FC K\u00f6ln<\/p>\n
K\u00f6ln will be disappointed with the two points dropped away at Union Berlin last weekend in the league after being 2-0 up.<\/p>\n
They now sit six points off the bottom three in both Wolfsburg and St. Pauli with two games remaining.<\/p>\n
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Currently, the only conceivable way K\u00f6ln can still go down into the 2. Bundesliga is through goal difference but even this is difficult as their goal difference is 17 better than Wolfsburg and 20 better than St. Pauli.<\/p>\n
The Rhine side has only lost one game out of the last seven in the Bundesliga, despite only one win coming in this time period.<\/p>\n
At home, however, they have gotten all three of their Bundesliga wins this calendar year.<\/p>\n
Their goal scoring form is impressive too as the last time they have failed to score was in February against Augsburg.<\/p>\n
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Ahead of the Heidenheim tie, K\u00f6ln coach Ren\u00e9 Wagner said: \u201cWe are putting the focus heavily on winning here. That counts even if we are confirmed mathematically to be staying in the Bundesliga on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n
Team news<\/p>\n
Ragnar Ache continues to be out alongside defenders Timo H\u00fcbers and Luca Kilian. Eric Martel is out with yellow card suspension and is expected to be replaced by Tom Krauss.<\/p>\n
Predicted lineup (4-2-3-1):<\/p>\n
Schw\u00e4be – Sebulonsen, Simpson-Pusey, \u00d6zkacar, Lund – J\u00f3hanesson, Krau\u00df – Waldschmidt, Kami\u0144ski, B\u00fclter – El Mala<\/p>\n
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Heidenheim<\/p>\n
Frank Schmidt’s Heidenheim managed to battle to a point away against Bayern despite being 2-0 up. This result showed the team has spirit and desire to stay up.<\/p>\n
However, Heidenheim are in dire need of a win with three points separating them and the other bottom three teams.<\/p>\n
A loss on Sunday means they are guaranteed relegated as both 17th and 16th in St. Pauli and Wolfsburg play each other on the final day.<\/p>\n
A win guarantees them to be still within a chance of staying up on the final matchday and could even see them in 16th heading into the final weekend.<\/p>\n
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Heidenheim’s Budu Zivzivadze is in top form and has scored five goals in his last four games including a double against Bayern last weekend and now is Heidenheim’s top scorer this season.<\/p>\n
Ahead of the away tie in K\u00f6ln, Heidenheim coach Frank Schmidt said: \u201cWe still see the chance to remain in the Bundesliga and stay up and this is still possible with two matchdays remaining and this is all that counts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Team news<\/p>\n
Leart Paqarada is out for Heidenheim alongside the Consah brothers. Mathias Honsak will also miss the final away tie of the season.<\/p>\n
Predicted lineup (4-4-2):<\/p>\n
Ramaj – Busch, Mainka, F\u00f6hrenbach, H. Behrens – Dink\u00e7i, Sch\u00f6ppner, Dorsch, A. Ibrahimovi\u0107 – Pieringer, Zivzivadze<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FC K\u00f6ln K\u00f6ln will be disappointed with the two points dropped away at Union Berlin last weekend in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[42072,32859,5665,32617,112,39738,2355,32618,25766,39085,42074,190,42075,32610,32615,42077,39549,42078,42076,39548,5663,42073,2353,39550,14293],"class_list":{"0":"post-78844","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-berlin","8":"tag-1-fc-koln","9":"tag-augsburg","10":"tag-bayern","11":"tag-behrens","12":"tag-berlin","13":"tag-budu-zivzivadze","14":"tag-bundesliga","15":"tag-dorsch","16":"tag-eric-martel","17":"tag-fc-koln","18":"tag-frank-schmidt","19":"tag-germany","20":"tag-goal-difference","21":"tag-heidenheim","22":"tag-ibrahimovic","23":"tag-leart-paqarada","24":"tag-luca-kilian","25":"tag-mainka","26":"tag-mathias-honsak","27":"tag-ragnar-ache","28":"tag-st-pauli","29":"tag-tie","30":"tag-union-berlin","31":"tag-waldschmidt","32":"tag-wolfsburg"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116547496585657438","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}