Freiburg vs FC Koln Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 6th November 2022

FC Koln could close the current gap on the top four, when they face off against Freiburg on Sunday. Their current position in the Bundesliga standings naturally favours Freiburg, but FC Koln won't be short on motivation. FC Koln ended up winning 1-0 in the most recent meeting between these two rivals. Rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind at Europa-Park Stadion.

Looking at the current standings in the Bundesliga, the two teams are separated by seven points.

Freiburg are chasing revenge after succumbing to a disappointing defeat in the latest encounter against FC Koln. Judging by prices from the bookmakers, they stand a good chance of pulling it off.

Freiburg scored 13 goals, conceded ten and fought their way to six clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

FC Koln are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 15 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.5 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 20 goals, and while FC Koln claimed one clean sheets, they conceded an average of two goals per match.

Freiburg vs FC Koln Prediction

Freiburg form

Freiburg go into their upcoming match unbeaten in their previous three matches, which started off with a 1-1 draw against Olympiacos. They went on to beat Schalke 04 0-2, before sharing the spoils with Qarabag FK in a 1-1 draw. Freiburg won three of their previous six matches at Europa-Park Stadion in the Bundesliga. They drew one and suffered two defeats, scoring seven goals to eight against.

While perhaps not quite strong enough for a podium finish, Freiburg should have no trouble finishing the upper half of the Bundesliga.

FC Koln Form

FC Koln are unbeaten in their previous three matches, winning 0-1 against Slovacko, before sharing the points in a 1-1 draw with Hoffenheim. Another draw followed, this time 2-2 against Nice. In their last six Bundesliga away matches, FC Koln failed to win more than once. In stead, they've drawn three and lost two, scoring ten while also conceding 16 times.

Few people saw FC Koln at the fun end of the table this season, but they are displaying a great form right now.

We fully expect Freiburg to claim a win against FC Koln, but we believe the visitors have enough resistance in them to minimize the expected defeat.

FC Koln won one of their last six matches against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table, scoring seven and conceding 12 goals. They collected six points from these.

Freiburg are looking at a record of seven wins, three draws and two defeats in the Bundesliga this season. FC Koln have a record of four wins, five draws and three defeats in the Bundesliga.

Freiburg vs FC Koln Team News

Freiburg could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against FC Koln.

Jonathan Schmid, Manuel Gulde and Kimberly Ezekwem are missing from the squad, Freiburg will field against FC Kolnthis coming Sunday.

FC Koln could have up to nine players on the injured and absent players for their match on Sunday atEuropa-Park Stadion

Florian Dietz, Ellyes Skhiri, Jonas Hector, Dejan Ljubicic, Jan Thielmann, Tim Lemperle, Sebastian Andersson, Julian Chabot and Mathias Olesen all face a spell on the sidelines for FC Koln due to various injuries.

Freiburg vs FC Koln H2H

The last time the pair played each other, FC Koln came out the other side as 1-0 winners and surely won't mind a repeat of that result. A draw might be high-priced, but nevertheless seems fairly unlikely, judging by their ten recent outings against each other. Freiburg managed five wins, while FC Koln grabbed all three points four times in these ten matches. Picking the home win gets you odds at 1.70 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 4.75.

Freiburg vs FC Koln Results

Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only two times in ten matches between Freiburg and FC Koln. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 1.72 with the bookies this coming Sunday.

Freiburg vs FC Koln Betting Tips

Florian Kainz shows decent form right now for FC Koln, as he scored three goals in his last six games in the Bundesliga. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Freiburg, who are strong favourites on Sunday. Siding with Vincenzo Grifo also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six Bundesliga matches.

In their last 10 matches at Europa-Park Stadion across all tournaments Freiburg won seven times, drew two and lost one times. FC Koln claimed three wins, four draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. In their previous 10 away matches, FC Koln claimed two wins to nil.

In the past ten encounters between Freiburg and FC Koln over 2.5 goals came out eight times, with Freiburg scoring an average of two goals per game. FC Koln averaged 1.8 goals, while both teams scored six times. Freiburg saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across the tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in five of the last ten matches that FC Koln played across all tournaments this season. They scored 1.3 times on average in the process.