This Saturday the upcoming 16th round of the German Bundesliga brings the duel between SC Freiburg and 1. FC Cologne.
If you believe in the law of series, Freiburg shall expect three points against 1 FC Cologne. On the one hand the promoted team won four of the last five direct duels with the "Domstädter". On the other hand the Breisgauer lost the last time on 24 August 1996 at home against Cologne. Just in front of the home crowd SC Freiburg appears pretty toothless. Concerning the home table, the SC ranks with its poor four points on the last place - on the contrary they rank in the away table on 5th position.
The initial euphoria in Cologne has faded away fast. First they celebrated the spectacular signings of Lukas Podolski and Maniche. Now the bitter reality is like in previous years relegation battle. This is due primarily to harmlessness in attack. The discharged skipper Milivoje Novakovic and homecomer Podolski does not really harmonize with each other, while Podolski even scores in the national team. For head coach Zvonimir Soldo the situation is deadly serious. At least a draw would be a striking argument to continue work with the Croatian.
SC Freiburg vs 1. FC Cologne
Saturday, 12th of December 2009, 15:30 CET
badenova-Stadium, Freiburg
Injured:
Freiburg: Manuel Salz, Pavel Krmas, Heiko Butscher, Ömer Toprak, Felix Roth
Cologne: Faryd Mondragon
Head-to-head:
17.03.08: Freiburg - Cologne 1:0 (2. Bundesliga)
26.09.07: Cologne - Freiburg 1:3 (2. Bundesliga)
15.04.07: Cologne - Freiburg 0:3 (2. Bundesliga)
12.11.06: Freiburg - Cologne 0:0 (2. Bundesliga)
27.03.04: Freiburg - Cologne 3:0
Tip: Win for Freiburg
The best odd for our tip 1 is 2,25 at sportingbet.
