Union Berlin v Köln Betting Tips [1 April 2022]

Union Berlin will host FC Cologne as Bundesliga action returns after the international break. These two go into the game looking to boost their ambitions for Europe. Union Berlin are ninth on 38 points and FC Cologne two places higher with 40 points. As it is, Union Berlin can still get to Europa Conference League places but they will definitely target higher. They however didn't do well in the run up to the international week and start off on a run of three winless matches and they have no clean sheet in the last 12 matches. Both sides have scored in three of Union Berlin’s last five matches and the hosts will really want to improve on their league run, having managed just one win in the last seven games. Union Berlin have lost five of the last seven league games and also failed to score in five of the seven. It has been better at home though, with Union Berlin having six wins in 10 league matches and their only losses in the process have been against Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. In defence they will need some improvement however, having managed just a clean sheet in the last six home league games.

Cologne are four points below the Conference League slot and will look at this game as a good chance to close in.  They have avoided defeat in the last two matches but their run hasn’t been the smoothest, winning just two of their last five league games. Six of their last seven matches have ended in under 2.5 goals and they’ve managed more than a goal in just two of their last 10 league matches. In those 10 league games, they have kept three clean sheets only but they’ve only failed to score twice in the last 10 matches. Away from home in their last eight league matches, both teams have scored and they’ve conceded more than a goal in five of their last 10 away matches in the league. This is not a fixture that will really excite FC Cologne, as in the last seven meetings with Union Berlin in competitive action, they are winless. The visitors have lost five of those seven matches.

FC Cologne have a poor run against Union Berlin and neither do they have a very strong run going into this game. They have lost five of their last seven competitive meetings with Union Berlin and meet Union Berlin who are enjoying a good run at home. FC Cologne’s scoring run isn’t the best either and though Union Berlin have managed just one clean sheet in the last six home matches, we will be backing the hosts to win.