Jahn Regensburg vs Cologne

Jahnstadion Regensburg plays host to an intriguing DFB Pokal first-round tie between Jahn Regensburg and Cologne.

It has been a stellar start to the new 2. Bundesliga season for Jahn Regensburg, as they have won both opening league matches by an aggregate score of 5-0. Equally impressive in both halves of play, they have found the back of the net in all four halves of second-tier football played thus far. Despite entering this fixture as betting underdogs, Regensburg will be confident about beating the odds, as they did last season when a penalty shoot-out triumph squeezed them past Cologne in the DFB Pokal fourth round. A 2-2 stalemate in the regulation time also marked the only draw between these two sides across five competitive H2Hs (W1, L3), all of which featured over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring.

On the other hand, Cologne may have capped off the 2021/22 Bundesliga season with a pair of single-goal margin defeats. Yet, they defied the odds to secure the Europa Conference League qualification spot. The visitors’ decent pre-season saw them lose just one of their six warm-up fixtures (W4, D1). With none of Cologne’s last five competitive away games ending a level (W3, L2), the Jahnstadion Regensburg faithful could be in for a ‘winner takes all’ contest within 90 minutes. Despite their mixed fortunes across their most recent competitive travels, the ‘Billy Goats’ will be confident about putting at least a couple of goals past Regensburg, as has been the case in all three previous visits to the Jahnstadion Regensburg.