Germany - BundesligaStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Cologne and Mainz 05, taking place on Sunday, 10 December 2023, at RheinEnergieStadion in Köln.
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Cologne, Recent FormCologne will be happy to have grabbed 3 points in their last match, where they clocked up a 1-0 win in their away outing against Darmstadt 98. In that game they had 55% possession and managed 12 attempts on goal, with 6 on target, compared to Darmstadt 98 who had 11 attempts and 2 on target.
They may consider themselves adept at breaking through their opponent's defences, having scored 6 goals in their last 6 outings, but they have had their own defensive frailties to worry about, having conceded 10 and seen valuable points lost. Playing at home, they've conceded a goal in each of their last 10 games.
They've had a terrible run of form at RheinEnergieStadion recently and having lost 4 of their last 6 home games managing just 1 win.
Mainz 05, Recent FormThe Mainz 05 players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their home fixture against Freiburg recently, that ended in a 1-0 defeat. In that game they recorded 61 % of the possession, with 20 attempts on goal, 5 on target. Their opponents found the target on 5 of their 13 shots on goal.
It's fair to say that manager Jan Siewert will be pretty happy with his squad's ability to find the net of late, having scored 6 goals in their last 6 matches. That said, he will also be aware there is still work to do at the back, where they have shipped 7 goals in those same matches as well as some valuable points. They have scored in 4 of their last 6 away games, but so far this season they have conceded a goal at least once in 11 of their 13 games overall.
Having drawn their last 4 league games away from home and having not won any of their last 11, Die Nullfünfer will be keen to grab all 3 points in this fixture.
Last time they met both teams got on the scoresheet, but the match ended in a 1-1 draw.
Cologne have scored in each of their last 6 games at home in the league against Die Nullfünfer. Goals come easy for Mainz when they travel to Die Geißböcke, having recorded 6 goals in their past 3 visits and an impressive average of 2 goals per match.
Dejan Ljubičić has scored in each of Cologne's last 2 league games against Mainz.
Cologne manager Steffen Baumgart has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Sargis Adamyan (Hip), Rasmus Carstensen (Elbow), Noah Katterbach (Cruciate ligament), Philipp Pentke (Knee) and Benno Schmitz (Cold) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Jan Siewert has a number of injury concerns in his Mainz squad to contend with: Edimilson Fernandes (Hip), Josuha Guilavogui (Hamstring), Andreas Hanche-Olsen (Ankle), Maxim Leitsch (Thigh), Nelson Weiper (Knee surgery) and Robin Zentner (Finger)
Cologne Playing at home | Mainz 05 Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 1.7 | Goals conceded | 2.1 |
| 35' | Time first goal scored | 38' |
| 40' | Time first goal conceded | 18' |
| 1.3 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.7 | Subs used | 4.3 |
| 3-1 | Biggest victory | - |
| 3-1 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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