Koln vs Bayern

Koln is disappointing lately, and they have been found to an extremely difficult position, as they can not be saved directly, and they can be involved to relegation playoffs with the 3rd placed of 2.Bundesliga, or relegate directly if Hertha wins and they will not win. They are located two points above Hertha, but due to worst goal difference against Hertha, if the Berliners win, they will need only a victory to avoid direct relegation. If the Hertha will not win, Kol will play relegation playoffs, no matter for their game outcome. To the previous game, Koln lost with the score of 4-1 away to Freiburg, continuing their bad record in 2012 where they count only two wins, three draws and eleven defeats, winning only against two teams that are located below them in the league table (Hertha and Kaiserslautern). The hosts have by far the worst defense of Bundesliga, received 71 goals till now, and they have not kept a clean sheet in their last eight matches at home, while they have not scored more than one goal in a game since 10th of December 2011.

 

Koln: Rensing – Brecko, Geromel, McKenna, Eichner – Lanig, Riether – Clemens, Jajalo, Peszko – Podolski.

 

Bayern won against Stuttgart with the score of 2-0, although they made several changes to their original lineup. Their minds are to the following two finals, on May 12 against Borussia Dortmund, and for German Cup at May 19 against Chelsea for the Champions League final. Only interesting for Bayern is to make Gomez the first goal scorer of Bundesliga, as Huntelaar is with one goal more. Bayern has a 8-3-5 away record with the second best offense and best defense to Bundesliga (73-21 goals). Their coach wants to keep his team in a good pace and is expected to field their best squad with Gomez on the top. Only long-term injured Van Buyten is missing.

 

Bayern: Neuer – Lahm, Boateng, Badstuber, Alaba – Schweinsteiger, Kroos – Robben, T. Muller, Ribery – Gomez.

 

The motivation is with Koln side, but the view of home team is not convincing at all, and they will probably expect good news from Berlin in order to be saved from direct relegation. Bayern is concerned to make Gomez first goal scorer, and they are taking this game seriously.