Only a win will satisfy the RB Leipzig supporters in this Red Bull Arena clash with Köln, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Bundesliga table.
- RB Leipzig has the fewest conceded goals (9) in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Köln have scored away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
RB Leipzig form and stats
RB Leipzig, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Bundesliga, have been very solid at home in the Bundesliga so far, with 18 points collected from 6 matches (6-0-0). This has contributed greatly to their 3rd position in the table.
Leipzig are confident in defense, having played 195 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Leipzig, who won 1-0 against Hoffenheim (placed 13th). Before that, RB Leipzig had a home game versus Werder Bremen which ended with a victory 2-0.
Leipzig are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eleven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew four and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Leipzig as they are travelling to their away game against Augsburg in the DFB Pokal. That match is three days after this one.
Leipzig are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (16 goals in 6 games). Leipzig have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Köln form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Momentum is building for Köln in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Bundesliga home defeat versus Bayer Leverkusen with 0-4 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Mainz 05 at their stadium, the result 1-0.
Köln lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Köln played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
After this away game Köln return home for a DFB Pokal game against Osnabrück. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Köln are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings between the teams: RB Leipzig won four, Köln won one and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Yurary Poulsen 4 goals |  J. Esmoris Tasende 4 goals |  M. Sabitzer 3 goals |
RB Leipzig missing players
Köln missing players
| RB Leipzig | Köln | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 24 | 16 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 83% |
| 50% | 83% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 20% | 58% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 75% |
| 42% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 8% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.6 | 19.5 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| 5.5 | 7.7 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| 36% | 35% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 28% | 33% |
- All of RB Leipzig's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Köln haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- RB Leipzig has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig has the fewest conceded goals (9) in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig has the most matches under the total-line (8) in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig has the most points (18) at home in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- RB Leipzig have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- RB Leipzig have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Köln have scored away.
- RB Leipzig have scored in all their home matches so far.
- RB Leipzig have won all their matches at home so far.
- RB Leipzig haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 28 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 27 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 27 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 22 |
| 5 | Wolfsburg | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 18 |
| 7 | Stuttgart | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Augsburg | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Freiburg | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Hoffenheim | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 12 |
| 14 | Werder Bremen | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Köln | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -8 | 10 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -15 | 7 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 6 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 23 | -27 | 4 |