15
19:46
The Cologne match plan has worked perfectly so far. Again and again Linton Maina can prevail on the right and causes danger. The guests are too uncertain at the back and give Effzeh too much space, who now also transports the outstanding atmosphere of the stadium to the pitch.
13.
19:42
Tooor for 1. FC Köln, 1:0 by Florian Kainz
The home side take the lead! N’Soki doesn’t look good in a duel against Maina when Schwäbe takes a long shot. The Cologne native can assert himself and goes to the right side of the baseline. With a butter-soft cross he serves Florian Kainz in the penalty area, who is one step faster than Vogt seven meters from the box and sinks the ball into the bottom right corner. A strong goal from the hosts!
10
19:41
So far it has been a physical initial phase. Hoffenheim go into duels hard and throw themselves into every ball to keep Cologne, who are strong at switching, away from their own sixteen.
7.
19:37
Yellow card for Ozan Kabak (1899 Hoffenheim)
Kabak slips away and does not get into the duel. Kainz would have plenty of space, but Kabak throws himself into the ball. He stops the ball with his left arm and consequently sees the first yellow card of the game. It is also his fifth and he will miss the Kraichgauers against RB Leipzig.
6.
19:36
Bruun Larsen is sent into the penalty area by Geiger. He heads the ball past Hübers, who stretches out his arm and stops Bruun Larsen. But the whole thing is still within the bounds of what is permitted and Cologne are back in possession of the ball.
3.
19:35
Hoffenheim are the better team at the beginning. Baumgartner fixes the ball on the opponent’s baseline and chips the ball to the left corner of the sixteen. The advanced Angeliño tries another cross to the five, but Schwäbe is there and plucks the leather out of the air.
1.
19:32
The ball rolls and TSG immediately comes into the game with momentum. Angeliño comes on the left side and can hit a cross directly into the sixteen. But Hübers is careful and clears the ball out of the danger zone.
19:30
Referee Frank Willenborg leads the protagonists onto the field and the atmosphere in the RheinEnergieStadion is fantastic as always. The match between 1.FC Köln and TSG Hoffenheim is about to start.
19:11
In the last encounter between the two teams, Hoffenheim won 0-1 away in Cologne. In the league, Cologne have lost eight times in a row against Hoffenheim. Will the people of Cologne manage to end this series despite the setbacks mentioned?
19:07
The people of Cologne had to be creative in the starting lineup. Compared to Thursday’s encounter, Schmitz returns to the right-back position. Soldo replaces the red suspended Kilian in central defence. In the center, Duda takes over for the injured Skhiri and Maina for Adamyan. Tigges will be the only point.
19:00
Overall, the guests make three changes in the starting lineup compared to the previous matchday. Vogt returns to the back three for Akpoguma. In addition, Rutter has to go to the bench and Dabbur is out due to injury. For the two, Bruun Larsen comes into the lead and Rudy makes his starting XI debut this season.
18:54
TSG, on the other hand, who have been able to concentrate on training during the week, have had a decent Bundesliga season so far. With today’s success, Hoffenheim could jump to fifth place and thus the Europa League place and keep up with the upper ranks. On the last day of the game, Hoffenheim suffered a 2-0 defeat against in-form Bayern and were simply inferior. Nevertheless, Hoffenheim are in good form and definitely want to kidnap this victory from Cologne at the end of the day.
18:43
The Effzeh had even tried to postpone the game. After the match against FC Slovacko during the week was postponed to Friday afternoon due to heavy fog, the Cologne team wanted to postpone Sunday’s game. It’s an understandable decision when, in addition to the many injuries you have, you also have such a short recovery time. However, the DFL rejected the application and stuck to the specified playing time. Much to the annoyance of Steffen Baumgart: “Very clever people once decided that 48 hours are supposed to be enough for regeneration. We’ve seen that more than once now. But we are now in a business that is no longer about the player or the people.” Baumgart settled accounts with the DFL and the decision in advance.
18:39
1. FC Köln is suffering from bad luck with injuries. Jonas Hector and Ellyes Skhiri join the already endless list of injuries. A total of eleven players from the squad are not available to Steffen Baumgart due to injuries or suspensions. So the Effzeh coach will probably have to resort to the second team or the offspring. Despite the success during the week in the Conference League, the head coach did not feel like celebrating. On the last day of the game, Cologne also suffered a 5-0 defeat against Mainz and today’s hosts faced a similar challenge in Hoffenheim.
18:29
Hello and welcome to the Bundesliga. At the end of the twelfth match day, 1. FC Köln welcomes TSG Hoffenheim. The ball starts rolling at 7:30 p.m. The live ticker for this match starts right before the kick-off.