play, we believe that there is a big value in betting on over 2.5 goals. In their last meeting at RheinEnergieStadion Koln outplayed Hertha 5-2, which goes in favour of our earlier prediction. The likes of Dudziak, Gersbeck, Leistner, and Karbownik miss out with injuries for the away team.
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.