FC Koln vs Bayern Munich Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 14th January 2026

FC Koln welcome Bayern Munich this coming Wednesday in the Bundesliga, with the host motivated by the possibility of closing the gap in the table on the visitors. On the other hand, the latter could distance themselves even further with a win in this exciting round 17 match.

Bayern Munich enjoy the view from the top of the table with 44 points after 16 league matches this season. Meanwhile, FC Koln find themselves positioned as number 11 in the Bundesliga with 17 points following 16 rounds.

Although FC Koln trail Bayern Munich by double digits, beating the league leaders in the Bundesliga still holds a lot of prestige. Pulling off a surprise win against their upcoming opponent could provide a serious spark for future matches.

FC Koln go into their next Bundesliga match, scoring a humble average of 1.3 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 13 times, while conceding 17. That amounts to an average of 1.7 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring zero times.

Bayern Munich average 3.8 goals per game, scoring 38 times, while conceding nine. That makes an average of 0.9 per game, with clean sheet in four as well in their previous ten matches.

Bayern Munich got the better of FC Koln in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 2-0 and 1-0, respectively.

FC Koln vs Bayern Munich Prediction

FC Koln Form

In their last three matches, FC Koln lost 2-0 against Bayer Leverkusen, 0-1 against Union Berlin and drew 2-2 with FC Heidenheim. FC Koln claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Bundesliga, which also saw them drawing two and losing three matches, in which they scored ten and conceded ten goals.

Dreaming of the Bundesliga title, FC Koln are currently too far behind budget, so to speak, to seriously stake a claim at first place.

Bayern Munich Form

Bayern Munich went unbeaten through their last three matches, which began with a 2-2 draw against Mainz 05. A 0-4 win against FC Heidenheim followed, before they beat Wolfsburg by 8-1. Bayern Munich have been outstanding on their travels lately, winning five of their previous six away matches in the Bundesliga. They remained undefeated as they also drew once, while scoring 21 and conceding three goals.

Spoken of as title contenders, Bayern Munich are currently doing a good job of living up to the hype in the Bundesliga this season.

Bayern Munich are on the look-out for a win, and we expect them to claim it in a high scoring match, when they visit FC Koln at RheinEnergieSTADION this coming Wednesday.

FC Koln fought their way to one wins and three points from their last five games against teams inside the top six. They were on target three times in these matches, but also let in eight goals. FC Koln are looking at a record of four wins, five draws and seven defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Bayern Munich are looking at 14 wins, two draws and zero defeats in the Bundesliga.

FC Koln vs Bayern Munich Squads

FC Koln Squad

The 44-year-old coach of the home team, Lukas Kwasniok, will select the lineup against Bayern Munich from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Marvin Schwaebe (0/16), Matthias Koebbing (0/0), Ron-Robert Zieler (0/0), Benno Schmitz (0/0), Cenk Ozkacar (0/8), Dominique Heintz (0/7), Emin Kujovic (0/0), Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (0/1), Jan Thielmann (2/13), Joel Schmied (0/11), Kristoffer Lund Hansen (0/15), Luca Kilian (0/0), Rav van den Berg (0/6), Sebastian Sebulonsen (0/16), Timo Huebers (0/8), Alessio Castro-Montes (0/5), Denis Huseinbasic (0/13), Eric Martel (1/16), Fayssal Harchaoui (0/0), Florian Kainz (1/10), Isak Bergmann Johannesson (1/15), Said El Mala (7/16), Tom Krauss (0/12), Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (3/10), Jakub Kaminski (5/16), Linton Maina (0/10), Malek El Mala (0/0), Marius Buelter (3/14), Ragnar Ache (1/15).

Bayern Munich Squad

Here is the full team squad of Bayern Munich. The 39 year-old Vincent Kompany will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Jonas Urbig (0/3), Leon Klanac (0/0), Manuel Neuer (0/13), Sven Ulreich (0/0), Alphonso Davies (0/2), Bara Ndiaye (0/0), Cassiano Kiala (0/0), Dayot Upamecano (1/13), Hiroki Ito (0/5), Jonathan Tah (1/13), Joshua Kimmich (1/13), Josip Stanisic (2/11), Min-Jae Kim (0/9), Raphael Guerreiro (3/10), Sacha Boey (0/9), Aleksandar Pavlovic (1/13), David Santos (0/1), Jamal Musiala (0/0), Konrad Laimer (2/15), Lennart Karl (3/14), Leon Goretzka (1/15), Tom Bischof (0/13), Harry Kane (20/16), Luis Diaz (9/15), Michael Olise (9/16), Nicolas Jackson (3/12), Serge Gnabry (4/12), Wisdom Mike (0/4).

FC Koln vs Bayern Munich Team News

FC Koln vs Bayern Munich Lineups

FC Koln vs Bayern Munich H2H

Bayern Munich got the better of FC Koln in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 2-0 and 1-0, respectively. Bayern Munich look to extend their dominance on their upcoming hosts, who have found it tough to deal with the former. The visitors beat FC Koln eight times in last ten Encounters. The bookies have Bayern Munich to win this match at best price odds of 2/7.

FC Koln vs Bayern Munich Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when FC Koln welcome Bayern Munich as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 2/7 with the bookies on Wednesday.

FC Koln vs Bayern Munich Betting Tips

He banged in 20 goals so far this season, and Harry Kane also hammered in seven goals in his last six games in this tournament. No doubt, he will be hungry for more, when travelling to face FC Koln.

FC Koln claimed four wins, drew two and lost four of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Bayern Munich won eight, drew one and lost one of their last 10 games away. Bayern Munich should be able to score at least once on Wednesday, as FC Koln failed in keeping a single clean sheet in the last 10 outings at RheinEnergieSTADION. The visitors managed five clean sheets in their 10 most recent outings away from home.

Over 3.5 goals happened five times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. FC Koln managed an average of 0.7 goals, with Bayern Munich averaging 2.8 goals. Both teams to score was a winning bet six times in this run of matches. FC Koln saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came out in ten of the last 10 matches Bayern Munich played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of four goals themselves during this run.