BATE Borisov vs FC Koln Predictions, 19 Oct 2017

The Match Is Over. Score: 1-0

BATE Borisov v FC Koln Predictions for Thursday's 6.00pm kick-off Europa League group fixture facing Belarus Vysshaya Liga hosts BATE Borisov and Germany Bundesliga side FC Koln at Borisov Arena. During the ‘12/13 campaign, Bate surprised Europe when they defeated the eventual champions Bayern Munich 2-1 in Belarus. This game is included in their overall positive record against German teams which stands at W3, D1 and L2.

Match status: 2017-18 Europa League - Group H
Kick-off: Thursday 19 Oct 2017, 06:00pm GMT
Venue: "Borisov Arena" in Barysaw, Belarus

BATE Borisov v Koln Team News

These 2 teams make up the bottom half of Group H. Bate occupy 3rd place with 1 point, while Koln sit in last place with 2 defeats and have scored just 1 goal and conceded 4 so far. Furthermore, Koln have lost 7 of their 8 league games and sit bottom of the Bundesliga.

Bate are currently in good domestic form and are 3rd in the league, just 2 points behind league leaders Salihorst. In the last 6 league games they have won 18 points with a goal ratio of 18:1 and have now scored at least 1 goal in 9 consecutive matches.

FC Koln have lost 4 of the last 5 games by a margin of just a single goal. However, the team went into half-time in each of these games trailing 0-1.

Koln have only scored 4 goals in their last 10 games (in all competitions). Interestingly, all of these goals were scored in the 2nd-half. Can they finally score a 1st-half goal?

Bate have won 13 of their 15 domestic home games and have failed to score in just 1 of these games.

Bate suffered a home defeat vs Arsenal in the previous round. However, they did manage to have more shots on goal than Arsenal (19 to 15).