SIX minutes of it in Cologne. Can the hosts get the goal they desperately need?

The pair both need treatment after a collision and play has halted for the moment.

Referee Fritz has been told by Sören Storks across the river in Deutz to go take another look. He does eventually stick with his original decision.

Cologne had to change something for the second half, and Friedhelm Funkel sends on Ismail Jakobs for Marius Wolf on the wing. Freiburg resume with the team that started the game.

Clinical from Freiburg who hold the lead thanks to Petersen and Demirovic. Cologne have been rather toothless and will need to step things up big time in the second half if they’re to turn this around.

Just one minute of it at the end of the first half.

It was 2-0 to Freiburg after 39 minutes in the reverse fixture. That was also the score at half-time before SCF ran out 5-0 winners.

We're actually still yet to see a save made in this game. Freiburg have been deadly efficient, while Cologne are yet to force the returning Flekken into action.

Here come the two teams at the RheinEnergieStadion. Sunday's Bundesliga action only moments away...

Freiburg began the matchday in the comfort of ninth place. The threat of relegation disappeared weeks ago, whereas hopes of a higher finish were severely damaged by a 3-0 defeat to Hertha on Thursday night. However, there are still targets to be achieved. Freiburg still have the chance to finish inside the top half in two consecutive Bundesliga seasons for the first time.

The Billy Goats' recent pair of victories have boosted their survival hopes. They remain in 17th place, but they are just two points adrift of Bremen in 14th. Following this game against Freiburg, they face fellow strugglers Hertha before ending the season with a match against already relegated Schalke. Cologne took just four points from these three games in the Hinrunde – a repeat performance may not be enough for Funkel’s side.

It’s a change of personnel and shape by Christian Streich compared to the 3-0 loss to Hertha on Thursday. A 3-4-3 becomes a 4-4-2 with all-time top scorer Nils Petersen making his first start since February partnering Ermedin Demirovic up top. Lukas Kübler replaces Jonathan Schmid at an orthodox right-back. Lucas Höler, Keven Schlotterbeck and Baptiste Santamaria drop to the bench. Former Cologne defender Dominique Heintz is out with a back problem - the first match he's missed since joining Freiburg. There is also a change in goal with Streich confirming that fit-again Mark Flekken will start the final three games of the season. Florian Müller, on loan from Mainz, will be rested after not previously missing a single minute of the campaign.

Cologne boss Friedhelm Funkel opts not to mess with a winning formula, with his only change from the team that started their 3-2 win at Augsburg a fortnight ago the return of Kingsley Ehizibue for Benno Schmitz after suspension. The Billy Goats desperately need a repeat of that result today. They are currently in the automatic relegation zone but only a point off Bielefeld and Hertha above them – who play each other this evening – and two behind Bremen.

Uphoff, Schmid, Santamaria, Höler, Til, Haberer, Kwon, Jeong, Schlotterbeck

Flekken - Kübler, Lienhart, Gulde, Günter (c) - Sallai, Keitel, Höfler, Grifo - Demirovic, Petersen

Zieler, Schmitz, Jakobs, Meyer, Rexhbecaj, Özcan, Mere, Drexler, Thielmann

T. Horn - Ehizibue, Bornauw, Czichos, J. Horn - Skhiri, Hector (c) - Wolf, Duda, Kainz – Andersson

Here you will find the most important information on the game between 1. FC Köln and Sport-Club Freiburg on Matchday 32 of the 2020/21 Bundesliga season.