St. Pauli vs FC Koln Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th April 2026

When FC Koln come to Millerntor Stadion for the Bundesliga match on Friday, St. Pauli will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

FC Koln will be looking to increase the gap on St. Pauli after their Bundesliga clash this coming Friday. However, the hosts will be eager to prevent that as they will surely want to keep their upcoming opponent close.

St. Pauli are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net eight times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.8 goals per game, as they conceded 18 goals. They managed two clean sheets in these matches.

FC Koln managed a bearable 15 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.5 goals per game. They conceded 18 goals in total, and while claiming one clean sheets, they conceded 1.8 goals an average per game.

It finished all square on when St. Pauli last faced FC Koln. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 1-1 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 11/5.

St. Pauli vs FC Koln Prediction

St. Pauli Form

Only a single draw prevents St. Pauli from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They came up short in a 1-2 defeat against Freiburg, before drawing 1-1 with Union Berlin. They came up empty-handed once again when Bayern Munich ran out as 0-5 winners. St. Pauli only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Bundesliga matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew two and lost two, as they scored six and conceded ten goals.

FC Koln Form

FC Koln have two draws and a win to show from their previous three matches. They started with a 3-3 draw with Borussia Moenchengladbach. This was followed by another draw with Eintracht Frankfurt, this time 2-2, before they outclassed Werder Bremen by 3-1. FC Koln are winless in their last six away games in the Bundesliga, in which they drew three and lost three. They conceded 12 goals while scoring seven themselves.

Going forward, St. Pauli and FC Koln are both in decent form, while at the same time being generous in defence. We are confident, both teams will find the back of the net this coming Friday.

St. Pauli recorded seven points following two wins from their last seven games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored six goals, but also conceded 12. FC Koln earned 11 points from their last eight games against teams placed in the bottom six of the Bundesliga table. They scored 15 goals in those matches, but also allowed 14 goals against on their way to two wins. St. Pauli are looking at a record of six wins, seven draws and 16 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. FC Koln enjoy a record of seven wins, nine draws and 13 defeats in the Bundesliga.

St. Pauli vs FC Koln Squads

St. Pauli Squad

Alexander Blessin 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):

Ben Alexander Voll (0/0), Emil Gazdov (0/0), Nikola Vasilj (0/29), Simon Spari (0/0), Arkadiusz Pyrka (0/26), Connor Metcalfe (0/20), David Nemeth (0/0), Eric Smith (2/24), Fin Stevens (0/0), Jannik Robatsch (0/0), Karol Mets (0/20), Lars Ritzka (0/17), Louis Oppie (1/21), Tomoya Ando (0/10), Adam Dzwigala (1/17), Hauke Wahl (2/25), Jackson Irvine (0/19), James Sands (1/24), Joel Chima Fujita (1/28), Manolis Saliakas (1/15), Marwin Schmitz (0/0), Mathias Rasmussen (0/8), Abdoulie Ceesay (0/16), Andreas Hountondji (4/16), Danel Sinani (5/26), Martijn Kaars (3/24), Mathias Pereira Lage (2/27), Ricky-Jade Jones (2/8), Romeo Aigbekaen (0/0), Taichi Hara (0/3).

FC Koln Squad

Below is the full team squad of FC Koln. The manager Wagner will pick his starting XI against St. Pauli from these players:

Marvin Schwaebe (0/29), Matthias Koebbing (0/0), Ron-Robert Zieler (0/0), Benno Schmitz (0/0), Cenk Ozkacar (0/20), Cenny Neumann (0/2), Dominique Heintz (0/8), Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (0/7), Jan Thielmann (3/22), Joel Schmied (0/13), Kristoffer Lund Hansen (0/28), Luca Kilian (0/0), Rav van den Berg (0/14), Sebastian Sebulonsen (0/26), Timo Huebers (0/8), Alessio Castro-Montes (1/10), Denis Huseinbasic (0/15), Eric Martel (2/27), Fayssal Harchaoui (0/0), Felipe Chavez (0/0), Florian Kainz (1/13), Isak Bergmann Johannesson (1/27), Said El Mala (11/29), Tom Krauss (0/24), Fynn Schenten (0/7), Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (3/20), Jakub Kaminski (7/29), Linton Maina (2/19), Malek El Mala (0/0), Marius Buelter (3/27), Ragnar Ache (7/28), Youssoupha Niang (0/6).

St. Pauli vs FC Koln Team News

St. Pauli vs FC Koln Lineups

St. Pauli vs FC Koln H2H

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time St. Pauli played FC Koln. The pair finished even in a 1-1 match, where no one managed to get the upper hand. St. Pauli go into their upcoming match against FC Koln with a 20% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 1-1-3 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

St. Pauli vs FC Koln Results

In three of the previous five matches between St. Pauli and FC Koln both teams scored.

St. Pauli vs FC Koln Betting Tips

It's been a great season for Said El Mala so far with 11 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target three times in his last six games, and no doubt FC Koln want him to continue this productive spell against St. Paulithis coming Friday.

St. Pauli claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing three. FC Koln won zero of their last 10 games away, drew four and lost six of the games in this run. St. Pauli will be optimistic of getting on the scoresheet this coming Friday, as FC Koln have been unable to keep a single clean sheet in their last 10 away games. The hosts fought their way to three clean sheets in their last 10 games on home soil.

In the last five encounters between St. Pauli and FC Koln over 2.5 goals came out three times, as St. Pauli averaged 1.2 goals a game. FC Koln scored an average of 1.2 goals in these, while both teams scored three times. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of St. Pauli’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.7 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for FC Koln, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.5 times goals per game.