RB Leipzig vs FC Koln Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 28th October 2023

RB Leipzig take on FC Koln on Saturday at Red Bull Arena Leipzig with both fighting to improve on their current position at either end of the Bundesliga standings.

RB Leipzig are number 5 in the table on 17 points after eight matches. FC Koln rank as number 16 with four points after eight matches played.

Performances have been abysmal for FC Koln who will be eyeing a chance of redemption when going up against RB Leipzig.

Before their upcoming match in the Bundesliga, RB Leipzig are performing absolutely brilliant, when it comes to goal scoring. In the past ten outings, they performed a formidable average of 2.6 goals per game. An awe-inspiring total of 26 goals. They let ten goals slip in, which creates an average of one per game. During this run they fought their way to four clean sheets.

FC Koln travel to their next Bundesliga match, averaging a lowly 0.9 goals per game in their last ten matches. They scored a disappointing total of nine goals, while also conceding 18 goals. That amounts to an average of 1.8 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring zero times.

RB Leipzig and FC Koln settled for a point in a 0-0 draw, when last faced with each other. The best betting odds on a another draw at full-time with the bookies are at 15/4.

RB Leipzig vs FC Koln Prediction

RB Leipzig Form

Their last three matches saw RB Leipzig drawing 0-0 with Bochum, before taking out Darmstadt by 1-3, and FK Crvena Zvezda by 3-1. RB Leipzig put four wins on the board in their previous six Bundesliga matches at the Red Bull Arena Leipzig. They drew twice while losing none, scored 16 goals while conceding six.

FC Koln Form

FC Koln suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches as they were run over by VfB Stuttgart in a 0-2 defeat. Bayer Leverkusen also proved too hard to handle as they won 3-0, before FC Koln were able to strike back in a 3-1 win against B. M'gladbach. In their last six Bundesliga away matches, FC Koln failed to win more than once. In stead, they've drawn two and lost three, scoring five while also conceding nine times.

RB Leipzig should be too strong against FC Koln to drop any points, and combining this with over 2.5 goals, ups the price on the expected home win at Red Bull Arena Leipzig.

RB Leipzig took 13 points from their last five encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Bundesliga table. This amounts to four wins after scoring ten times and conceding one. FC Koln claimed zero wins and one points from their last six encounters with teams in the top half of the Bundesliga, while scoring three goals to 12 against. RB Leipzig lost just once so far this season in the Bundesliga and after eight games played they recorded five wins and two draws FC Koln show off one win, one draw and six defeats in the Bundesliga.

RB Leipzig vs FC Koln Squads

RB Leipzig Squad

The 47-year-old coach of the home team, Marco Rose, will select the lineup against FC Koln from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Janis Blaswich (0/8), Leopold Zingerle (0/0), Peter Gulacsi (0/0), Timo Schlieck (0/0), Benjamin Henrichs (1/7), Castello Lukeba (1/7), Christopher Lenz (0/2), David Raum (1/8), El Chadaille Bitshiabu (0/0), Lukas Klostermann (0/6), Mohamed Simakan (0/8), Tim Koehler (0/0), Willi Orban (0/3), Amadou Haidara (0/2), Christoph Baumgartner (0/7), Emil Forsberg (1/7), Fabio Carvalho (0/5), Ilaix Moriba (0/0), Kevin Kampl (1/8), Nicolas Seiwald (0/4), Xaver Schlager (0/7), Xavi Simons (3/8), Benjamin Sesko (2/6), Dani Olmo (2/4), Ikoma Lois Openda (6/8), Timo Werner (1/6), Yussuf Poulsen (0/8).

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

RB Leipzig vs FC Koln Team News

At the time of writing, RB Leipzig have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet FC Koln on Saturday.

Willi Orban, El Chadaille Bitshiabu and Amadou Haidara take up space in the treatment room and won't be eligible to be called up for home side RB Leipzig, when they face FC Koln on Saturday.

FC Koln have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of the match this coming Saturday against RB Leipzig.

Names like Timo Huebers, Philipp Pentke, Jacob Steen Christensen, Florian Dietz, Mark Uth and Jan Thielmann most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play RB Leipzig.

RB Leipzig vs FC Koln Lineups

RB Leipzig vs FC Koln H2H

It finished all square on when RB Leipzig last faced FC Koln. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 0-0 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 15/4. RB Leipzig have a 40% win rate in the against FC Koln, who won two of these matches. The total record reads 4-4-2, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

RB Leipzig vs FC Koln Results

In eight of the previous ten matches between RB Leipzig and FC Koln both teams scored.

RB Leipzig vs FC Koln Betting Tips

Ikoma Lois Openda has four strikes in six Bundesliga matches for RB Leipzig, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with FC Koln. The visitors are looking to Florian Kainz, who has provided his team with three Bundesliga goals.

RB Leipzig claimed six wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing two and losing two. FC Koln won four of their last 10 away games, as they also drew three and lost three of these matches. 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 six times in FC Koln''s last 10 league games away from home.

The last ten encounters between RB Leipzig and FC Koln saw over 2.5 goals scored seven times, with RB Leipzig averaging 1.8 goals a game. FC Koln scored 1.2 goals on average in these, as both teams scored eight 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 2.1 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for FC Koln, who scored 2.8 times on average in these matches.