Freiburg vs FC Koln Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th December 2023

At Europa-Park Stadion, FC Koln and Freiburg battle it out for three points in a Bundesliga match where both are in need of points to boost their tally.

Placed eighth in the table Freiburg have amassed 21 points after 14 matches. On ten points, FC Koln rank 16th with 14 matches played this season.

Freiburg came away with three points from the latest encounter with FC Koln. It would be a surprise if they fail do to it again, when they face each other this coming Sunday.

Freiburg go into their next Bundesliga match, scoring a humble average of 1.2 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 12 times, while conceding 13. That amounts to an average of 1.3 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring four times.

FC Koln average 0.7 goals per game, scoring seven times, while conceding 17. That makes an average of 1.7 per game, with clean sheet in two as well in their previous ten matches.

Freiburg had a good reading on FC Koln in their last two meetings, which they won by 2-0 and 1-0, respectively.

Freiburg vs FC Koln Prediction

Freiburg Form

Freiburg are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Mainz 05 by 0-1, before beating Wolfsburg by 0-1. The winning streak came to an end against West Ham, who ran out 2-0 winners. In their last six Bundesliga home matches, Freiburg have three wins, while they've drawn two and lost one. They scored 11 and conceded nine goals.

FC Koln Form

In their last three matches, FC Koln lost 0-1 against Bayern Munich, won 0-1 against Darmstadt, and drew 0-0 with Mainz 05. FC Koln claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Bundesliga. They also drew two and were defeated three times, as they were outscored by 13 goals to four.

Freiburg have built up a nice momentum, and we doubt FC Koln are capable of getting in the way of the home side at Europa-Park Stadion, as we aim for the home win.

Freiburg took 14 points from their last six encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Bundesliga table. This amounts to four wins after scoring nine times and conceding five. FC Koln claimed zero wins and two points from their last eight encounters with teams in the top half of the Bundesliga, while scoring three goals to 18 against. Freiburg have a record of six wins, three draws and five defeats in the Bundesliga this season. FC Koln are looking at two wins, four draws and eight defeats in the Bundesliga.

Freiburg vs FC Koln Squads

Freiburg Squad

The 58-year-old Streich will select the starting eleven against FC Koln from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Benjamin Uphoff (0/0), Florian Mueller (0/0), Jaaso Jantunen (0/0), Noah Atubolu (0/14), Christian Guenter (0/1), Jordy Makengo (0/4), Kenneth Schmidt (0/5), Kilian Sildillia (0/13), Lukas Kuebler (0/10), Manuel Gulde (1/9), Matthias Ginter (0/13), Max Rosenfelder (0/0), Philipp Lienhart (1/14), Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (0/0), Fabian Ruedlin (0/1), Maximilian Eggestein (0/14), Merlin Roehl (1/10), Mika Baur (0/0), Nicolas Hoefler (1/10), Noah Weisshaupt (1/11), Ritsu Doan (1/14), Roland Sallai (1/10), Vincenzo Grifo (3/13), Yannik Keitel (0/3), Chukwubuike Adamu (0/10), Lucas Hoeler (3/14), Maximilian Philipp (1/6), Michael Gregoritsch (2/12), Ryan Johansson (0/0).

FC Koln Squad

This is the full squad of players that the FC Koln head coach Baumgart will select from for his starting XI:

Jonas Nickisch (0/0), Marvin Schwaebe (0/14), Matthias Koebbing (0/0), Philipp Pentke (0/0), Benno Schmitz (0/7), Dominique Heintz (0/5), Julian Chabot (0/14), Leart Paqarada (0/12), Luca Kilian (0/8), Max Finkgrafe (0/5), Noah Katterbach (0/0), Rasmus Carstensen (0/12), Timo Huebers (0/14), Dejan Ljubicic (0/13), Denis Huseinbasic (0/8), Dimitrios Limnios (0/0), Eric Martel (0/11), Faride Alidou (0/9), Florian Kainz (3/14), Jacob Steen Christensen (0/0), Jan Thielmann (0/5), Linton Maina (1/12), Mathias Olesen (0/6), Davie Selke (4/12), Florian Dietz (0/1), Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (2/13), Mark Uth (0/5), Sargis Adamyan (0/5), Steffen Tigges (0/11).

Freiburg vs FC Koln Team News

Freiburg could have up to six missing players for various reasons for their upcoming match against FC Koln this coming Sunday.

Kenneth Schmidt, Maximilian Philipp, Michael Gregoritsch, Max Rosenfelder, Christian Guenter and Daniel-Kofi Kyereh are all absent from the Freiburg squad that faces FC Koln at Europa-Park Stadion.

Going to Freiburg, FC Koln have five players out of action for the match this coming Sunday.

Names like Florian Kainz, Leart Paqarada, Sargis Adamyan, Florian Dietz and Mark Uth most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Freiburg.

Freiburg vs FC Koln Lineups

Freiburg vs FC Koln H2H

The last time the pair played each other Freiburg came away as 0-1 winners, and rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind this coming Sunday. Freiburg claimed six wins against FC Koln in the last ten encounters, leaving them with a small psychological edge before their next meeting.

Freiburg vs FC Koln Results

In five of the previous ten matches between Freiburg and FC Koln both teams scored.

Freiburg vs FC Koln Betting Tips

Michael Gregoritsch scored twice in the six most recent games for Freiburg, with Davie Selke providing two goals for FC Koln in his last six.

Freiburg won four of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Europa-Park Stadion. They drew three and lost three as well, while FC Koln won four of their last 10 games away. They drew two and lost four. Goals are usually flowing for Freiburg on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in seven of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened four times for FC Koln in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 3.5 goals happened five times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Freiburg managed an average of 2.1 goals, with FC Koln averaging 1.4 goals. Both teams to score was a winning bet five times in this run of matches. Freiburg saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of FC Koln's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 3.1 goals in these matches.