FC Koln vs Wolfsburg Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 25th February 2023

FC Koln enjoy home advantage, when visitors Wolfsburg swing by on Saturday for a Bundesliga clash.

FC Koln are number 11 in the table on 26 points after 21 matches. Wolfsburg rank as number seven with 30 points after 21 matches played.

Wolfsburg got hammered last time out and have no intention of letting that go by unnoticed. FC Koln need to strap up before the ride this coming Saturday, as the visitors look for revenge.

FC Koln are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 13 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.3 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 12 goals, or an average of 1.2 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to three clean sheets in this run.

Wolfsburg enter their next Bundesliga match, averaging a highly satisfactory 2.5 goals per game in their last ten matches, in which they scored a presentable total of 25 goals, while also conceding ten times. That is a total average of one per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring six times.

Wolfsburg lost 4-2 against FC Koln in their latest encounter. This served as pay back for the 1-0 defeat, Wolfsburg handed out in the match before.

FC Koln vs Wolfsburg Prediction

FC Koln Form

Consistency has not been a trademark for FC Koln recently, and their last three matches first saw them sharing the points in a 0-0 draw with RB Leipzig. This was followed by a 3-0 win against Eintracht, before they lost 3-0 against VfB Stuttgart. FC Koln claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Bundesliga. They also drew two and lost one, as they scored 15 and conceded six goals.

Wolfsburg Form

Wolfsburg only managed to gain a single point in their past three games, which kicked off with a 2-4 defeat against Bayern Munich. A 0-0 draw with Schalke 04 followed, before RB Leipzig ran out 0-3 winners. Wolfsburg won half their previous six away matches in the Bundesliga, as well as seeing two draws and suffering one defeat. They scored 13 goals whilst conceding five.

In our opinion, current form favours FC Koln slightly more than current odds with the bookmakers suggest. We back them to claim a home win against Wolfsburg on Saturday.

FC Koln are looking at a record of six wins, eight draws and seven defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Wolfsburg have a record of eight wins, six draws and seven defeats in the Bundesliga.

FC Koln vs Wolfsburg Team News

FC Koln could have as many as seven players on the injured and absent list, when they face up to Wolfsburg this coming Saturday.

Davie Selke, Luca Kilian, Sargis Adamyan, Jan Thielmann, Mark Uth, Florian Dietz and Sebastian Andersson are all absent from the FC Koln squad that faces Wolfsburg at RheinEnergieSTADION.

Wolfsburg seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to RheinEnergieSTADION to face FC Koln.

Lukas Nmecha nurses an injury and won't be travelling with Wolfsburg.

FC Koln vs Wolfsburg H2H

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time FC Koln played against Wolfsburg. It finished 2-4 in a great match between the pair. A draw might be high-priced, but nevertheless seems fairly unlikely, judging by their ten recent outings against each other. FC Koln managed five wins, while Wolfsburg grabbed all three points four times in these ten matches. Picking the home win gets you odds at 11/8 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 19/10.

FC Koln vs Wolfsburg Results

In the last ten matches between FC Koln and Wolfsburg over 2.5 goals came out four times. Odds on at least three goals are at 10/11 with bookies.

FC Koln vs Wolfsburg Betting Tips

Ellyes Skhiri has five strikes in six Bundesliga matches for FC Koln, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Wolfsburg. The visitors are looking to Jonas Wind, who has provided his team with three Bundesliga goals.

FC Koln collected five wins, drew three and lost two in the 10 most games across all tournaments at RheinEnergieSTADION. Wolfsburg won four of their previous 10 away, drew three and lost three times. FC Koln kept a clean sheet five times in their previous 10 matches on home soil, while, Wolfsburg have been able to keep a clean sheet in four of their last 10 games away from home.

There were more than three goals scored five times in the past ten encounters between FC Koln and Wolfsburg, with the former averaging 1.6 goals a game. Wolfsburg scored 1.5 goals per game, while both teams to score paid out six times in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for FC Koln, who scored an average of 2.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came out in eight of the last 10 matches Wolfsburg played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.2 goals themselves during this run.