In a rearranged fixture of the 13th match day the 1. FC Köln host Mainz 05 on Tuesday evening. The match was suspended just half an hour before kick-off in November, when it became known that referee Babak Rafati attempted suicide.
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4:0 won the
1. FC Köln against Freiburg on Saturday and now even have the chance to jump to the 7th position with another home win. Best player once again was
Lukas Podoloski. He created several goalscoring opportunities, scored two goals himself and made half of the 26 goals Köln scored all season. The team is very efficient in front of the goal, made 26 goals from 60 chances, far the best value in Bundesliga (43%). Köln have not been the most reliable team this season, also there is always trouble inside the club, but they are usually a strong home side. Apart of the 0:3 defeat against Mönchengladbach, they could win the last four matches at home, with 11:0 goals.
While Köln is the most efficient team in Bundesliga,
Mainz 05 missed tons of great chances last Saturday, when played only 0:0 against Hamburg at home. In that match also best scorer
Andreas Ivanschitz (5 goals) got injured and won't be able to play this year again. The team found back to form recently, is four games unbeaten, but is still in relegation trouble, just four points ahead of the bottom. Mainz have a negative record at home, but is doing well away from home, lost just a single away match all season (1-4-1).
1. FC Köln v FSV Mainz 05 Bundesliga: Rearranged fixture of round 13
Date: 13 December 2011 - 20:30 CET
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne (Köln)
Referee: Felix Zwayer
Köln: Keeper: Rensing
Defenders: Brecko, Geromel, Jemal, Sereno
Midfielders: Clemens, Lanig, Riether - Peszko, Jajalo
Forwards: Podolski
Coach: Solbakken
Injured: Andrezinho, Chihi, Novakovic, Petit
Booked: -
Mainz: Keeper: Wettklo
Defenders: Pospech, Bungert, Svensson, Fathi
Midfielders: Kirchhoff - Baumgartlinger, Soto - Malli
Forwards: Choupo-Moting, Allagui
Coach: Tuchel
Injured: Gopko, Ivanschitz, Noveski, Risse, Szalai
Booked: -
Köln lost all five matches in Mainz since 2005, but on the other side won the last four matches against Mainz at home.
Rain at 7 °C is expected in Köln on Tuesday evening.
Last meeting: 13 February 2011, Köln - Mainz 4:2
Wins Köln: 8
Wins Mainz: 7
Draws: 2
Recent performance (W - Win, D - Draw, L - Lose)
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Köln - W/L/L/D/W
Mainz - L/W/W/D/D
Mainz lost only one away match so far, but are now up against a strong home side. Lukas Podolski is in outstanding form, he could make the difference once again.
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