In a weekend match in week 22, on Saturday Feb 25th, Köln plays host to Wolfsburg in a meeting of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Köln is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Stuttgart. Gil Dias struck first for Stuttgart in the 9th minute, then Sosa added another in the 59th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Köln couldn’t manage to score, and Stuttgart took the shutout win. Köln looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Wolfsburg recorded a 0-3 loss against RB Leipzig. Emil Forsberg struck first for RB Leipzig in the 14th minute, then Konrad Laimer added another in the 85th minute on a feed from Christopher Nkunku In the end, Wolfsburg couldn’t muster any offence and RB Leipzig ran away with the shutout win. Wolfsburg should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Köln took the match by a score of 4 to 2 in front of a crowd of almost 26000 spectators. Lukas Nmecha struck first for Wolfsburg in the 2nd minute, then in the 22nd minute, Florian Kainz sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Dejan Ljubičić But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 32nd minute on a goal by Paulo Otávio.
Wolfsburg is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Kevin Paredes and Luca Waldschmidt each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Köln’s most prolific scorer has been Ellyes Skhiri. He has netted three goals over the last five matches.