FC Koln vs Augsburg Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 4th November 2023

Augsburg go up against FC Koln this coming Saturday for an exciting Bundesliga meeting at RheinEnergieSTADION.

FC Koln are 17th in the rankings with four points after nine matches played, whereas Augsburg rank tenth in the Bundesliga on 11 points.

Augsburg will be filled with enthusiasm before their trip to FC Koln, even though they are underdogs with the bookmakers ahead of this encounter. Can they pull off an unexpected victory, they'll move ahead of the home side in the rankings.

FC Koln have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly eight goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.8 goals per game, in which they conceded 23 goals, or 2.3 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to zero clean sheets in this run.

Augsburg scored 18 goals, conceded 23 and managed zero clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

FC Koln go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 3-2 and 3-1 the last two times they played Augsburg.

FC Koln vs Augsburg Prediction

FC Koln Form

FC Koln managed one win in the last three matches, which was a 3-1 victory against B. M'gladbach. They went on to lose 6-0 against RB Leipzig, before getting dumped in a 3-2 defeat against Kaiserslautern. FC Koln only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Bundesliga matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew zero and lost four, as they scored 11 and conceded 12 goals.

Augsburg Form

Augsburg look back on their last three matches with six points to show for their efforts. Against Darmstadt, they were left empty-handed in a 1-2 defeat, but they bounced back by beating FC Heidenheim in a 2-5 win. They followed that up with a 3-2 win against Wolfsburg in their most recent outing. Augsburg only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Bundesliga. In these six matches they drew zero and lost five as well as being outscored by 15 goals to eight.

It seems both Augsburg and FC Koln have some issues concerning their defence, as they seem to find themselves on the receiving end a bit too often lately. We believe the trend continues this coming Saturday, and we are rooting for goals.

Augsburg won two of their previous four outings against teams from the bottom six and claimed seven points. They scored ten and conceded seven goals. FC Koln have a record of one win, one draw and seven defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Augsburg have three wins, two draws and four defeats in the Bundesliga.

FC Koln vs Augsburg Squads

FC Koln Squad

The 51-year-old coach of the home team, Steffen Baumgart, will select the lineup against Augsburg from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Jonas Nickisch (0/0), Marvin Schwaebe (0/9), Matthias Koebbing (0/0), Philipp Pentke (0/0), Benno Schmitz (0/5), Dominique Heintz (0/1), Julian Chabot (0/9), Leart Paqarada (0/9), Luca Kilian (0/5), Max Finkgrafe (0/4), Noah Katterbach (0/0), Rasmus Carstensen (0/8), Timo Huebers (0/9), Dejan Ljubicic (0/9), Denis Huseinbasic (0/7), Dimitrios Limnios (0/0), Eric Martel (0/6), Faride Alidou (0/7), Florian Kainz (3/9), Jacob Steen Christensen (0/0), Jan Thielmann (0/0), Linton Maina (0/7), Mathias Olesen (0/5), Davie Selke (2/8), Florian Dietz (0/0), Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (2/8), Mark Uth (0/1), Sargis Adamyan (0/5), Steffen Tigges (0/6).

Augsburg Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 53 year-old Augsburg manager Thorup will select his starting XI from these players:

Finn Dahmen (0/9), Marcel Lubik (0/0), Tomas Koubek (0/0), David Colina (0/0), Felix Uduokhai (1/9), Frederik Winther (0/0), Iago (0/6), Japhet Tanganga (0/0), Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (0/6), Kevin Mbabu (0/3), Mads Valentin Pedersen (1/8), Maximilian Bauer (1/6), Patric Pfeiffer (0/4), Raphael Framberger (0/0), Reece Oxford (0/0), Robert Gumny (0/5), Aaron Zehnter (0/0), Arne Engels (1/7), Arne Maier (0/3), Elvis Rexhbecaj (2/9), Fredrik Jensen (0/6), Masaya Okugawa (0/1), Nathanael Mbuku (0/0), Niklas Dorsch (0/7), Ruben Vargas (1/7), Tim Breithaupt (0/7), Dion Drena Beljo (2/8), Ermedin Demirovic (5/9), Irvin Cardona (0/3), Phillip Tietz (2/9), Sven Michel (1/7).

FC Koln vs Augsburg Team News

FC Koln are sweating on the fitness of no less than six players before their match this coming Saturday. There is no need for Mathias Olesen to show up in the FC Koln dressing room, as he is suspended.

Rasmus Carstensen, Philipp Pentke, Jacob Steen Christensen, Florian Dietz, Mark Uth and Jan Thielmann take up space in the treatment room and won't be eligible to be called up for home side FC Koln, when they face Augsburg on Saturday.

More than a handful of players could be forced out of the next match for Augsburg, who are looking at seven players nursing various problems. Felix Uduokhai is suspended from the Augsburg squad with too many penalty points to his name.

Names like Arne Maier, Kevin Mbabu, Ermedin Demirovic, Patric Pfeiffer, Frederik Winther, Reece Oxford and Raphael Framberger most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play FC Koln. Reece Oxford sits this one out following a positive Covid-19 test.

FC Koln vs Augsburg Lineups

FC Koln vs Augsburg H2H

FC Koln go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 3-2 and 3-1 the last two times they played Augsburg. Augsburg look back on three wins in their previous matches against their next opponent in the shape of FC Koln. The home side has a 40% win rate in these encounter for a total record of 4-3-3. No doubt worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

FC Koln vs Augsburg Results

In the last ten matches between FC Koln and Augsburg over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on at least three goals are at 8/11 with bookies.

FC Koln vs Augsburg Betting Tips

Florian Kainz netted twice in his six last Bundesliga matches for FC Koln, who look to him to add a third this coming Saturday. Ermedin Demirovic racked up four goals in his past six Bundesliga games going for Augsburg.

In their last 10 matches at RheinEnergieSTADION across all tournaments FC Koln won four times, drew one and lost five times. Augsburg claimed one wins, one draw and eight defeats in their last 10 games away. Goals are flowing freely for FC Koln on home soil currently, as both teams scored in six of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target five times in Augsburg''s last 10 league games away from home.

There were over 2.5 goals five times in the last ten encounters between FC Koln and Augsburg. FC Koln managed an average of 1.6 goals, while the latter scored 1.5 goals on average. Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times in this run. In the past ten matches for FC Koln across all competitions, over 2.5 goals happened in eight times of them with an average of 2.9 goals goals scored by themselves. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of the last ten games for Augsburg, who managed to hit the net 1.8 times on average in these games.