RB Leipzig vs FC Koln Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 20th September 2025

As the early season favourites, RB Leipzig will look to justify their title credentials this coming Saturday when they take on FC Koln for a round 4 match in the Bundesliga.

Looking at the Bundesliga standings, the current difference between the sides is one points and three places.

FC Koln are currently ahead of RB Leipzig by one point in the Bundesliga table. While the visitors are number three with seven points, the hosts have one point less at number six.

It is early days yet, anything can happen and both RB Leipzig and FC Koln are still highly motivated of getting off to a good start. They both have talented squads, and we expect a cracking affair at Red Bull Arena Leipzig as the teams look to get one over each other.

RB Leipzig only average a modest 1.5 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 15 goals. They also conceded 20 for an average of two per game. They kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Ahead of their coming Bundesliga match, FC Koln look in excellent goal-scoring shape. In their previous ten games, they hammered in an average of 1.5 goals a game. A highly respectable total of 15 goals, while also letting in 16 goals. The latter leaves an average of 1.6 per outing, in which they managed two clean sheets.

RB Leipzig won the last two meetings against FC Koln by a comfortable margin. A 5-1 win was the follow-up to a 6-0 win in two entertaining encounters.

RB Leipzig vs FC Koln Prediction

RB Leipzig Form

In the previous three matches, RB Leipzig lost 6-0 against Bayern Munich, beat FC Heidenheim by 2-0 and won 0-1 against Mainz 05. RB Leipzig won three of their previous six matches at Red Bull Arena Leipzig in the Bundesliga. They drew two and suffered one defeats, scoring 13 goals to eight against.

FC Koln Form

FC Koln recorded a draw and two wins, as the won by 0-1 and 4-1 against Mainz 05 and Freiburg, respectively. Last time out, Wolfsburg ended their streak as the match finished even 3-3. FC Koln managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Bundesliga. On top of winning once they also drew three as well as losing two, while scoring 11 time and letting in seven.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between RB Leipzig and FC Koln.

RB Leipzig vs FC Koln Squads

RB Leipzig Squad

Ole Werner will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against FC Koln from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

Leopold Zingerle (0/0), Maarten Vandevoordt (0/0), Peter Gulacsi (0/3), Benjamin Henrichs (0/0), Castello Lukeba (0/3), David Raum (0/3), El Chadaille Bitshiabu (0/0), Kosta Nedeljkovic (0/1), Lukas Klostermann (0/0), Max Finkgrafe (0/0), Willi Orban (0/3), Amadou Haidara (0/0), Andrija Maksimovic (0/0), Antonio Nusa (0/3), Christoph Baumgartner (1/3), Ezechiel Banzuzi (0/3), Forzan Assan Ouedraogo (0/3), Kevin Kampl (0/1), Nicolas Seiwald (0/3), Ridle Baku (0/3), Viggo Gebel (0/0), Xaver Schlager (0/3), Conrad Harder (0/1), Johan Bakayoko (1/3), Romulo Cruz (1/3), Tidiam Gomis (0/0), Timo Werner (0/0), Yan Diomande (0/3).

FC Koln Squad

Listed below is the full squad of FC Koln players that the manager Lukas Kwasniok will choose from for the upcoming game:

Marvin Schwaebe (0/3), Matthias Koebbing (0/0), Ron-Robert Zieler (0/0), Benno Schmitz (0/0), Cenk Ozkacar (0/1), Dominique Heintz (0/0), Emin Kujovic (0/0), Jan Thielmann (1/3), Joel Schmied (0/3), Jusuf Gazibegovic (0/1), Kristoffer Lund Hansen (0/3), Luca Kilian (0/0), Neo Telle (0/0), Rav van den Berg (0/2), Sebastian Sebulonsen (0/3), Timo Huebers (0/3), Alessio Castro-Montes (0/1), Denis Huseinbasic (0/1), Eric Martel (0/3), Fayssal Harchaoui (0/0), Florian Kainz (0/2), Isak Bergmann Johannesson (1/3), Said El Mala (1/3), Tom Krauss (0/2), Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (1/2), Jakub Kaminski (2/3), Linton Maina (0/0), Malek El Mala (0/0), Marius Buelter (2/3), Ragnar Ache (0/3).

RB Leipzig vs FC Koln Team News

RB Leipzig vs FC Koln Lineups

RB Leipzig vs FC Koln H2H

RB Leipzig left FC Koln begging for mercy when they clattered them 5-1 and 6-0 in their most recent meetings. RB Leipzig hold a 5-4-1 advantage over FC Koln from their latest matches, which is always good to look back on before their next meeting. In the most previous encounter, RB Leipzig outclassed their coming opponent in a 5-1 win. The bookmakers have the hosts to win this match at best price odds of 8/13.

RB Leipzig vs FC Koln Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when RB Leipzig welcome FC Koln as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/13 with the bookies this coming Saturday.

RB Leipzig vs FC Koln Betting Tips

It is the beginning of a new Bundesliga campaign, and both RB Leipzig and FC Koln will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.

In their last 10 matches at Red Bull Arena Leipzig across all tournaments RB Leipzig won five times, drew two and lost three times. FC Koln claimed six wins, three draw and one defeats in their last 10 games away. Goals are flowing freely for RB Leipzig on home soil currently, as both teams scored in six of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target seven times in FC Koln''s last 10 league games away from home.

Over 3.5 goals came out six times in the past ten encounters between RB Leipzig and FC Koln, with the former on an average of 2.6 goals a game. FC Koln scored one goal per game and both teams scored seven times in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for RB Leipzig, who scored an average of 2.4 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came out in nine of the last 10 matches FC Koln played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 4.2 goals themselves during this run.