FC Köln before historical opportunity: away success on the Betzenberg?

FC Köln before historical opportunity: away success on the Betzenberg?

Kaiserslautern, Deutschland - The 1. FC Köln has the goal of continuing its impressive series of unbeaten games in the 2nd Bundesliga. The duel at the 1st FC Kaiserslautern is pending on Sunday, whereby the billy goats hope for a victory to not only maintain the opportunity to protect a promotion zone, but also to set up a club record. In 100 encounters, the Cologne team only won a total of 26 times against the FCK, although the balance in Kaiserslautern is even worse: only five victories from 51 attempts are sobering statistics. The last time the Cologne triumphed on Betzenberg was twelve years ago when they celebrated a narrow 1-0 victory on February 5, 2012.

Now the chances for another away win are not particularly good, because a team in this meeting belonging to the 2nd league has never been able to celebrate an away win. According to Geissblog , coach Gerhard Struber, depending on the result, could be entered into the club's history books. This would be the fourth zero-away victory in a row, something that FC has never succeeded in in its complete history.

-rich roller coaster against KSC

In another sensational game, the 1st FC Cologne separated from Karlsruher SC on September 29, 2024 with a spectacular 4: 4 draw. This game was characterized by a high level of intensity and caused an incredulous amazement among the spectators. After only 15 minutes, FC led 3-0, but could not save the lead over time. This goal -rich draw ends a remarkable series, because before that, the Cologne team had always won in 14 direct duels against the KSC, in which they scored four or more goals, as 90min reported.

Overall, it was only the fifth time in history that Cologne had to take four or more goals against the KSC. The performance of the Effzeh in this encounter gives hope for an exciting season despite the disappointing degree against Karlsruhe. The upcoming games will be decisive for the Cologne team who are looking for the revenge against the FCK next week.