Just two points separate FC Cologne and Union Berlin in the German Bundesliga, and one of the two sides will be raring to increase the gap while the other will tend to close the gap. Matchday six gets underway in the German top flight league, and one of the rounds of matches sees Cologne welcome the high-flying Union Berlin side to their home ground. The match takes place on Sunday, 11th September 2022, at the home ground of the host, the RheinEnergieSTADION. The visitors will be looking to return to winning ways after suffering a narrow defeat in their Europa League opener against Union St.Gilloise on Thursday. In their local league, Union Berlin has been a force to reckon with this new season, taking off points against top-tier opposition, such as in the case of the 1-1 draw with Bayern Munich. The visitors have equally secured important victories against Leipzig and Shackle O4 this season to maintain their unbeaten start to the new season. They will be hoping to prevent a defeat on matchday when they travel on the road to face FC Cologne’ who like them, have been unbeaten this season. The home side will look to close the gap against the visitors, especially after their strong draw away from home in the Europa conference league last Thursday. They head into this tie on the back of an excellent 4-2 win against Wolfsburg in the league and will be motivated to make it two consecutive wins in their last two league matches for the first time this season. If there is anything to be worried about for the host is their lack of converting clear-cut chances when it matters most in matches. The inability to be potent in the final third of the pitch has forced the home side to draw out matches needlessly, and this will be of major concern to them when they face Union Berlin, whose strikers have been firing on all cylinders in recent weeks.

Moreso, history will play a major decider in this tie as the home team is disadvantaged regarding head-to-head wins against the visitors. They have failed to secure the match points against Berlin in their last nine competitive meetings dating back to 2014. Union Berlin has always found a way to secure the win on the occasions they have played against the home side, with bragging rights of seven wins in their last nine meetings. Because of this, we are banking on the visitors to avoid a defeat in this tie when they go against each other. FC Cologne, however, cannot be seen as a minority opposition based on how they started their season this term. Irrespective of this, we still believe the visitors will bring their A-game to them, which has seen them grind out wins against top-tier opposition this season. We expect the home side to play on the offensive as they will be desperate to close the gap on the match log. However, we don’t see any chance of them bringing the unbeaten run of a side who has been firing on all cylinders and whose strikers have scored 12 times in their last five league outings. A win or draw to Union Berlin will be the best option after all permutations.

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在德甲，科隆俱乐部和柏林联盟仅分差2分，其中一方渴望扩大差距，而另一方则倾向于缩小差距。德国顶级联赛的第六场比赛日正在进行中，其中一轮比赛中科隆将欢迎这支高飞的柏林联盟球队回到他们的主场。比赛将于2022年9月11日(周日)在东道主莱茵能源体育场(RheinEnergieSTADION)举行。客队在周四欧联杯首战对阵圣吉卢瓦兹的比赛中以微弱劣势失利后，希望能重拾胜利之路。在他们的地方联赛中，柏林联盟已经成为新赛季的一股力量，在与顶级对手的比赛中取得积分，比如与拜仁慕尼黑的1-1战平。客队在本赛季对阵莱比锡和Shackle O4的比赛中同样取得了重要胜利，保持了新赛季的不败开局。他们希望在比赛日能够避免输球，因为他们将在客场面对科隆，他们喜欢他们，本赛季保持不败。主队希望缩小与客队的差距，尤其是在上周四欧联杯客场战平对手之后。他们在联赛中4-2大胜沃尔夫斯堡，并将在本赛季首次在最近两场联赛中取得两连胜。如果东道主有什么需要担心的，那就是在比赛中最关键的时刻，他们缺乏转化明确的机会。在最后三分之一的比赛中表现不佳迫使主队不必要地拖延比赛，这将是他们在面对柏林联盟时的主要担忧，柏林联盟的前锋在最近几周一直在全速前进。

此外，历史将在这场平局中发挥重要的决定作用，因为主队在与客队的正面交锋中处于不利地位。自2014年以来，他们在过去的9次交锋中都未能确保对柏林的赛点。柏林联盟在与主队的比赛中总是能找到确保胜利的方法，在过去的9次交锋中取得了7场胜利。正因为如此，我们希望客队在这场比赛中避免输掉比赛。然而，从本赛季开始的情况来看，科隆不能被视为少数派的对手。不管怎样，我们仍然相信客队会给他们带来最好的比赛，这已经见证了他们在本赛季对顶级对手的胜利。我们希望主队在比赛中采取攻势，因为他们会拼命地缩小比赛记录上的差距。然而，我们看不到他们有任何机会让这支火力全开的球队保持不败，他们的前锋在最近五场联赛中打进12球。赢或平柏林联盟将是最好的选择后，所有的排列。