FC Koln vs Borussia Monchengladbach Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 22nd October 2023

When Borussia Monchengladbach arrive at RheinEnergieSTADION on Sunday to face FC Koln in the Bundesliga, the latter will be hoping to use their home turf to their advantage.

FC Koln rank 18th with one point to their name from seven matches, while visitors Borussia Mönchengladbach rank 12th in the table on six points.

Borussia Monchengladbach will certainly be happy to end up with three points after claiming a couple of draws recently. However, another draw could still be good enough as FC Koln seem like a tough opponent.

FC Koln go into their next Bundesliga match, scoring a humble average of 1.1 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 11 times, while conceding 19. That amounts to an average of 1.9 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring zero times.

Ahead of their upcoming Bundesliga match, Borussia Monchengladbach have an ample average of 1.9 goals per game in their last ten matches. They scored a tolerable 19 goals, while also conceding 23 times. That amounts to an average of 2.3 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring one times.

It finished 0-0 when FC Koln last played Borussia Monchengladbach and the best betting odds on yet another draw at full-time with the bookies are at 5/2.

FC Koln vs Borussia Monchengladbach Prediction

FC Koln Form

In their last three matches, FC Koln lost 2-1 against Werder Bremen, 0-2 against VfB Stuttgart and 3-0 against Bayer Leverkusen. FC Koln only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at RheinEnergieSTADION in the Bundesliga. They also drew zero and lost five of these six encounters, in which they scored eight and conceded 12 goals.

Borussia Monchengladbach Form

Borussia Monchengladbach have been all over in their last three matches across all tournaments. Against RB Leipzig, they came out empty-handed in a 0-1 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 1-3 win against Bochum. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 2-2 draw against Mainz 05. Borussia Monchengladbach claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Bundesliga. They also drew three and were defeated two times, as they were outscored by 17 goals to 15.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, and we fully expect the trend to continue, when FC Koln renew Borussia Monchengladbach their acquaintance.

FC Koln so far pulled off a record of zero wins, one draw and six defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Borussia Monchengladbach put one win, three draws and three defeats on the board in the Bundesliga.

FC Koln vs Borussia Monchengladbach Squads

FC Koln Squad

Baumgart will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Borussia Monchengladbach from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

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

Borussia Monchengladbach Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 44 year-old Borussia Monchengladbach manager Seoane will select his starting XI from these players:

Jan Olschowsky (0/0), Jonas Omlin (0/2), Maximilian Bruell (0/0), Moritz Nicolas (0/5), Tobias Sippel (0/0), Fabio Chiarodia (0/0), Joseph Scally (1/7), Ko Itakura (2/7), Luca Netz (0/5), Lukas Ullrich (0/2), Mamadou Doucoure (0/0), Marvin Friedrich (0/5), Maximilian Woeber (0/7), Nico Elvedi (0/5), Simon Walde (0/0), Stefan Lainer (0/0), Tony Jantschke (0/2), Christoph Kramer (0/2), Florian Neuhaus (3/7), Franck Honorat (0/7), Grant-Leon Ranos (0/2), Hannes Wolf (0/0), Julian Weigl (0/7), Kouadio Kone (0/2), Robin Hack (0/5), Rocco Reitz (0/7), Alassane Plea (2/7), Jordan Pefok (1/6), Nathan N'Goumou (1/6), Patrick Herrmann (0/0), Tomas Cvancara (3/6), Yvandro Borges Sanches (0/2).

FC Koln vs Borussia Monchengladbach Team News

FC Koln are sweating on the fitness of no less than nine players before their match on Sunday.

Due to various ailments Davie Selke, Leart Paqarada, Jacob Steen Christensen, Linton Maina, Mark Uth, Benno Schmitz, Florian Dietz, Mark Uth and Jan Thielmann will be absent from the squad, FC Koln are able to field against Borussia Monchengladbach on Sunday.

Borussia Monchengladbach could have up to nine players on the injured and absent players for their match on Sunday atRheinEnergieSTADION

Borussia Monchengladbach need to do without Yvandro Borges Sanches, Jordan Pefok, Julian Weigl, Nico Elvedi, Tony Jantschke, Christoph Kramer, Tomas Cvancara, Jonas Omlin and Stefan Lainer, who are not fit enough to travel to RheinEnergieSTADION.

FC Koln vs Borussia Monchengladbach Lineups

FC Koln vs Borussia Monchengladbach H2H

The most recent outing between FC Koln and Borussia Monchengladbach ended up a 0-0 draw. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 5/2. Both teams aim for the throat, when taking on each other as only one of their last ten matches finished all square. FC Koln came out on top in four games, whereas Borussia Monchengladbach ran away with three points five times. Picking the home win gets you odds at 6/5 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 2/1.

FC Koln vs Borussia Monchengladbach Results

The scenario of both teams to score came out seven times in the last ten matches between FC Koln and Borussia Monchengladbach.

FC Koln vs Borussia Monchengladbach Betting Tips

While Florian Neuhaus added three strikes to his account in his last six games in the Bundesliga, Davie Selke scored twice in his last six.

FC Koln won four of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at RheinEnergieSTADION. They drew one and lost five as well, while Borussia Monchengladbach won seven of their last 10 games away. They drew three and lost zero. Strap yourselves up for a goals at RheinEnergieSTADION since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for FC Koln. The same occurred in seven of the last 10 league games away from home for Borussia Monchengladbach.

Both teams scored seven times in the last ten encounters between FC Koln and Borussia Monchengladbach, while over 2.5 goals came out seven times. FC Koln scored 1.5 goals on average, while Borussia Monchengladbach pulled 1.6 goals on average. In FC Koln's last ten games, there have been over 2.5 goals in seven of them. They managed to average 2.8 goals goals per match across all tournaments. Over 2.5 goals were scored in eight of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for Borussia Monchengladbach. They performed an average of 2.4 goals in these.