Bochum vs Koln prediction, preview, team news and more

Bochum are bottom of the Bundesliga with zero points. Bochum were beaten 3-1 by newly promoted Schalke in their last game. Koln are coming off a 1-0 loss to Union Berlin. They returned to winning ways on Thursday, beating Slovacko 4-2 in the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Bochum and Koln have met 23 times. Bochum have won six of those games, while Kolkans have managed to win 14.

Takuma Asano is injured and could miss Bochum's match against Koln.

Bochum is without Jacek Goralski, Dominique Heintz, Konstantinos Stafylidis, Paul Grave and Takuma Asano.

Bochum are without Mark Uth, Dimitris Limnios, Julian Chabot, Mathias Olesen and Sebastian Andersson. Luca Kilian is suspended.

Mark Uth, Dimitris Limnios, Julian Chabot, Mathias Olesen and Sebastian Andersson are injured.

Bochum's team is: Manuel Riemann, Cristian Gamboa, Erhan Masovic, Vasilis Lampropoulos, Danilo Soares, Anthony Losilla, Kevin Stoger, Philipp Forster, Simon Zoller, Gerrit Holtmann and Philipp Hofmann. Koln's squad is 4-2-3-1: Erhann Masovi, Vassilas Lampro, Daniel Soare, Anton Lassila, Kevork Stojanov, and Gerri Holtman.

Koln's team is: Marvin Schwabe, Jonas Hector, Timo Hubers, Nikola Soldo, Benno Schmitz, Ellyes Skhiri, Eric Martel, Florian Kainz and Dejan Ljubicic.

Bochum are on a six-game losing streak. Koln have lost just one of their last six games across competitions. Bochum have the worst offensive and defensive record in the German top flight.

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