FC Cologne vs Mainz Preview

FC Cologne vs Mainz

Competition – German Bundesliga

Stadium – RheinEnergieStadion

Date: 20th May 2017

Kick-off time – 14:30 GMT+1

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Ambitious Cologne will be hoping to win this match to at least give themselves a chance to play in Europe next season while Mainz will be hoping to continue their recent upturn in form.

Cologne are currently 7th in the league table with 46 points, just two points behind Freiburg who are 6th and in the final European position in the league table with 48 points.

However, they have a better goal advantage over Freiburg and if they win this game and Freiburg drop points, they will topple them on the standings.

They have no losses in their last 4 league games but they managed to win only one of those games with 3 draws.

They have 3 wins from their last 5 league games at home, and they need to add to that tally with a win here.

Mainz have not had the best season this year as they are currently languishing 13th position with 37 pints, just 2 points above relegation playoffs zone.

They have won just 2 of their last 6 league games, and won only 10 of their 33 games this season.

They need to win this game to guarantee their safety.

Their recent away form is not so good as they have no wins from their last 5 matches away from home, with 3 ending in losses.

However, they did not lose either of their last 2 away games and they will be looking to grab at least a point here as the season comes to a close.

Cologne: Horn – Klünter, Sörensen, Subotic, Heinz – Hector, Lehmann, Jojic, Bittencour – Osako, Modeste

Coach: Peter Stöger

Absentees: Guirassy (groin), Risse (knee)

Mainz: Huth – Donati, Bell, Balogun, Brosinski – Gbamin, Frei – Öztunali, Bojan – Muto, Cordoba

Coach: Martin Schmidt

Absentees: Müller (hip), Serdar (under-20 World Cup), De Blasis (suspended)

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

 
1. FC Köln last 5 matches (most recent first):
13/05/17 (a)Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-2 D
05/05/17 (h)Werder Bremen 4-3 W
29/04/17 (a)Borussia Dortmund 0-0 D
21/04/17 (h)TSG Hoffenheim 1-1 D
15/04/17 (a)FC Augsburg 2-1 L
 
Mainz 05 last 5 matches (most recent first):
13/05/17 (h)Eintracht Frankfurt 4-2 W
07/05/17 (a)Hamburger SV 0-0 D
29/04/17 (h)Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-2 L
22/04/17 (a)Bayern Munich 2-2 D
15/04/17 (h)Hertha BSC 1-0 W

Last time they met: Mainz 05 0-0 1. FC Köln

Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:

January 10, 2025
Borussia Dortmund 20:30 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
January 11, 2025
Heidenheim 15:30 Union Berlin
SC Freiburg 15:30 Holstein Kiel
Mainz 15:30 VFL Bochum
FC St. Pauli 15:30 Eintracht Frankfurt
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 15:30 Wolfsburg
Borussia Mönchengladbach 18:30 Bayern Munich
January 12, 2025
RB Leipzig 15:30 Werder Bremen
Augsburg 1907 17:30 Stuttgart
January 14, 2025
Holstein Kiel 18:30 Borussia Dortmund
Wolfsburg 20:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 20:30 Mainz
Eintracht Frankfurt 20:30 SC Freiburg
January 15, 2025
VFL Bochum 18:30 FC St. Pauli
Stuttgart 20:30 RB Leipzig
Bayern Munich 20:30 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Werder Bremen 20:30 Heidenheim
Union Berlin 20:30 Augsburg 1907
January 17, 2025
Eintracht Frankfurt 20:30 Borussia Dortmund

German Bundesliga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Bayern Munich 15 11 3 1 47 13 +34 36
2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 15 9 5 1 37 21 +16 32
3 Eintracht Frankfurt 15 8 3 4 35 23 +12 27
4 RB Leipzig 15 8 3 4 24 20 +4 27
5 Mainz 15 7 4 4 28 20 +8 25
6 Borussia Dortmund 15 7 4 4 28 22 +6 25
7 Werder Bremen 15 7 4 4 26 25 +1 25
8 Borussia Mönchengladbach 15 7 3 5 25 20 +5 24
9 SC Freiburg 15 7 3 5 21 24 -3 24
10 Stuttgart 15 6 5 4 29 25 +4 23
11 Wolfsburg 15 6 3 6 32 28 +4 21
12 Union Berlin 15 4 5 6 14 19 -5 17
13 Augsburg 1907 15 4 4 7 17 32 -15 16
14 FC St. Pauli 15 4 2 9 12 19 -7 14
15 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 15 3 5 7 20 28 -8 14
16 Heidenheim 15 3 1 11 18 33 -15 10
17 Holstein Kiel 15 2 2 11 19 38 -19 8
18 VFL Bochum 15 1 3 11 13 35 -22 6

German Bundesliga Results

December 22, 2024
Wolfsburg 1 - 3 Borussia Dortmund
VFL Bochum 2 - 0 Heidenheim
December 21, 2024
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5 - 1 SC Freiburg
Holstein Kiel 5 - 1 Augsburg 1907
Werder Bremen 4 - 1 Union Berlin
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1 - 2 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 - 3 Mainz
Stuttgart 0 - 1 FC St. Pauli
December 20, 2024
Bayern Munich 5 - 1 RB Leipzig
December 15, 2024
RB Leipzig 2 - 1 Eintracht Frankfurt
Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Heidenheim 1 - 3 Stuttgart
December 14, 2024
FC St. Pauli 0 - 2 Werder Bremen
Augsburg 1907 0 - 2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Mainz 2 - 1 Bayern Munich
Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 - 1 Holstein Kiel
Union Berlin 1 - 1 VFL Bochum
December 13, 2024
SC Freiburg 3 - 2 Wolfsburg
December 8, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1 - 1 SC Freiburg
Wolfsburg 4 - 3 Mainz

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