Bundesliga prediction and preview: Freiburg modest favorites to beat Köln

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 09.January
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Schwarzwald-Stadion (74649 seats)

With their 9 point advantage in the league table, Freiburg fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Köln.

Insights:
  • Freiburg have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Köln has the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Bundesliga

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Freiburg form and stats

2 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Freiburg have to build on here at Schwarzwald-Stadion in the Bundesliga. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Freiburg has won their last four matches. Two home wins in a row for Freiburg bring valid hopes of a third.

A strong away win for Freiburg against Hoffenheim the last match, as Baptiste Santamaria and Vincenzo Grifo were on target. A DFB Pokal defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Stuttgart.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Freiburg handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, three draws and five defeats.

A decent goal production from Freiburg in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. Freiburg have conceded 12 from these games.

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Köln form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Bundesliga, on their Bundesliga travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Köln aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 305 league minutes without a goal. E. Rexhbecaj was the last player to find the net.

Köln failed to get anything from their last game, a Bundesliga home match vs Augsburg (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Before that, Köln secured a home win against Osnabruck with the score 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Köln have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, one draw and three defeats.

The attacking power of Köln when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Freiburg, zero draws and three wins for Köln. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

FreiburgV. Grifo
V. Grifo
7 goals
FreiburgN. Petersen
N. Petersen
5 goals
FreiburgR. Sallai
R. Sallai
3 goals

Freiburg missing players

Köln missing players

Freiburg Köln
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 1 6 14
5 2 1 Won W 0 2 2
5 3 1 Drew D 1 3 5
4 2 1 Lost L 0 1 7
23 13 4 Scored S 1 5 13
24 12 4 Conceded C 1 4 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 93%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 71%
57% 57% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 50%
50% 57% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 29%
21% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
71% 86% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 64%
14% 14% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 14%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 2.7 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.6 17.1 18 Shots (avg) S ( 15 8.7 8.9
4.9 5.9 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3 2.9
33% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 28% 32%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Freiburg's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Freiburg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Köln have scored away.
  • Freiburg have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Freiburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Köln has the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Bundesliga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 RB Leipzig 14 9 4 1 25 9 7 6 1 0 16 3 7 3 3 1 9 6 16 31
2 Bayern München 13 9 3 1 39 19 6 4 2 0 23 8 7 5 1 1 16 11 20 30
3 Bayer Leverkusen 14 8 4 2 29 14 6 3 2 1 13 8 8 5 2 1 16 6 15 28
4 Union Berlin 14 6 6 2 29 18 7 3 3 1 17 9 7 3 3 1 12 9 11 24
5 Wolfsburg 13 6 6 1 20 13 7 5 2 0 12 6 6 1 4 1 8 7 7 24
6 Borussia Dortmund 13 7 1 5 26 18 6 3 0 3 14 10 7 4 1 2 12 8 8 22
7 Borussia M'gladbach 14 5 6 3 25 22 7 2 4 1 10 7 7 3 2 2 15 15 3 21
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 14 4 8 2 23 23 7 2 5 0 11 9 7 2 3 2 12 14 0 20
9 Freiburg 14 5 5 4 23 24 7 2 3 2 13 12 7 3 2 2 10 12 -1 20
10 Augsburg 14 5 4 5 16 19 7 2 2 3 8 11 7 3 2 2 8 8 -3 19
11 Stuttgart 14 4 6 4 26 21 7 0 4 3 9 13 7 4 2 1 17 8 5 18
12 Hertha BSC 14 4 4 6 23 24 7 2 2 3 10 12 7 2 2 3 13 12 -1 16
13 Hoffenheim 14 4 3 7 22 26 7 2 1 4 12 13 7 2 2 3 10 13 -4 15
14 Werder Bremen 14 3 5 6 16 23 7 1 2 4 6 12 7 2 3 2 10 11 -7 14
15 Köln 14 2 5 7 13 22 8 0 2 6 8 18 6 2 3 1 5 4 -9 11
16 Arminia Bielefeld 14 3 1 10 9 24 7 2 0 5 5 11 7 1 1 5 4 13 -15 10
17 Mainz 05 13 1 3 9 12 26 7 0 2 5 6 13 6 1 1 4 6 13 -14 6
18 Schalke 04 14 0 4 10 8 39 7 0 2 5 3 13 7 0 2 5 5 26 -31 4

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The Bundesliga is the top league of the football pyramid in Germany. It is the football league with the highest average stadium attendance worldwide. Bundesliga has 18 teams who play from August to May, a total of 306 fixtures to decide a final league table and the German championship.