Expected line-ups

Each side's usual system and players over its recent matches, without the injured: a likely eleven, not the team news.

1. FC Nürnberg4-4-2

Kartal Zimmer Orozco Bramall Marechal Yazo Rawlings Valério Düggelin Schubert Dixon

• Out: Grégory Schultz (right-back, injured: twisted ankle, back about 22 January)

1. FC Köln4-4-2

Azaz César Arnăut Mercier Betinho Jurandir Acevedo Sardá Rasmussen Janach Ibáñez

Form

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	FC Bayern München	16	+17	35
2	RB Leipzig	16	+14	31
3	Borussia Dortmund	16	+17	29
4	Hamburger SV	16	+12	29
5	1. FSV Mainz 05	16	+6	29
6	Fortuna Düsseldorf	16	+9	28
7	VfL Wolfsburg	16	+6	27
8	Hertha Berlin	16	+3	25
9	Eintracht Frankfurt	16	+8	24
10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	16	+3	22
11	Sport-Club Freiburg	16	0	20
12	1. FC Köln	16	-3	20
13	1. FC Nürnberg	16	-13	16
14	FC St. Pauli	16	-11	15
15	TSG Hoffenheim	16	-12	12
16	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	16	-16	12
17	DSC Arminia Bielefeld	16	-24	7
18	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	16	-16	6

Head to head

• 1. FC Köln 1-1 1. FC Nürnberg Bundesliga
• 1. FC Köln 4-4 1. FC Nürnberg Bundesliga
• 1. FC Nürnberg 0-5 1. FC Köln Bundesliga
• 1. FC Nürnberg 3-1 1. FC Köln Bundesliga
• 1. FC Köln 5-1 1. FC Nürnberg Bundesliga