Germany: Bundesliga
Red Bull Arena
By Rune Gjerulff
Anthony Modeste will not be able to feature for FC Köln against RB Leipzig on Friday.
| Anthony Modest. | Photo: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 4.0 |
FC Köln will be without talismanic striker Anthony Modeste against RB Leipzig tomorrow evening, according to picture.
Modeste wasn’t ruled out of the game by Cologne coach Steffen Baumgart at the pre-match press conference this morning, but the German tabloid claims he will miss out due to illness.
Whether the French forward has contracted coronavirus is currently unclear.
“The Billy Goats” will also have to manage without new signing Julian Chabot, but Ellyes Skhiri will be back after his involvement at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Predicted lineups
Final lineups are posted before start.
| RB Leipzig | |
|---|---|
| Bundesliga Bayern Munich – RB Leipzig 3-2 |
|
| 1 | P. Gulacsi (c) |
| 16 | L. Klostermann |
| 4 | W Orban |
| 32 | J. Gvardiol ⚽ |
| 22 | N.Mukiele ↪72 |
| 27 | K Laimer ↪61 |
| 44 | K. Kampl ↪46 |
| 3 | Angelino |
| 25 | Daniel Olmo ↪61 |
| 18 | C. Nkunku ⚽ |
| 33 | A Silva ⚽ ↪80 |
| bench | |
|---|---|
| 13 | P. Tschauner |
| 31 | J. Martinez |
| 9 | Y. Poulsen ↩80 |
| 10 | E Forsberg ↩61 |
| 38 | H. Novoa Ramos |
| 35 | S. Bonnah Owusu |
| 39 | B. Henrichs ↩72 |
| 8th | A. Haidara ↩61 |
| 17 | D.Szoboszlai ↩46 |
| FC Cologne | |
|---|---|
| Bundesliga FC Koln – Freiburg 1-0 |
|
| 20 | M. Schwäbe |
| 2 | B. Schmitz |
| 15 | L. Killian |
| 4 | T. Hubers |
| 14 | J Hector (c) |
| 6 | S. Özcan |
| 13 | M. Uth ↪64 |
| 7 | D.Ljubicic ↪77 |
| 11 | F Kainz ↪85 |
| 29 | J. Thielman ↪85 |
| 27 | A. Modeste ⚽ ↪85 |
| bench | |
|---|---|
| 1 | T Horn |
| 9 | S Andersson ↩85 |
| 19 | K. Ehizibue |
| 23 | J Horn ↩77 |
| 24 | J Chabot |
| 17 | K Schindler ↩85 |
| 18 | Oh Duda ↩64 |
| 21 | L. Schaub ↩85 |
| 31 | T. Ostrak |
