Bundesliga: RB Leipzig thought to beat FC Köln

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Red Bull Arena (42558 seats)

It's round two of the Bundesliga season and a lot to play for. Check out our full preview of RB Leipzig-FC Köln!

Both participants have had sufficient rest since their previous game. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face fixture!

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RB Leipzig form and stats

The season before, RB Leipzig's league statistics were 17 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses, producing 4th spot in the Bundesliga. During these 34 matches they scored 72 goals and conceded 37. Appearing as the home side in the former season RB Leipzig delivered 11-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 43 goals and 17 conceded.

An away draw last time out for RB Leipzig, facing VfB Stuttgart in a game that ended 1-1. The versatile forward Olmo bested all teammates in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.82 out of 10. Olmo served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 46 total).

Erik lost again

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FC Köln form and stats

Let's have a look at how FC Köln performed last season in the Bundesliga: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 10 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded 49 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 25/28 goals scored/conceded.

Köln are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the match against Schalke 04 (placed 15th). Ljubičić got a match rating of 8.64 in that game, top player of the team. Ljubičić scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 33 total).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (RB Leipzig wins - draws - FC Köln wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RB LeipzigC. Nkunku
C. Nkunku
1 goals
FC KölnD. Ljubicic
D. Ljubicic
1 goals
FC KölnF. Kainz
F. Kainz
1 goals

RB Leipzig missing players

FC Köln missing players

Total First Half Second Half
RB Leipzig FC Köln
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
9 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 9
1 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
20 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 26
8 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 7
12% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 43%
 
6 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 6
1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
RB Leipzig Last season FC Köln
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
17 11   Won W   5 14
7 2   Drew D   6 10
10 4   Lost L   6 10
72 43   Scored S   25 52
37 17   Conceded C   28 49
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
85% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 79%
56% 76%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 53%
41% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 47%
26% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 18%
59% 53%   BTTS BTTS   76% 68%
29% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 12%
15% 12%   Failed to Score F T   18% 21%
 
4.8 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 5.3
3.7 2.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 5.3
1.4 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
13.2 14.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.4 13.8
5.5 6.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.7
39% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 33%
 
10.3 7.8   Shots against (avg) S A   13.9 12.9
3.5 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.1 4.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 1 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 5 3
2 Freiburg 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
3 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 FC Köln 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Union Berlin 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Mainz 05 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Borussia Dortmund 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Wolfsburg 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Werder Bremen 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 RB Leipzig 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 VfB Stuttgart 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Bochum 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Bayer Leverkusen 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Hertha BSC 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
15 Schalke 04 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Hoffenheim 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Augsburg 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
18 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 0 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 34 24 5 5 97 37 17 13 2 2 48 15 17 11 3 3 49 22 60 77
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 3 9 85 52 17 13 0 4 52 28 17 9 3 5 33 24 33 69
3 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 7 8 80 47 17 10 2 5 39 23 17 9 5 3 41 24 33 64
4 RB Leipzig 34 17 7 10 72 37 17 11 2 4 43 17 17 6 5 6 29 20 35 58
5 Union Berlin 34 16 9 9 50 44 17 10 5 2 25 17 17 6 4 7 25 27 6 57
6 Freiburg 34 15 10 9 58 46 17 8 5 4 32 25 17 7 5 5 26 21 12 55
7 FC Köln 34 14 10 10 52 49 17 9 4 4 27 21 17 5 6 6 25 28 3 52
8 Mainz 05 34 13 7 14 50 45 17 10 5 2 33 11 17 3 2 12 17 34 5 46
9 Hoffenheim 34 13 7 14 58 60 17 8 4 5 34 24 17 5 3 9 24 36 -2 46
10 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 12 9 13 54 61 17 8 4 5 33 27 17 4 5 8 21 34 -7 45
11 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 10 12 12 45 49 17 4 7 6 20 22 17 6 5 6 25 27 -4 42
12 Wolfsburg 34 12 6 16 43 54 17 7 3 7 25 21 17 5 3 9 18 33 -11 42
13 Bochum 34 12 6 16 38 52 17 8 4 5 21 17 17 4 2 11 17 35 -14 42
14 Augsburg 34 10 8 16 39 56 17 7 4 6 25 26 17 3 4 10 14 30 -17 38
15 VfB Stuttgart 34 7 12 15 41 59 17 6 4 7 28 32 17 1 8 8 13 27 -18 33
16 Hertha BSC 34 9 6 19 37 71 17 6 3 8 24 33 17 3 3 11 13 38 -34 33
17 Arminia Bielefeld 34 5 13 16 27 53 17 2 10 5 15 23 17 3 3 11 12 30 -26 28
18 Greuther Furth 34 3 9 22 28 82 17 3 5 9 15 33 17 0 4 13 13 49 -54 18

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 1 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 5 3
2 Freiburg 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
3 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 FC Köln 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Union Berlin 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Mainz 05 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Borussia Dortmund 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Wolfsburg 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Werder Bremen 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 RB Leipzig 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 VfB Stuttgart 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Bochum 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Bayer Leverkusen 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Hertha BSC 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
15 Schalke 04 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Hoffenheim 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Augsburg 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
18 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 0 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0

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