Union Berlin failed to win seven of their last seven Bundesliga games.
No team picked up fewer points than Union’s four since matchday 21.
Cologne head into this clash on the back of an away win at a formidable Leverkusen.
Cologne have recorded three league clean sheets since the winter break, more than in the first-half of the season.
Have the ‘Iron Ones’ gone soft?

The European dreams once held by Union Berlin are fading away by the week following a run of just one win across Union Berlin’s last seven league games (D1, L5). In fact, only relegation candidates Bielefeld scored more goals than Union’s paltry two-goal haul since round 21, a damning statistic indeed.

Luckily for the hosts, most of their bad form has come in their away games. Union have lost just twice at home in this Bundesliga campaign and can equal their return of home wins with just one more in this clash.

However, Union Berlin failed to score in a joint league-high five games since the winter break, highlighting the improvement needed in their front line.

Billy Goats can hold out for a result

Now just four points shy of the European places courtesy of a win over Leverkusen followed by a draw with Dortmund, Cologne enter this clash in high spirits indeed.

Away wins have been hard to come by for Cologne so far this season (W3, D6, L4) though both of their travelling league victories at least come across the last five rounds.

We are backing Cologne to keep up their assault on the European places for yet another week with a ‘draw no bet’ prediction on an away victory. As for the correct score, we predict that this could be a tight, tense 1-0 win for the visitors.




译文(自动翻译仅供参考):

在最近的七场德甲比赛中，柏林联队有七场未能获胜。
没有哪支球队比联盟在第21场比赛日之后的4分还少。
科隆在客场战胜了强大的勒沃库森之后进入了这场比赛。
科隆自冬歇以来已经有三场联赛无失球，比本赛季上半赛季还多。
“铁人帮”变软了吗?

在柏林联队过去七场联赛(第一场，第五场)仅赢了一场之后，曾经的欧洲梦正在逐渐消失。事实上，只有降级候选球员比勒菲尔德的进球比曼联在第21轮之后的两球进球数还要多，这确实是一个该死的数据。

对东道主来说幸运的是，他们大部分的糟糕状态都出现在客场比赛中。在德甲联赛中，曼联在主场只输了两场比赛，而在这场比赛中，只要再输一场，就能与他们在主场的胜利持平。

然而，自冬季假期以来，柏林联盟在联赛最高的五场比赛中都没有进球，这凸显了他们的锋线需要改善。

山羊比利可以坚持到最后

现在，凭借战胜勒沃库森和打平多特蒙德，只差4分就能进入欧洲赛场，科隆在这场比赛中确实精神饱满。

科隆本赛季到目前为止很难取得客场胜利(W3, D6, L4)，尽管他们的旅行联赛胜利至少都在最近的五轮中。

我们支持科隆继续他们在欧洲赛场上的进攻，并预测他们将在客场取胜。至于正确的比分，我们预测客队可能会以1比0的比分取胜。