SC Freiburg receive FC Köln as clear favourites: Full football preview

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 06.November
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Europa Park Stadium (34700 seats)

Bundesliga: SC Freiburg are ready for the visit of FC Köln in what is nearly guaranteed to be an engaging football fixture. Tipsway gives you all the pre-match info you need!

Insights:
  • SC Freiburg have the most clean sheets (7) in Bundesliga
  • FC Köln have the most points from losing position (12) in Bundesliga

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.

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SC Freiburg form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what SC Freiburg have to build on here at Europa Park Stadium in the Bundesliga. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Europa Park Stadium.

Freiburg are confident in defense, having played 190 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The SC Freiburg boss Streich and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Qarabag in the Europa League. Petersen, a natural forward, was the declared top performer for the side in that fixture, collecting a rating of 7.41 (out of 10). Petersen scored one goal and hit one key pass.

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Schalke 04.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Freiburg matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 5 games).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for SC Freiburg as they are travelling to their away game against RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga. That match is three days after this one.

Freiburg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. SC Freiburg are not conceding a lot of goals here at Europa Park Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.

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FC Köln form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Köln so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-2 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Köln have lost on their last two travels.

FC Köln delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Nice in their previous game; a Europa Conference League fixture. Midfield player Huseinbašić was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.05/10. Huseinbašić scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Hoffenheim.

Betting related statistic: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's latest 12 league games.

A new game in only three days for FC Köln, the Bundesliga home match versus Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Busy days.

Köln has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. The opposition has been scoring high and low on FC Köln's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 16 goals in 6 travels.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

SC FreiburgV. Grifo
V. Grifo
6 goals
FC KölnF. Kainz
F. Kainz
5 goals
FreiburgM. Gregoritsch
M. Gregoritsch
4 goals

SC Freiburg missing players

FC Köln missing players

SC Freiburg FC Köln
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 5 3 Played P 2 6 12
7 3 2 Won W 0 1 4
3 1 1 Drew D 2 3 5
2 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
18 6 4 Scored S 3 10 20
13 4 1 Conceded C 3 16 23
83% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
67% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 83%
50% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 58%
42% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 67% 58%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 42%
33% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 75%
58% 60% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
25% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 25%
 
5 5.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 8 6 6.2
4.5 4 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.7 5.2
1.6 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
15 18.4 17.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 11.8 13.4
5.7 7.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.7 4.4
26% 17% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 45% 38%
 
13.9 13.8 14 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 12.3 12.1
4 3.4 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.2 4.8
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of FC Köln's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • FC Köln have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • FC Köln have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Köln have the most points from losing position (12) in Bundesliga
  • FC Köln haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • SC Freiburg have the most clean sheets (7) 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 FC Union Berlin 12 8 2 2 21 9 6 5 1 0 12 4 6 3 1 2 9 5 12 26
2 Bayern München 12 7 4 1 38 10 6 4 2 0 20 5 6 3 2 1 18 5 28 25
3 SC Freiburg 12 7 3 2 18 13 5 3 1 1 6 4 7 4 2 1 12 9 5 24
4 Borussia Dortmund 12 7 1 4 20 15 6 4 1 1 12 5 6 3 0 3 8 10 5 22
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 12 6 2 4 25 20 7 3 1 3 14 11 5 3 1 1 11 9 5 20
6 RB Leipzig 12 5 4 3 22 18 6 5 1 0 16 4 6 0 3 3 6 14 4 19
7 Hoffenheim 12 5 3 4 18 13 6 3 1 2 9 7 6 2 2 2 9 6 5 18
8 Werder Bremen 12 5 3 4 21 18 6 2 1 3 11 10 6 3 2 1 10 8 3 18
9 Mainz 05 12 5 3 4 18 19 5 1 3 1 7 5 7 4 0 3 11 14 -1 18
10 FC Köln 12 4 5 3 20 23 6 3 2 1 10 7 6 1 3 2 10 16 -3 17
11 Borussia M'gladbach 12 4 4 4 20 19 6 4 0 2 13 7 6 0 4 2 7 12 1 16
12 Wolfsburg 12 3 5 4 17 19 6 2 3 1 13 10 6 1 2 3 4 9 -2 14
13 Augsburg 12 4 2 6 15 21 6 1 2 3 6 12 6 3 0 3 9 9 -6 14
14 Hertha BSC 12 2 5 5 14 17 6 1 4 1 8 8 6 1 1 4 6 9 -3 11
15 Stuttgart 12 2 5 5 15 21 7 2 2 3 9 9 5 0 3 2 6 12 -6 11
16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 12 2 3 7 16 25 6 1 2 3 10 11 6 1 1 4 6 14 -9 9
17 Bochum 12 2 1 9 11 32 6 2 1 3 7 13 6 0 0 6 4 19 -21 7
18 Schalke 04 12 1 3 8 11 28 6 1 1 4 8 17 6 0 2 4 3 11 -17 6

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