FC Koln vs RB Leipzig Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 8th February 2026

FC Koln welcome RB Leipzig this coming Sunday in the Bundesliga, with the host motivated by the possibility of closing the gap in the table on the visitors. On the other hand, the latter could distance themselves even further with a win in this exciting round 21 match.

FC Koln are number 10 in the table on 23 points after 20 matches. RB Leipzig rank as number 4 with 36 points after 20 matches played.

FC Koln are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with RB Leipzig but odds don't favour them to pull it off.

FC Koln go into their next Bundesliga match, scoring a humble average of 1.2 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 12 times, while conceding 17. That amounts to an average of 1.7 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring one times.

RB Leipzig scored 18 goals, conceded 14 and managed five clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

RB Leipzig won 3-1 and 5-1 in the two most recent meetings with FC Koln, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage.

FC Koln vs RB Leipzig Prediction

FC Koln Form

FC Koln added two wins to their account in their three most recent outings, as they beat Mainz 05 by 2-1. Their next match left them empty-handed in a 2-1 defeat against Freiburg, followed up by a 1-0 win against Wolfsburg. FC Koln claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Bundesliga. They also drew one and lost three, scored eight goals and conceded ten.

RB Leipzig Form

RB Leipzig show a mix of results in their previous three matches. They started well with a 0-3 win against FC Heidenheim. Then a 1-1 draw with St. Pauli followed before they lost against Mainz 05 with a 1-2 scoreline. RB Leipzig won twice, while also recording two draws, and two defeats in their last six away matches in the Bundesliga. The scoreline from these matches says seven goals conceded and 12 scored.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, and we fully expect the trend to continue, when FC Koln renew RB Leipzig their acquaintance.

FC Koln fought their way to one wins and three points from their last six games against teams inside the top six. They were on target four times in these matches, but also let in 11 goals. RB Leipzig won three of their last nine matches against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table, scoring 16 and conceding 22 goals. They collected ten points from these. FC Koln are looking at a record of six wins, five draws and nine defeats in the Bundesliga this season. RB Leipzig enjoy a record of 11 wins, three draws and six defeats in the Bundesliga.

FC Koln vs RB Leipzig Squads

FC Koln Squad

The 44-year-old coach of the home team, Lukas Kwasniok, will select the lineup against RB Leipzig from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Marvin Schwaebe (0/20), Matthias Koebbing (0/0), Ron-Robert Zieler (0/0), Benno Schmitz (0/0), Cenk Ozkacar (0/11), Dominique Heintz (0/7), Emin Kujovic (0/0), Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (0/3), Jan Thielmann (2/17), Joel Schmied (0/11), Kristoffer Lund Hansen (0/19), Luca Kilian (0/0), Rav van den Berg (0/8), Sebastian Sebulonsen (0/20), Timo Huebers (0/8), Alessio Castro-Montes (0/8), Denis Huseinbasic (0/13), Eric Martel (1/19), Fayssal Harchaoui (0/0), Florian Kainz (1/10), Isak Bergmann Johannesson (1/19), Said El Mala (7/20), Tom Krauss (0/16), Fynn Schenten (0/3), Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (3/13), Jakub Kaminski (5/20), Linton Maina (2/14), Malek El Mala (0/0), Marius Buelter (3/18), Ragnar Ache (3/19).

RB Leipzig Squad

Below is the full team squad of RB Leipzig. The manager Werner will pick his starting XI against FC Koln from these players:

Leopold Zingerle (0/0), Maarten Vandevoordt (0/0), Peter Gulacsi (0/20), Benjamin Henrichs (0/3), Castello Lukeba (1/16), David Raum (3/20), El Chadaille Bitshiabu (0/7), Kosta Nedeljkovic (0/5), Lukas Klostermann (0/4), Max Finkgrafe (0/3), Willi Orban (1/20), Andrija Maksimovic (0/8), Antonio Nusa (2/17), Christoph Baumgartner (6/19), Ezechiel Banzuzi (0/17), Forzan Assan Ouedraogo (3/12), Kevin Kampl (0/0), Nicolas Seiwald (0/20), Ridle Baku (1/18), Viggo Gebel (0/0), Xaver Schlager (2/16), Conrad Harder (2/17), Johan Bakayoko (2/13), Romulo Cruz (6/16), Samba Konate (0/1), Sani Suleiman (0/0), Tidiam Gomis (1/12), Yan Diomande (7/19).

FC Koln vs RB Leipzig Team News

FC Koln vs RB Leipzig Lineups

FC Koln vs RB Leipzig H2H

RB Leipzig got the better of FC Koln in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 3-1 and 5-1, respectively. All in all, RB Leipzig have a fine reading on FC Koln in previous seasons with a 5-4-1 advantage going into this match. The bookies have RB Leipzig to win this match at best price odds of 11/10.

FC Koln vs RB Leipzig Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when FC Koln welcome RB Leipzig as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 1/2 with the bookies on Sunday.

FC Koln vs RB Leipzig Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Ragnar Ache, who is performing well for FC Koln. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Bundesliga outings. He'll be out to add more goals against RB Leipzig.The visitors will be looking to Romulo Cruz to find the net once again, after managing two Bundesliga goals for RB Leipzig in recent matches.

FC Koln claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing four. RB Leipzig won five of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost two of the games in this run. Goals are usually flowing for FC Koln on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in eight of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened five times for RB Leipzig in their last 10 league games away from home.

Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals, while at least four goals happened six times. FC Koln managed an average of one goal, while RB Leipzig averaged 2.5 goals a game. FC Koln saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.1 goals during this run. In the last ten games for RB Leipzig, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.9 times goals per game themselves.