First defeat of the season for Effzeh?
The visitors will be nervous going into the match: not only did they lose their last two games against the team from Leipzig, but they also conceded no fewer than eleven goals! So is it worth betting on RB Leipzig against Cologne?
Currently, the teams do not seem as far apart as the last two defeats for the visitors would suggest. Cologne are still unbeaten after three rounds of matches, and the home team have now recovered after a disastrous start to the season in Munich, when RB were completely outplayed 6-0.
The embarrassing defeat on the Isar was followed by two wins against Heidenheim and Mainz. The defense in particular seems to have learned from the Bayern defeat, with both wins coming with a clean sheet. For the duel between RB Leipzig and Cologne, the prediction now points to a third consecutive win for Werner’s home team.
RB Leipzig vs. Koln Prediction AI
BETSiE also predicts a home win for RB when comparing the calculated probabilities of victory for the two teams and the available betting odds. Our artificial intelligence has calculated a probability of 67.5 percent for this outcome, which is higher than the odds of 1.65 offered by Interwetten for an RB victory, which corresponds to a probability of 60.6 percent.
RB Leipzig – Statistics & current form
As described, Leipzig got off to a weak start, but the RB engine is slowly picking up speed. On the other hand, the two recent wins against Heidenheim and Mainz should not be overrated, as the defeated opponents are currently performing poorly.
Mainz have only scored one goal this season, and the kickers from Brenz are also showing this meager output from an offensive perspective. In their case, it can also be noted that, as the bottom team in the table, they have not yet earned a single point! Nevertheless, the two victories have naturally boosted the home side’s confidence, which had been severely dented by their heavy defeat to Bayern at the start of the season.
Will Leipzig strike twice?
Given the improved offense in the last two games and the visitors’ recent defensive frailties, conceding four goals in their last two league games, the betting odds for more than one goal by the hosts are also worth considering in the match between RB Leipzig and Cologne. You can find the corresponding odds at Bet365, and the bookmaker offers mobile betting thanks to its Bet365 app!
RB can also rely on its exceptional statistics against promoted teams. The Saxons have yet to lose a single one of their 36 Bundesliga games against newcomers (31-5-0) – never before in the history of the league has a club had such a long streak against promoted teams!
Austrian has a soft spot for Cologne!
Christoph Baumgartner is also particularly looking forward to facing Effzeh. He has scored more goals and assists against 1. FC Köln (5 goals and two assists) than against any other opponent in the Bundesliga. He is also in good form at the moment: in the last Bundesliga home game against 1. FC Heidenheim, he scored the temporary 1-0.
Koln – Statistics & current form
The promoted team can be very satisfied with its start to the season. After three rounds of games, the four-time DFB Cup winner is still undefeated and, above all, the offense is up to speed. They have scored eight times, a tally surpassed only by the league leaders from Munich.
Against this backdrop, the odds for both teams to score in the match between RB Leipzig and Cologne also look promising.
However, coach Lukas Kwasniok’s defense is showing signs of weakness. On the last matchday, they conceded three goals in Wolfsburg and looked much less organized compared to the first two league games, in which the Second Bundesliga champions had conceded only one goal.
Kamiński has quickly settled in
In attack, new signing Jakub Kamiński has also been particularly accurate. The former Wolfsburg player has already scored two goals and the Pole also proved his strong form during the recent international break. Kaminski also scored in his national team’s jersey in the match against Finland.
The Cologne scouts also had an equally good eye for talent with Marius Bülter. Like Kaminski, the former Hoffenheim striker has already scored twice and set up two more goals for his teammates.
RB Leipzig – Koln Head-to-head record
As mentioned at the beginning, Cologne performed particularly poorly against RB last season, losing both games with a goal difference of 1:11. Due to these two clear defeats, the Billy Goats have now gone six games without a win against the two-time cup winners (0-3-3). Bookmakers expect this dry spell for the three-time German champions to continue, as the odds for RB Leipzig against Cologne are once again clearly in favor of the home side.
RB Leipzig – Koln Tip
RB Leipzig lost several key offensive players in the summer, including Xavi Simons to Tottenham and Lois Openda to Juventus. Coach Ole Werner’s team has undoubtedly lost some quality as a result. However, we still believe they are better equipped than the newly promoted Cologne side, and with two recent wins, the team from the trade fair city is on an upward trend.
In view of this, a home win is the obvious tip for the match between RB Leipzig and Cologne. This is also supported by the fact that the cathedral city team has struggled against the Saxons: Cologne has not won in Leipzig since 2018 and has instead lost the majority (3) of the following five away games. On top of that, the team from the Rhine recently performed weaker in their away draw in Wolfsburg compared to their two opening wins.
