SC Freiburg vs FC Koln Prediction: Freiburg to continue the push for Champions League football with their last home game before the break

With SC Freiburg's strong home form, this will be a very difficult match for FC Koln. FC Koln used their normal starting eleven in the midweek Europa game. They also have some serious injury list in some relevant positions. Freiburg can potentially be league leaders with a win as they are two points behind Union Berlin and one point behind Bayern Munich. With all these conditions and Freiburgs push for Champions League football next season, we expect a win for SC Freiburg.

SC Freiburg

Freiburg is flying high on the Bundesliga table and also producing some scintillating attacking football that has been yielding results both in the Bundesliga and Europe. The team is in the third position on the Bundesliga table have lost one match in the last five Bundesliga matches against the current Bundesliga Champions. Freiburg rested some players in their midweek game hence can call on some much-needed fresh leg. 

FC Koln

With FC Koln using their starting eleven in the midweek match to aid their qualification, fatigue may be an issue for the squad. Fatigue coupled with the rapid injury situation will not be favourable for FC Koln especially as they are playing away from home. It will be interesting to see the lineup, however, we expect a draw to be the best result for FC Koln in this match. 

Head-to-head encounters

Freiburg have the upper hand in this match as they have won sixteen of the thirty-one matches played between these two sides in all competition. FC Koln on the other hand have won nine and drawn the remaining six. Matches between these two sides usually end in over 1.5 goals.

Injuries and suspensions

• SC Freiburg: Jonathan Schmid, Manuel Gulde, Kimberly Ezekwem, Kevin Schade;
• FC Koln: Jonas Hector, Mark Uth, Dejan Ljubicic, Dimitrios Limnios, Tim Lemperle, Florian Dietz, Sebastian Andersson

Key stats

• Freiburg have lost one match in their last five Bundesliga match played;
• In a matter of just ten days, Koln will be playing their fourth game.

Expert Betting Tips

Fatigue and injuries are limiting the potential of FC Koln and we expect SC Freiburg to capitalize on this in the match. Below are the predictions on betway, bet365, and 1xbet. 

• BTTS for 1.72 at 1xbet;
• W1 and over 1.5 for 1.92 at betway;
• W1 for 1.70 at bet365.