Union Berlin vs FC Koln Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 4th March 2023

FC Koln go up against Union Berlin on Saturday for an exciting Bundesliga meeting at Alte Foersterei.

Looking at the current standings in the Bundesliga, the two teams are separated by 17 points.

Union Berlin as well as FC Koln suffered disappointing defeats in their most previous match. This could lead to a cautious encounter as neither side naturally fancies losing once again already.

Union Berlin go into their next Bundesliga match, scoring a humble average of 1.4 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 14 times, while conceding 18. That amounts to an average of 1.8 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

FC Koln hit the target 12 times in the last ten outings, which creates an average of 1.2 goals a game. They conceded 1.3 goals per match for a total of 13 goals, while claiming three clean sheets as well.

Union Berlin not only beat their upcoming in the previous two meetings, they also kept FC Koln from scoring, as they ran out 1-0 and 1-0 winners.

Union Berlin vs FC Koln Prediction

Union Berlin Form

Consistency has not been a trademark for Union Berlin recently, and their last three matches first saw them sharing the points in a 0-0 draw with Schalke 04. This was followed by a 3-1 win against Ajax, before they lost 3-0 against Bayern Munich. Union Berlin managed a strong return of four wins from their previous six matches on home soil in the Bundesliga, where they also drew twice and lost none. They scored 11 goals and conceded five times.

FC Koln Form

In their last three matches, FC Koln won 3-0 win against Eintracht, lost 3-0 against VfB Stuttgart and lost 0-2 against Wolfsburg. FC Koln came through their last six away games in the Bundesliga without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew two and lost four in which, they were outscored by 13 goals to one.

Union Berlin are in decent enough shape to make them the value bet, when facing FC Koln. In their current form, we find it difficult to build an argument for the visitors to steal a point here.

Union Berlin scored 21 goals and conceded 13 in their last 11 games against teams from the bottom half of the Bundesliga table. They collected 23 points and seven victories. FC Koln claimed four wins and 16 points from their last 12 encounters with teams in the top half of the Bundesliga, while scoring 21 goals to 19 against. Union Berlin have a record of 13 wins, four draws and five defeats in the Bundesliga this season. FC Koln show off six wins, eight draws and eight defeats in the Bundesliga.

Union Berlin vs FC Koln Squads

Union Berlin Squad

The 57-year-old Union Berlin manager, Urs Fischer, will select the lineup against FC Koln from these players (the statistics in the brackets refer to scored goals and games played in the Bundesliga this season):

Frederik Roennow (0/18), Jakob Busk (0/0), Lennart Grill (0/4), Yannic Stein (0/0), Christopher Trimmel (0/18), Danilho Doekhi (4/13), Diogo Leite (0/18), Jerome Roussillon (0/10), Mathis Bruns (0/0), Niko Giesselmann (0/18), Paul Jaeckel (1/12), Robin Knoche (2/21), Timo Baumgartl (0/5), Aissa Laidouni (0/4), Aljoscha Kemlein (0/0), Andras Schafer (0/13), Janik Haberer (5/20), Josip Juranovic (0/2), Kevin Moehwald (0/0), Levin Mete Oztunali (0/2), Morten Thorsby (1/15), Paul Seguin (1/15), Rani Khedira (0/21), Jamie Leweling (1/10), Jordan Pefok (4/20), Kevin Behrens (4/22), Milos Pantovic (1/8), Sheraldo Becker (7/22), Sven Michel (3/14), Tim Maciejewski (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:

Julian Roloff (0/0), Marvin Schwaebe (0/0), Matthias Koebbing (0/0), Timo Horn (0/0), Benno Schmitz (1/20), Georg Strauch (0/0), Jonas Hector (0/20), Julian Chabot (0/9), Kristian Pedersen (0/5), Luca Kilian (1/13), Nikola Soldo (0/7), Rijad Smajic (0/0), Timo Huebers (1/17), Dejan Ljubicic (3/15), Denis Huseinbasic (3/14), Dimitrios Limnios (0/0), Ellyes Skhiri (5/21), Eric Martel (0/18), Florian Kainz (5/20), Jan Thielmann (1/14), Joshua Schwirten (0/0), Kingsley Schindler (0/19), Linton Maina (2/21), Mathias Olesen (0/9), Tim Lemperle (0/8), Davie Selke (1/19), Florian Dietz (1/11), Justin Diehl (0/2), Mark Uth (0/3), Sargis Adamyan (1/19), Sebastian Andersson (0/0), Steffen Tigges (5/19).

Union Berlin vs FC Koln Team News

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

Morten Thorsby, Andras Schafer and Kevin Moehwald are all absent from the Union Berlin squad that faces FC Koln at Alte Foersterei.

FC Koln could have up to seven players on the injured and absent players for their match on Saturday atAlte Foersterei

Names like Davie Selke, Luca Kilian, Sargis Adamyan, Jan Thielmann, Mark Uth, Florian Dietz and Sebastian Andersson most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Union Berlin.

Union Berlin vs FC Koln Lineups

Union Berlin vs FC Koln H2H

Union Berlin celebrated a 0-1 win in their most recent meeting with their upcoming opponent. Are we in for something similar at Alte Foersterei on Saturday? Union Berlin tend to have the upper hand against FC Koln, grabbing all three points six times in seven matches. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 19/20.

Union Berlin vs FC Koln Results

Both teams to score paid out four times in the previous seven matches between home side Union Berlin and FC Koln. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 1/1.

Union Berlin vs FC Koln Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Janik Haberer, who is performing well for Union Berlin. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Bundesliga outings. He'll be out to add more goals against FC Koln.The visitors will be looking to Ellyes Skhiri to find the net once again, after managing three Bundesliga goals for FC Koln in recent matches.

In their last 10 matches at Alte Foersterei across all tournaments Union Berlin won nine times, drew one and lost zero times. FC Koln claimed one wins, three draw and six defeats in their last 10 games away. Union Berlin have been ready from the first whistle, scoring the opening goal seven times in their previous 10 matches at Alte Foersterei. FC Koln scored the first goal of the game in two of their last 10 games away.

Over 2.5 goals came up four times in the previous seven encounters between Union Berlin and FC Koln, as Union Berlin scored 1.73 goals on average per game and FC Koln averaging 0.71 goals. Both teams scored in four times of these matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Union Berlin’s last ten matches in all tournaments. They banged in an average of 1.6 goals on the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for FC Koln, who managed to score 2.1 times in those matches.