Top striker modests is missing 1. FC Cologne in Leipzig

The 1st FC Cologne must give up in the Bundesliga away game at RB Leipzig at his scorer Anthony Modeste.

This confirmed the club on demand, first had "picture" reported. The Swede Sebastian Andersson is likely to put the attack center for the French (14 Saisontonore).

Trainer Steffen Baumgart does not want the table constellation in front of the duel of the sixth in the seventh (Friday, 20:30 pm / Dazn). That his club is standing after 21 match days before the runner-up is "a nice snapshot," said the 50-year-old at the press conference on Thursday.

But under the new coach Domenico Tedesco, RB is "always better", the FC coach emphasized: "We do not need to discuss the quality of Leipzig." RB have "a very good switching game with a lot of speed. Individually they are very well occupied," said Baumgart, who had tested on Wednesday after his corona infection and added: "We have to answer with our possibilities."

Winterneugangang Chabot not in the squad

He look forward, "that I have this job and can stand back on the sideline. I love that. It's about my team to my boys," said the coach, whose emotional and loud fivers are against the quarantine at the 1-0 The SC Freiburg became a viral hit.

Baumgart must do without Winter Access Jeff Chabot. The squad will take Africa-Cup returnees Ellyes Skhiri, the Tunisian is also a candidate for the starting eleven.