FC Köln and VfL Bochum play later on at the Rhein Energie

FC Köln and VfL Bochum go head-to-head at the Rhein Energie this Saturday in the 1. Bundesliga. Currently, Timo Schultz's team are 17th in the table with 19 points, while Thomas Letsch's team are 15th with 26 points. The match will be broadcast live at 09:30 on beIN SPORTS CONNECT.

FC Köln enter the contest on the back of a 1-1 draw against FC Augsburg (1. Bundesliga 2023/24), while the visitors drew 2-2 with Darmstadt 98 (1. Bundesliga 2023/24). Going into the encounter, Timo Schultz's team is on a sequence of 7 games without a win in the 1. Bundesliga 23/24. On the other hand, VfL Bochum are on a sequence of 5 games without a win in the 1. Bundesliga 23/24. When analysing the previous encounters between the teams, FC Köln and Thomas Letsch's team have faced each other eighty-eight times, with Timo Schultz's team holding the advantage: 49 victories, against 18 victories of VfL Bochum. Specifically in the Rhein Energie, FC Köln have the advantage in the duels against Thomas Letsch's team: 34 wins in 44 games. VfL Bochum have 3 wins.

In the 1. Bundesliga, sixty-three games were played between the two teams, with 33 wins for FC Köln, 18 draws and 12 wins for VfL Bochum.

Considering the 1. Bundesliga 23/24, from FC Köln's most influential players, Marvin Schwabe is the most used player in a total of 27 games (2430 min). Davie Selke is their current best scorer with 6 goals. As for VfL Bochum, Manuel Riemann is the most used player in a total of 26 games (2340 min). Takuma Asano has scored 6 goals, the most across VfL Bochum's squad.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with a draw, 1-1. It is expected to be a thrilling clash, that can go either way.