H2H: FC Koln vs Union Berlin – Score Prediction (Bundesliga

H2H: Cologne vs Union Berlin – Comparison.

Cologne midfielder Ondrej Duda has received a yellow card in four of his last seven appearances for club & country. Union’s Max Kruse is enjoying a rich purple patch, scoring a goal and providing two assists in his last two appearances, respectively. Cologne have survived relegation in three of the last four seasons to see them fail to win after round seven.

Cologne Insights.

Cologne’s current winless Bundesliga run stands at 17 matches (D7, L10), which will become a joint-record with an 18-game run in 2005/06 should they fail to win again here. More topically, Cologne’s winless seven-game Bundesliga start (D3, L4) is a poorer return than in six of their last seven top-flight campaigns, and is even seven points worse off than at this stage of their 2011/12 relegation campaign. Each of the three home defeats in that sequence saw them concede a (non-decisive) penalty goal. The hosts have conceded before HT in each of their four home league games so far and trailed at the break. No side has lost more home league games at both HT/FT than Cologne, though just two of Cologne’s nine conceded home league goals have come beyond HT.

Union Berlin Insights.

Union Berlin’s strong start (W3, D3, L1) is underlined by them standing eight points better off than at this stage of their only prior top-flight campaign. Also encouraging for Union is the fact that manager Urs Fischer is yet to lose vs this opposition (W3, D1), seeing his side on the day lead at both HT/FT in each of his last three personal H2Hs with Cologne. There is yet to be a goal scored before the interval in Union’s away games. This means that their away league games’ subsequent return of 2.67 total goals per-game is restricted to the second-half only, each of which saw both teams score.