Hertha BSC at 1. FC Cologne 1/16/21 - Bundesliga Picks & Predictions

Two teams sitting at the bottom half of the Bundesliga will lock horns on Saturday when Cologne will play host to Hertha Berlin. Cologne are currently sitting inside the relegation zone, while Hertha Berlin are sitting just five points above them.

Cologne (2-8-5) met a really bad, and deserved, 0-5 loss on the road against Freiburg in their last match. They have been in mediocre shape lately (3-3-2 in the past 4-5 weeks) and have won just one of their last five (1-3-1). Cologne are sitting at the 16th spot of the league table with 11 points, two below the red line. They have the 2nd worst offense with just 13 goals and the 4th worst defense with 27 conceded. Cologne also have the worst home record (0-6-2), scoring 8 and conceding 18 goals.

Hertha Berlin (4-7-4) will surely feel frustrated about their 0-1 loss on the road against Bielefeld last week, as they had a lot of chances to score but couldn’t. However, that was just their second loss in their last seven matches (2-2-3), keeping clean sheets in three of those. Hertha Berlin are now sitting at the 12th spot of the Bundesliga with 16 points, scoring 23 and conceding 25 goals. They have a 2-4-2 record on the road, scoring 13 and conceding 13 goals.