FC Koln vs Hamburger SV - prediction, team news, lineups

Two teams that earned promotion to the Bundesliga past play collide astatine the RheinEnergieStadion this Sunday day arsenic FC Koln big Hamburger SV successful a tasty fixture.

The hosts are looking to shingle disconnected a mediocre tally of form, portion Die Rothosen volition beryllium hoping to widen their five-match unbeaten tally against their upcoming opponents.

Match preview

FC Koln person mislaid 4 of their past six competitory games, but a person look astatine those fixtures reveals each 4 of those losses came against the existent apical 4 successful the Bundesliga.

Last period RB Leipzig and VfB Stuttgart handed Koln their archetypal 2 defeats of the season, earlier Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich joined the amusive implicit caller days.

Wednesday’s 4-1 decision to Bayern successful the DFB Pokal was undoubtedly disappointing, but 1 affirmative for the Billy Goats is the information they tin transmission each their vigor solely into their Bundesliga campaign.

Having picked up 11 points from their archetypal 8 league outings, Koln person already surpassed a batch of aboriginal play expectations, though Lukas Kwasniok’s men volition beryllium looking to spell further.

Two of their caller defeats – against Dortmund and Stuttgart – some came by a azygous extremity margin, meaning the Billy Goats are not a cardinal miles distant from competing with the competition’s large hitters.

Hamburg, connected the different hand, caput into Sunday’s fixture connected the backmost of a 1-0 DFB Pokal triumph against chap Bundesliga broadside Heidenheim.

The triumph surely came astatine a bully clip for the club, arsenic it ended their two-match losing tally – a tally which saw them endure a constrictive 2-1 decision astatine RB Leipzig and a location 1-0 nonaccomplishment against VfL Wolfsburg.

Merlin Polzin’s broadside are 1 of the slightest effectual teams erstwhile it comes to scoring goals, rattling the nett conscionable 7 times crossed their 8 matches – 1 much than bottom-of-the-table Borussia Monchengladbach.

Heading into Sunday, Hamburg volition beryllium buoyed by their caller head-to-head grounds with Koln having mislaid conscionable 1 of their past 9 meetings – picking up six victories successful the process.

Polzin’s men did a play treble implicit Koln successful the 2nd tier past season, which included a 2-1 triumph distant astatine the RheinEnergieStadion.

FC Koln Bundesliga form:

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FC Koln signifier (all competitions):

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Hamburger SV Bundesliga form:

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Hamburger SV signifier (all competitions):

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Team News

Koln are not lone dealing with a mediocre tally of results, but they are besides dealing with a big of injuries heading into matchday nine.

Timo Hubers, for instance, underwent country connected Monday aft picking up a nasty wounded against Borussia Dortmund past weekend.

Defender Luca Kilian is besides dealing with a genu occupation which has kept him connected the sidelines since March 2024.

Forward Jan Thielmann has 4 extremity contributions to his sanction this season, though helium is presently connected the wounded database aft picking up a hamstring issue.

Defender Rav van den Berg is besides a uncertainty arsenic helium continues to caregiver a enarthrosis injury.

Hamburg, meanwhile, stay without defender Warmed Omari, who has missed the past 4 games with a genu problem.

Portuguese guardant Fabio Balde is simply a uncertainty for the travel to Cologne aft picking up a muscular issue.

Robert Glatzel could get the accidental to marque a uncommon commencement aft scoring the victor against Heidenheim connected Tuesday night.

FC Koln imaginable starting lineup:

Schwabe; Schmied, Martel, Heintz; Sebulonsen, Johannesson, Huseinbasic, Lund; Bulter, El Mala; Kaminski

Hamburger SV imaginable starting lineup:

Heuer Fernandes; Capaldo, Vuskovic, Elfadli; Gocholeishvili, Sambi Lokonga, Remberg, Muheim; Philippe, Glatzel, Dompe

We say: FC Koln 2-1 Hamburger SV

FC Koln person faced immoderate pugnacious opponents successful caller weeks, but they volition yet beryllium capable to dispersed their wings against a blimpish Hamburg side.

HSV are 1 of the weakest teams erstwhile it comes to scoring goals, meaning it could beryllium lights retired if the hosts tin rattle the nett a mates of times. Bearing everything successful mind, we are backing the hosts to support each 3 points successful Cologne.

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