FC Koln vs Eintracht Frankfurt Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 3rd February 2024

Struggling FC Koln are in for a tough assignment, when going up against Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday at RheinEnergieSTADION. With a string of mediocre performances, at best, it would be astounding to see the former take anything from this encounter.

FC Koln are placed 16th with 12 points after 19 matches. Eintracht Frankfurt occupy a position as sixth in the league on 31 points.

Following some poor performances in this Bundesliga campaign recently, FC Koln desperately need points from the match against Eintracht Frankfurt to get back on track.

FC Koln are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net five times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.5 goals per game, as they conceded 13 goals. They managed two clean sheets in these matches.

When it comes to goal-scoring Eintracht Frankfurt are not the most prolific side. They scored a sustainable 18 times in their previous ten matches, making it 1.8 goals per game. They conceded 13 goals for an average of 1.3 a game, achieving a clean sheet in three of these matches.

FC Koln and Eintracht Frankfurt had to settle for a point each in their most recent match, which finished with a 1-1 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 5/2.

FC Koln vs Eintracht Frankfurt Prediction

FC Koln Form

FC Koln failed to win any of their last three matches, though they gained a point against FC Heidenheim in a 1-1 draw, before coming up short against Borussia Dortmund in a 0-4 defeat. Most recently, they settled for a 1-1 draw against Wolfsburg. In their last six Bundesliga matches at home, FC Koln have one win, while they've drawn three and lost two.

Eintracht Frankfurt Form

In their last three matches, Eintracht Frankfurt beat RB Leipzig 0-1, drew 2-2 with Darmstadt and beat Mainz 05 by 1-0. Eintracht Frankfurt, meanwhile, won twice, while they've drawn two and lost two in their last six away in the Bundesliga.

Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Koln are almost always cautious, when going toe-to-toe with each other, which makes under 2.5 goals the value bet on Saturday.

FC Koln fought their way to zero wins and one point from their last seven games against teams inside the top six. They were on target one times in these matches, but also let in 18 goals. Eintracht Frankfurt won three of their previous eight outings against teams from the bottom six and claimed 13 points. They scored 11 and conceded seven goals. FC Koln so far pulled off a record of two wins, six draws and 11 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Eintracht Frankfurt show off eight wins, seven draws and four defeats in the Bundesliga.

FC Koln vs Eintracht Frankfurt Squads

FC Koln Squad

The 46-year-old coach of the home team, Timo Schultz, will select the lineup against Eintracht Frankfurt 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 (0/19), Matthias Koebbing (0/0), Philipp Pentke (0/0), Benno Schmitz (0/11), Dominique Heintz (0/6), Julian Chabot (0/18), Leart Paqarada (0/12), Luca Kilian (0/9), Max Finkgrafe (0/10), Noah Katterbach (0/0), Rasmus Carstensen (0/17), Timo Huebers (0/19), Dejan Ljubicic (0/17), Denis Huseinbasic (0/13), Eric Martel (0/16), Faride Alidou (1/12), Florian Kainz (3/19), Jacob Steen Christensen (0/2), Jan Thielmann (0/10), Linton Maina (1/17), Davie Selke (5/15), Florian Dietz (0/3), Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (2/15), Justin Diehl (0/3), Mark Uth (0/7), Sargis Adamyan (0/6), Steffen Tigges (0/12).

Eintracht Frankfurt Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Eintracht Frankfurt head coach Toppmoeller will select from for his starting XI:

Jens Grahl (0/1), Kaua (0/0), Kevin Trapp (0/18), Simon Simoni (0/0), Aurelio Buta (1/19), Dario Gebuhr (0/0), Davis Bautista (0/0), Hrvoje Smolcic (1/8), Makoto Hasebe (0/3), Nnamdi Collins (0/0), Philipp Max (0/14), Robin Koch (1/17), Tuta (0/18), Donny van de Beek (0/3), Ellyes Skhiri (2/15), Eric Ebimbe (3/18), Fares Chaibi (1/14), Harpreet Ghotra (0/0), Hugo Larsson (2/17), Jean Bahoya (0/0), Mario Goetze (1/17), Mehdi Loune (0/0), Niels Nkounkou (2/15), Paxten Aaronson (0/7), Sebastian Rode (0/4), Sidney Raebiger (0/0), Timothy Chandler (0/0), William Pacho (0/19), Ansgar Knauff (5/16), Jens Petter Hauge (0/10), Jessic Ngankam (0/15), Nacho Ferri (1/4), Noel Futkeu (0/0), Omar Marmoush (7/15), Sasa Kalajdzic (0/3).

FC Koln vs Eintracht Frankfurt Team News

FC Koln might be looking at four missing players for their upcoming assignment against Eintracht Frankfurt.

FC Koln-players Davie Selke, Mark Uth, Florian Dietz and Mark Uth won't be playing in the upcoming match against Eintracht Frankfurt at RheinEnergieSTADION due to nursing various injuries.

Eintracht Frankfurt will have to make do without a group of four missing from their roster prior to their upcoming match on Saturday against FC Koln. William Pacho and Omar Marmoush racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Eintracht Frankfurt travelling party for their next match.

Names like Mario Goetze and Mehdi Loune most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play FC Koln.

FC Koln vs Eintracht Frankfurt Lineups

FC Koln vs Eintracht Frankfurt H2H

Neither FC Koln nor Eintracht Frankfurt managed a breakthrough, when they last faced each other. They ended up settling for a point in a 1-1 draw, and the best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 5/2. FC Koln picked up three wins in their previous ten matches against Eintracht Frankfurt, while the latter claimed two wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 5/2.

FC Koln vs Eintracht Frankfurt Results

Over 2.5 goals happened only three times in the last ten matches FC Koln took on Eintracht Frankfurt. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 10/11 with the bookies.

FC Koln vs Eintracht Frankfurt Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Bundesliga, Davie Selke will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Eintracht Frankfurt hope Ansgar Knauff can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three Bundesliga goals in his last six Bundesliga games.

RheinEnergieSTADION witnessed FC Koln winning two of their 10 latest matches across all tournaments here. They drew three and lost five in this run. Eintracht Frankfurt won four of their previous 10 games away, drew two and lost four. FC Koln claimed just one wins to nil in their last 10 matches at RheinEnergieSTADION.

Less than 2.5 goals came out three times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet three times. FC Koln managed an average of 1.5 goals, with Eintracht Frankfurt averaging 1.3 goals. In their last ten matches across all tournaments, FC Koln saw three of them finish with more than 2.5 goals, with themselves scoring an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Betting on over 2.5 goals in the last ten Eintracht Frankfurt-matches would have returned some winnings in six of them. Eintracht Frankfurt managed to score an average of 1.4 times goals per game.