For tree garden minimalists starts at Union the freestyle

Not only because of the special relationship of Baumgart to Union Berlin, this club from Köpenick is a special opponent for the 1st FC Cologne. Five games, no victory at four bankruptcies - this is the balance of "honeys" against the "Iron" in the common Bundesliga time, which also gained their last three Friday end plays all, while FC lost his recent three games under floodlight on Friday.

• Cologne minimalists: with six goals to eleven points
• Part one of the Cologne freestyle
• After the highlight with Tunisia: Pause for Skhiri?

Cologne minimalists: with six goals to eleven points

Now Baumgart is not a coach who gives something on statistics. He moves in the here and now and then his team impressed. Never before the FC has been holding the three-point rule so early 40 meters. And remarkable is also minimalism with which the Cologne successfully occurs. Although no one can seriously accuse the team to act exaggerated defensively - but actually achieved modests and Co. in the past seven play only six hits. With this lean yield, however, eleven counters picked up with three wins and two draws and lost only twice.

Even away, the Cologne also has a remarkable balance sheet: In the past eight games, it only set a bankrupt (1: 3 in Leipzig), which are three victories and four draws in the stranger.

Part one of the Cologne freestyle

This speaks for a team that is stable in their overall appearance, "however," as the coach stressed, "gain each game, but can also lose every game." In Berlin, the first part of the freight towards the upper table-third follows after the obligation was completed against the descent sovereign.

After the highlight with Tunisia: Pause for Skhiri?

Qualified with Tunisia for the World Cup: Cologne Ellyes Skhiri (Li.) Picture Alliance / AA

It is still unclear who runs on Friday in the starting formation. After surviving injury and successful World Cup qualifiers with Tunisia (1: 0, 0: 0 against Mali), Ellyes Skhiri could receive a break, for him, Dejan Ljubicic is likely to move on the double sect beside Salih Özcan, whose debut for Turkey with a 2: 3 defeat against Italy ended and lasted for him for him about half an hour.

To be expected with a top, the modests are called, behind it is likely to make an offensive triple chain with Cainz, Uth and Thielmann and do the start-up work.