1.FC Köln - VfR Aalen

An important match for Cologne to streak back after their huge lose against Kaiserslautern last weekend. They must win this one to remain in promotion race while Kaiserslautern plays in Aue on monday. With a win they can overcome Kaiserslautern and put some pressure on them. But first they have to do their home work and get the win against a difficult opponent form Aalen. This team is very hard to play above all if they are on the road as they are much better there although they got a win after long time at home last round.

Coach Stanislawski tried to bring the players heads free for this match and they should be as much as focused they can. Also a lot of supporters are expected, so that they will be push from the beginning on. This match Cologne must invest much more and they should be again more offenisve minded as they were in Kaiserslautern. For this, Stanislawski counts on two strikers with Maierhofer who has to bring something on the pitch as he is not a really reinforcement so far while beside him Ujah is in great form and helped the team with his goals much more. Maybe back in the team is Jonas Hector who was replaced by Eichner after his injury but he can move in for Matuschyk on central midfield. Some alternative can be Lehmann on this position too but he disappointed a lot in the last matches if he stands on the pitch, so a big questionmark if Stanislawski trust him. The other disappointing guys are Jajalo and Bröker who can be also out of the starting lineup but it seems that one of them playing for sure because less alternatives.

With the win from last week, Aalen got some self confidence back and they are almost safe which means that they can play very easy and look what they can do to annoy Colonge a bit. Almost all players are ready and therefore Hasenhüttl can choose from a lot, the only one Cidimar has some problems and is out for today. Because they were very pleased with the performance in the past match they count on the same starters as last week. But they do not want to let Cologne the win as many expect Aalen does not play 100% as Hasenhüttl knows Cologne and was former player there. They want to win every match and this is their target for the last 6 matches.