Hamburg are tied with Borussia Mönchengladbach on 0 factors this seaosn however dipped under Köln's rivals as they have been overwhelmed by 5 objectives towards Leipzig away on the east German aspect.
A far fetch from their defensive fortitude final season, Hamburg have shipped twelve objectives within the league and are one in all solely two groups ready to attain within the Bundesliga.
Köln began the season with a stable comeback towards Europa League aspect Hoffenheim after being 2-1 down.
Thijs Dallinga scored a brace on this sport and on his debut, changing into one in all solely three gamers within the final 5 years to attain two or extra objectives on their Bundesliga debut.
Since then, one level out of two towards Stuttgart and Werder Bremen have meant that Köln have slumped into the underside half and sit at twelfth place.
Kick-off is at 15:30 CEST in Hamburg. Lineups are proper to left
Hamburg (3-4-2-1 ) : Heuer-Fernandes – Omari, Touranarigha, Capaldo – El Ouahdi, Sambi Lokonga, Remberg, Møller Wolfe – Viera, Grønbæk – Moffi
FC Köln (4-2-3-1) : Schwäbe – Castro-Montes, Simpson-Pusey, Lochosvili, Mensah – Krauss, Skhiri- Maina, Moore, El Mala – Dallinga