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  • FC Köln vs Borussia Mönchengladbach detailed match preview with expert betting tips. FC Köln’s home form makes them favourites.

FC Köln vs Borussia Mönchengladbach detailed match preview with expert betting tips. FC Köln’s home form makes them favourites.

09:30 Saturday 8 April 2017
Simon Winter
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Match Preview – 14:30 Kick-Off at the RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

FC Köln’s midweek victory over Eintract Frankfurt means it’s just 1 defeat in 4 for Peter Stöger’s side. FC Köln have impressed at the RheinEnergieStadion all season and have lost just once there in 2016/17. There are actually 3 Bundesliga sides who remain unbeaten at home; Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Hoffenheim. In recent weeks, FC Köln haven’t exactly been defensively solid however and Tuesday’s win against Frankfurt was their first clean sheet in 9 games in all competitions.

Borussia Mönchengladbach have enjoyed a steady if uninspiring Bundesliga season thus far and they sit in 9th position, 4 places and 4 points behind Saturday’s opponents. They have lost just once in their last 5 games, though 3 of those have been draws. The back to back clean sheets recorded in their 2 games since last weekend will give them a lift going into the game with FC Köln – Mönchengladbach hadn’t kept the opposition out for 7 consecutive games before that.

In the reverse fixture between the 2 in November, the last gasp Marcel Risse goal handed FC Köln all 3 points. FC Köln will look to Anthony Modeste to make the difference on Saturday – the French striker has scored more than half of FC Köln’s Bundesliga goals in 2016/17 (22 of 39 goals). Read our predictions and FC Köln V Borussia Mönchengladbach betting tips below.

FC Köln’s recent results:

    Apr 4th 2017 FC Köln 1:0 Eintracht Frankfurt - Bundesliga
    Apr 1st 2017 Hamburg 2:1 FC Köln - Bundesliga
    Mar 18th 2017 FC Köln 4:2 Hertha Berlin - Bundesliga
    Mar 11th 2017 Ingolstadt 2:2 FC Köln - Bundesliga

Borussia Mönchengladbach’s recent results:

    Apr 5th 2017 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1:0 Hertha Berlin - Bundesliga
    Mar 24th 2017 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4:4 St. Pauli - Friendly
    Mar 19th 2017 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0:1 Bayern Munich - Bundesliga
    Mar 16th 2017 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2:2 Schalke 04 - Europa League

Odds

    FC Köln odds 13/8
    Borussia Mönchengladbach odds 9/5
    Draw 11/5
    (Odds taken from Bet365)

FC Köln vs Borussia Mönchengladbach Predictions

Dieter Hecking’s Borussia Mönchengladbach side’s away form has been generally poor all season – they have won just 3 times from 13 fixtures on the road. When you consider that FC Köln’s only home defeat in 2016/17 so far was to Bayern Munich, you would have to make Peter Stöger’s men favourites to pick up another win.

Bet365’s odds of 13/8 for FC Köln are well worth taking in this instance. Anthony Modeste has scored 4 goals in his last 4 home games. If you want to back him to score again, you can get odds of 6/5 for him to do that anytime with Bet365.

Our Tips

    FC Köln to win 13/8 Bet365
    Anthony Modeste to score anytime 6/5 Bet365