FC Koln vs FC Heidenheim Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 10th May 2026

The penultimate round of the Bundesliga season presents an interesting battle between FC Koln and FC Heidenheim. The match takes place on Sunday at RheinEnergieSTADION.

FC Koln approach round 33 as number 13 in the Bundesliga table with 32 points on their account so far. With 32 rounds behind them, FC Heidenheim have amassed 23 points, placing them as number 18 in the standings.

Both teams have ended up with too many draws most recently. They surely longed for more points from those games, and thus both FC Koln and FC Heidenheim will be looking for a morale-boosting victory to get back on the winning track.

FC Koln scored an average of 1.6 goals in ten matches or a total of 16 while allowing 18 goals against. This is an average of 1.8 goals against per match with zero clean sheets along the way.

FC Heidenheim scored 19 goals, conceded 21 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time FC Koln played against FC Heidenheim. It finished 2-2 in a great match between the pair.

FC Koln vs FC Heidenheim Prediction

FC Koln Form

FC Koln have been too mediocre in their last three matches, where a win has failed to come their way. Against St. Pauli, they recorded a 1-1 draw, before coming up short against Bayer Leverkusen, who ran out 1-2 winners. Lately, they recorded another draw in a 2-2 match with Union Berlin. FC Koln just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Bundesliga matches at the RheinEnergieSTADION. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored 11 and conceded 12 goals.

FC Heidenheim Form

In their last three matches, FC Heidenheim lost 2-1 against Freiburg, won 2-0 against St. Pauli, and drew 3-3 with Bayern Munich. FC Heidenheim came through their last six away games in the Bundesliga without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew two and lost four in which, they were outscored by 11 goals to six.

They went into the season as candidates for the drop, and unfortunately for FC Heidenheim, they have lived up to expectations. As the season draws to a close, they are still in with a chance of escaping relegation, though.

Both FC Koln and FC Heidenheim have been firing on all cylinders, while also conceding frequently. We should be in for a very entertaining match with goals aplenty.

FC Koln recorded 12 points following two wins from their last nine games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored 16 goals, but also conceded 15. FC Heidenheim claimed one wins from 11 goals scored and 17 conceded from their past nine matches against teams placed in the bottom six. This handed them seven points to their account. FC Koln are looking at a record of seven wins, 11 draws and 14 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. FC Heidenheim have a record of five wins, eight draws and 19 defeats in the Bundesliga.

FC Koln vs FC Heidenheim Squads

FC Koln Squad

The 37-year-old coach of the home team, Rene Wagner, will select the lineup against FC Heidenheim from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Marvin Schwaebe (0/32), Matthias Koebbing (0/0), Ron-Robert Zieler (0/0), Benno Schmitz (0/0), Cenk Ozkacar (0/23), Cenny Neumann (0/0), Dominique Heintz (0/8), Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (0/10), Jan Thielmann (3/25), Joel Schmied (0/14), Kristoffer Lund Hansen (0/31), Luca Kilian (0/0), Rav van den Berg (0/14), Sebastian Sebulonsen (0/29), Timo Huebers (0/8), Alessio Castro-Montes (1/12), Denis Huseinbasic (0/15), Eric Martel (2/30), Fayssal Harchaoui (0/0), Felipe Chavez (0/9), Florian Kainz (1/13), Isak Bergmann Johannesson (1/29), Said El Mala (12/32), Tom Krauss (0/25), Fynn Schenten (0/7), Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (5/23), Jakub Kaminski (7/32), Linton Maina (2/22), Malek El Mala (0/0), Marius Buelter (4/30), Ragnar Ache (7/29), Youssoupha Niang (0/8).

FC Heidenheim Squad

Listed below is the full squad of FC Heidenheim players that the manager Frank Schmidt will choose from for the upcoming game:

Diant Ramaj (0/31), Frank Feller (0/1), Paul Tschernuth (0/0), Adam Koelle (0/0), Benedikt Gimber (0/21), Jonas Foehrenbach (1/25), Leart Paqarada (0/0), Leonidas Stergiou (0/5), Marnon-Thomas Busch (1/28), Tim Siersleben (0/15), Adrian Beck (1/23), Hennes Behrens (1/14), Jan Schoeppner (1/29), Julian Niehues (3/24), Luca Kerber (2/17), Nick Rothweiler (0/0), Niklas Dorsch (0/30), Omar Traore (0/24), Patrick Mainka (2/32), Robert Leipertz (0/0), Sirlord Conteh (2/15), Arijon Ibrahimovic (1/30), Budu Zivzivadze (6/18), Christian Conteh (0/7), Eren Dinkci (3/20), Marvin Pieringer (4/25), Mathias Honsak (2/25), Mikkel Kaufmann (1/16), Stefan Schimmer (5/25), Tobias Weigel (0/0), Yannik Wagner (0/0).

FC Koln vs FC Heidenheim Team News

Apparently, FC Heidenheim have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match on Sunday. Leonidas Stergiou and Omar Traore can't be called upon by FC Heidenheim, as they are all sidelined with a suspension.

FC Koln vs FC Heidenheim Lineups

FC Koln vs FC Heidenheim H2H

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time FC Koln played against FC Heidenheim. It finished 2-2 in a great match between the pair. FC Koln go into their upcoming match against FC Heidenheim with a 0% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 0-2-1 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

FC Koln vs FC Heidenheim Results

In three of the previous three matches between FC Koln and FC Heidenheim both teams scored.

FC Koln vs FC Heidenheim Betting Tips

When looking for in-form players to find the target, there are some interesting names popping up in both teams. Said El Mala brings great form to the table, as he is now on three goals in six games. Surely, FC Koln will start him against FC Heidenheim, who also have some appealing names to consider. Not least Budu Zivzivadze, who notched up five goals in his past six games.

FC Koln won four of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing two and losing four as well. FC Heidenheim won zero from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew three and lost seven in this run. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While FC Koln managed to keep a clean sheet in one of the games at RheinEnergieSTADION, FC Heidenheim kept their opponent from scoring in zero of their last 10 away games.

In the last three encounters between FC Koln and FC Heidenheim over 2.5 goals came out two times, as FC Koln averaged 1.33 goals a game. FC Heidenheim scored an average of 2.33 goals in these, while both teams scored three times. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of FC Koln’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.6 goals during this run. In the last ten games for FC Heidenheim, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.9 times goals per game themselves.