Cologne vs Kaiserslautern Live Stream, Predictions (May 18)

📊 Form Guide

Cologne

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Cologne are hoping to win again after their last result, a 1-2 Bundesliga 2 victory against Nuremberg.

In that game, Cologne managed 52% possession and 23 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Cologne was Florian Kainz (67', 90'). At the other end, Nuremberg got 5 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Janis Antiste (46') scored for Nuremberg.

It’s been seldom in recent games that Cologne have shown defensive steel. In fact, Cologne have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 6 goals along the way.

Their prior results show that Cologne:

• have not been beaten in the league by Kaiserslautern in their last 3 matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Kaiserslautern

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Kaiserslautern will go into this encounter following on from a 2-1 Bundesliga 2 win versus Darmstadt in their most recent match.

In that game, Kaiserslautern managed 47% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Kaiserslautern, the goalscorers were Marlon Ritter (15') and Ragnar Ache (45'). On the other side, Darmstadt 98 had 14 shots on goal with 4 on target. Luca Marseiler (3') was the scorer for Darmstadt.

Looking at their form, and Kaiserslautern have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals in all. At the back, Kaiserslautern just haven’t been too solid at all. That sort of pattern isn’t assured to be continued into this game, though.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Kaiserslautern:

• have not beaten Cologne when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league games.
• have not been beaten by Cologne in away games against them for the last 4 league games. A very good record, indeed.
• are without a win away from home in their last 5 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head meetings going back to 26/10/2012 shows us that Cologne have won 1 of these & Kaiserslautern 2, with the tally of draws standing at 3.

A combined total of 15 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them from Köln and 9 for Kaiserslautern. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.

The previous league contest between these sides was Bundesliga 2 match day 17 on 22/12/2024 and the score finished Kaiserslautern 0-1 Cologne.

In that match, Kaiserslautern had 67% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

Cologne had 10 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Dejan Ljubičić (33') scored.

The match was refereed by Wolfgang Haslberger.

🗞️ Team News: Cologne

In all likelihood, Köln look set to make use of the 4-2-3-1 system in the match and select Marvin Schwabe, Leart Paqarada, Timo Hübers, Dominique Heintz, Jusuf Gazibegovic, Eric Martel, Jan Thielmann, Denis Huseinbašić, Luca Waldschmidt, Florian Kainz and Tim Lemperle.

ℹ️ Team News: Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern manager Markus Anfang has not got a full squad to pick from. Hendrick Zuck (Cruciate ligament tear), Mika Haas (Knee problems), Fabian Heck (Scaphoid fracture) and Afeez Aremu (Shoulder injury) miss out here.

We’re of the thinking that Kaiserslautern seem likely to elect for a 3-4-1-2 system, giving starts to Julian Krahl, Jan Elvedi, Luca Sirch, Jannis Heuer, Jean Zimmer, Filip Kaloc, Marlon Ritter, Aaron Opoku, Daisuke Yokota, Daniel Hanslik and Ragnar Ache.

🧠 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Cologne will most probably be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

At the same time, Kaiserslautern may well struggle to score a goal of their own although we do reckon that they could well end up seeing enough of the ball to score, too.

Our tip is for a controlled 3-1 winning margin for Cologne come full-time.

📖 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Looking at the betting prices for the match on the full-time result market, backing Cologne is best priced at 1.53, going for the draw is 4.5 and betting on victory for Kaiserslautern will get you 5.25. Those are the top bets offered at the moment.

Renata Leite, 10:04 14/05/2025