My people, na big match dey come dis Sunday for RheinEnergieStadion as FC Köln go face RB Leipzig! Di Billy Goats don dey try to improve dem form, and dis one fit bring dem plenty joy!
Currently, FC Köln dey sit for 10th position after dem don gather 23 points dis season. Di team don win six matches, draw five, but don waka comot from nine matches. Last week, dem manage collect three points against Wolfsburg with Linton Maina scoring di only goal. Na first time dis season dem don keep clean sheet for home league game. But e no go easy for dem, as dem never win any of di last seven encounters against Leipzig.
Wetin dey hot be say, Köln don face plenty struggle dis season, dem even dey under pressure before dis last two wins. Head coach, Lukas Kwasniok, don finally get chance to breathe small after some positive results. Dem don win two of dem last three matches, so dem dey optimistic to carry di momentum go forward.
On di other hand, RB Leipzig dey face wetin dem sabi as “slump”. Dis team wey suppose dey compete with Bayern for di title don suddenly lose dem form. Dem don drop from di top four after dem waka collect only two wins from seven matches. Last week, dem lose against Mainz and na so dem don dey struggle for di league.
Leipzig’s coach and di players get small problem as dem don dey miss some key players due to injury o. Assan Ouédraogo, Suleman Sani, and Viggo Gebel no go fit play after dem check dem body. Na wetin fit give Köln di chance to shine on Sunday.
Köln fans don show dem passion as dem don gather almost 50,000 people to watch di U19 team play against Inter Milan recently. Dis kind support fit carry dem enter victory on Sunday. Di important thing be say, Köln don pick most of dem points for home, and dem sure say Leipzig no go have eazy match on top di pitch dis time.
Predicted lineups show say Köln go play with Schwäbe for goal, and dem fit deploy three-man defense with Sebulonsen, Martel and Cenk. For di midfield, Thielmann, Jóhannesson, Krauß and Lund go dey give dem support. Ache and El Mala fit lead di attack.
For RB Leipzig side, dem go still use dem regular 4-3-3 formation with Gulácsi as di goalkeeper. Henrichs, Orbán, Seiwald and Raum go form di defense. Midfielders Gruda, Xaver and Baumgartner go dey run di middle of di park. Up front, Diomande, Rômulo and Nusa dey ready to score di goals.
All of dis factors fit make di match very interesting! Na who you think go take di win on Sunday? Na so e be for football, anything fit happen!
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