📏 Form Guide

Cologne

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Cologne go into this fixture after a 1-1 Bundesliga 1 stalemate vs Mainz.

In that match, Cologne had 61% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Cologne was Florian Kainz (95'). At the other end, Mainz 05 had 16 shots on goal with 4 on target. Leandro Barreiro (29') scored for Mainz.

It has been seldom in recent games that Cologne haven’t conceded. In fact, Cologne have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 12 goals on the way.

Going into this one, Cologne are winless against Freiburg in their last 3 matches in the league.

Freiburg

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After tasting defeat last time out to VfL Wolfsburg in Bundesliga 1 competition, Freiburg and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Freiburg managed 51% possession and 15 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Wolfsburg had 12 shots at goal with 4 on target. Sebastiaan Bornauw (41' Own goal), Maximilian Arnold (82') and Maxence Lacroix (90') scored for VfL Wolfsburg.

In their previous six outings, Freiburg have bagged the sum of 9 goals. Freiburg have also scored on each one of those occasions. During that period, their defenders have seen 10 goals scored by their opponents. Previous results aside, we’ll just have to find out whether that pattern might be maintained in this upcoming match.

Going into this contest, Freiburg are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head clashes dating back to 09/05/2021 shows us that Cologne have won 1 of these and Freiburg 4, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

An aggregate of 13 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 3 of them from Köln and 10 created by Freiburg. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.

The previous league clash featuring these sides was Bundesliga 1 match day 15 on 17/12/2023 when the final score was Freiburg 2-0 Cologne.

That time, Freiburg managed 52% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The goals were scored by Michael Gregoritsch (72') and Roland Sallai (95').

Cologne had 7 shots at goal with 1 on target.

The match was refereed by Harm Osmers.

ℹ️ Team News: Cologne

The Cologne boss Timo Schultz will be grateful to have no fitness concerns to speak of coming into this clash owing to a completely healthy group available to select from.

It seems likely that Köln may well make use of the 4-2-3-1 system for this game, beginning the first half with Marvin Schwaebe, Benno Schmitz, Timo Huebers, Julian Chabot, Max Finkgrafe, Eric Martel, Denis Huseinbasic, Jan Thielmann, Florian Kainz, Faride Alidou and Steffen Tigges.

📰 Team News: Freiburg

Freiburg boss Christian Streich has to choose a team with limited availability. Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (Cruciate ligament tear), Kenneth Schmidt (Injury to abdominal muscles), Merlin Röhl (Torn muscle fiber), Philipp Lienhart (Knee injury) and Matthias Ginter (Achilles tendon surgery) miss out here. The players ineligible for this match because of suspension are Nicolas Höfler and Kiliann Sildillia.

We believe Freiburg appear most likely to begin the game with a 3-4-2-1 system using Noah Atubolu, Lukas Kuebler, Yannik Keitel, Manuel Gulde, Ritsu Doan, Christian Guenter, Roland Sallai, Maximilian Eggestein, Lucas Hoeler, Vincenzo Grifo and Michael Gregoritsch.

🔮 Prediction

In this game, Freiburg certainly have the ability to score against this Cologne lineup, but it possibly won’t quite be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re going for both teams to score in a 2-1 victory for Cologne by the conclusion of the game. Should be a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 16:06 04/05/2024