Ulm under pressure: Can the SSV finally score against Cologne?

Ulm under pressure: Can the SSV finally score against Cologne?

On March 8, 2025, the duel between SSV Ulm and 1. FC Köln in the 2nd Bundesliga takes place in the Donausta in Ulm. The kick -off is at 1:00 p.m. This game is of great importance for both teams - Ulm fights against relegation, while Cologne tries to reach the upper table positions.

Currently the SSV Ulm is in 17th place with 19 points, which indicates a very mixed season. In the last five games, the team only scored one point with a goal difference of 3:10. It is particularly worrying that Ulm remained without its own goal in three of the last four games. Sport1 reports that only Regensburg and Braunschweig have scored less goals than Ulm. However, the defensive seems to be more stable, with 31 goals conceded the team is comparable to the promotion aspirants in this regard.

FC Köln looking for stability

The 1. FC Köln, who was a direct promotion place some time ago, had to fight back to the 5th place and is now six points behind a direct promotion zone with 41 points. In the second half of the season, the team only scored five goals in seven games and has remained without a win in the last three league games. Despite this negative series, the Cologne team nevertheless started as favorites in today's game - a victory is rewarded with a quota of 1.95 at Admiralbet.

The betting odds look like this: A victory for Cologne is 1.95, while a victory for Ulm with 3.65 and a tie is quoted with 3.30. For Cologne, it is crucial to improve the shape to re -intervene in the promotion battle. Best base indicates that in the first half and in the final quarter of an hour a lot of opposite Nervousness of the defensive illustrates.

direct duels and last encounters

The last encounters between the two teams show a relatively balanced picture. Cologne won the upper hand in the first leg and won 2-0 while Ulm played outnumbered. Further games ended with a 2-2 draw and a 1-1. The history of the last five games for both teams shows that Ulm could only play too zero once, while Cologne also had defensively weaknesses by only one of the last five games without conceding a goal.

The responsible two clubs are optimistic about the encounter in the hope that their teams will score the necessary points. While Ulm desperately fights every point in the relegation battle, Cologne tries to free himself from the current result crisis and to regain trust in his own strengths.