Koln vs Hamburger prediction and betting tips on August 2, 2024
Game Prediction
Koln and Hamburger will play in the 1st round of the 2. Bundesliga in Germany on August 2, 2024. The teams will try to start the new football year with a victory over a potential competitor in the fight to return to the elite division of the country.
Koln vs Hamburger: key statistics and trends
- * Koln has won 5 out of 6 previous matches.
- * Hamburger has failed to win twice in a row.
- * The most common score between the clubs is a 2-1 result in favour of Hamburger (5 times).
- * Hamburger’s last away win over Koln was in 2017.
- * Koln has scored at least once in its 9 previous games.
- * Koln wins the first half in 21% of matches, Hamburger – in 27% of meetings.
Koln – the shape of the team and its analysis:
“The Goats” were recently making it into the European competition. It is only the Conference League, in which the popular German project did not show anything special, but the previous season, despite the changes of coaches and a not hopeless finish, brought the penultimate place and direct relegation.
Struber will raise the team, which avoided critical personnel losses, back. And, at least, his charges looked quite decent in friendly matches.
Hamburger – the shape of the team and its analysis:
“The Red Shorts” were the owners of the record of German football. They spent all seasons in the Bundesliga without exception. Still, everything ended with the relegation 5 years ago. Then, on the contrary, it was not possible to return. And only the last but one season gave an opportunity for the popular club to take part there, at least in the play-offs (without a chance in the battle against Stuttgart).
As a rule, the team took 4th place. For instance, that happened in the previous draw, which was under the leadership of Baumgart, who had been the coach of Koln before Christmas. Still, the team is asking the specialist seriously about his successes and failures now, after a full training camp. And the state of things, by the way, is far from being perfect.
Koln: team news
Everyone is ready to play.
Hamburger: team news
No one is injured at the start of the season.
Koln vs Hamburger: possible starting line-ups
Koln (possible line-up): Schwaebe – Heintz, Chabot, Hubers, Thielmann – Martel, Ljubicic, Maina, Kainz, Alidou – Tigges.
Hamburger (possible line-up): Raab – Muheim, Ramos, Ambrosius, Reis – Meffert, Dompe, Poreba, Konigsdorffer, Oztunali – Glatzel.
Previous head-to-head matches: Koln vs Hamburger
“The Dinosaurs”, having been relegated from the Bundesliga, played only once in an official match with “the Goats” – that happened in the cup and the club won on penalties at the away arena.
Free prediction for the match Koln vs Hamburger
All the arguments are now in favour of “the Goats”. They should win on the native field (odd: 2.23).