FC Koln vs Freiburg Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 29th April 2023
FC Koln could close the current gap on the top four, when they face off against Freiburg this coming Saturday. Their current position in the Bundesliga standings naturally favours Freiburg, but FC Koln won't be short on motivation.
FC Koln are chasing revenge after succumbing to a disappointing defeat in the latest encounter against Freiburg. However, judging by prices from the bookmakers, they are in for a tough assignment this coming Saturday.
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 16. That amounts to an average of 1.6 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring three times.
Freiburg managed a bearable 15 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.5 goals per game. They conceded seven goals in total, and while claiming three clean sheets, they conceded 0.7 goals an average per game.
The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Freiburg came away as 2-0 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome this coming Saturday.
FC Koln vs Freiburg Prediction
FC Koln Form
FC Koln look good before their upcoming match, in which they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last three matches, they first beat Augsburg by 1-3, before drawing 1-1 with Mainz 05. They were back as winners last time out, when they took out Hoffenheim 1-3. 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 three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored four and conceded five goals.
Freiburg Form
Freiburg look back on their last three matches with six points to show for their efforts. Against Bayern Munich, they were left empty-handed in a 0-1 defeat, but they bounced back by beating Werder Bremen in a 1-2 win. They followed that up with a 4-0 win against Schalke 04 in their most recent outing. Freiburg won twice, while also recording two draws, and two defeats in their last six away matches in the Bundesliga. The scoreline from these matches says 13 goals conceded and six scored.
Does FC Koln have enough in the tank to down Freiburg this coming Saturday? We are not as sure as odds suggest, but considering aspects like form, strength in squad and match history, we believe they'll come through in the end.
FC Koln are looking at a record of eight wins, 11 draws and ten defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Freiburg enjoy a record of 15 wins, eight draws and six defeats in the Bundesliga.
FC Koln vs Freiburg Stats
- In the last 7 FC Koln home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 5 FC Koln home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In the last 3 matches in a row FC Koln played, both teams scored
- FC Koln have not won 8 of the last 10 matches
- FC Koln have not won the last 5 home matches in a row
- In the last 13 Freiburg matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 7 Freiburg away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Freiburg have conceded in the last 8 matches in a row
- In the last 3 away matches in a row Freiburg played, both teams scored
- In 4 of the last 5 matches Freiburg played, both teams scored
FC Koln vs Freiburg Squads
FC Koln Squad
The 51-year-old coach of the home team, Steffen Baumgart, will select the lineup against Freiburg from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:
Julian Roloff (0/0), Marvin Schwaebe (0/0), Matthias Koebbing (0/0), Timo Horn (0/0), Benno Schmitz (1/27), Georg Strauch (0/0), Jonas Hector (0/27), Julian Chabot (0/16), Kristian Pedersen (0/5), Luca Kilian (1/15), Nikola Soldo (0/7), Rijad Smajic (0/0), Timo Huebers (1/24), Dejan Ljubicic (4/22), Denis Huseinbasic (3/19), Dimitrios Limnios (0/0), Ellyes Skhiri (6/27), Eric Martel (1/25), Florian Kainz (6/27), Jan Thielmann (2/18), Joshua Schwirten (0/0), Kingsley Schindler (0/24), Linton Maina (3/28), Mathias Olesen (0/13), Tim Lemperle (0/10), Davie Selke (3/25), Florian Dietz (1/11), Justin Diehl (0/2), Mark Uth (0/3), Sargis Adamyan (1/23), Sebastian Andersson (0/0), Steffen Tigges (5/26).
Freiburg Squad
Listed below is the full squad of Freiburg players that the manager Christian Streich will choose from for the upcoming game:
Benjamin Uphoff (0/0), Mark Flekken (0/29), Noah Atubolu (0/0), Christian Guenter (0/28), Kenneth Schmidt (0/2), Kilian Sildillia (0/25), Kimberly Ezekwem (0/0), Lukas Kuebler (2/17), Manuel Gulde (0/12), Matthias Ginter (4/29), Philipp Lienhart (1/26), Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (2/12), Jonathan Schmid (0/1), Maximilian Eggestein (1/27), Merlin Roehl (0/2), Nicolas Hoefler (0/28), Noah Weisshaupt (0/14), Ritsu Doan (4/29), Robert Wagner (0/3), Roland Sallai (1/15), Vincenzo Grifo (13/28), Woo-Yeong Jeong (1/23), Yannik Keitel (0/19), Lucas Hoeler (5/21), Michael Gregoritsch (10/26), Nils Petersen (0/24).
FC Koln vs Freiburg Team News
FC Koln are sweating on the fitness of no less than seven players before their match on Saturday.
Davie Selke, Luca Kilian, Sargis Adamyan, Jan Thielmann, Mark Uth, Florian Dietz and Sebastian Andersson are missing from the squad, FC Koln will field against Freiburgthis coming Saturday.
Freiburg face a list of five absentees from the squad ahead of their next match this coming Saturday against FC Koln.
Freiburg need to do without Philipp Lienhart, Noah Atubolu, Jonathan Schmid, Yannik Keitel and Kimberly Ezekwem, who are not fit enough to travel to RheinEnergieSTADION.
FC Koln vs Freiburg Lineups
FC Koln vs Freiburg H2H
FC Koln took a hit when Freiburg handed them a 2-0 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured three points to their name by claiming a 1-0 win. A draw might be high-priced, but nevertheless seems fairly unlikely, judging by their ten recent outings against each other. FC Koln managed three wins, while Freiburg grabbed all three points six times in these ten matches. Picking the home win gets you odds at 13/10 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 2/1.
FC Koln vs Freiburg Results
Both teams found the back of the net six times in the last ten matches between FC Koln and Freiburg.
FC Koln vs Freiburg Betting Tips
It has been a great season for Vincenzo Grifo who bagged 13 for his club so far and bringing that kind of form to the table is crucial for the success of Freiburg.
RheinEnergieSTADION witnessed FC Koln winning four of their 10 latest matches across all tournaments here. They drew three and lost three in this run. Freiburg won five of their previous 10 games away, drew two and lost three. Over 2.5 goals paid out with the bookmakers four times in the previous 10 FC Koln matches at RheinEnergieSTADION. It paid out in six of the previous 10 league matches away for Freiburg.
There were more than three goals scored five times in the past ten encounters between FC Koln and Freiburg, with the former averaging 1.5 goals a game. Freiburg scored 2.2 goals per game, while both teams to score paid out six times in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of FC Koln’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Freiburg, who managed to score 1.2 times in those matches.
