FC Köln and SC Freiburg are going to clash on Saturday the 5th of February at 3:30 pm in the 21st week of the Bundesliga. The match will be staged in Cologne at the RheinEnergieStadion.
FC Köln occupies the 8th position in the standings with 29 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against VfL Bochum 1848 in its last match in the Bundesliga. As of now, it has won 7 times, draw 8 times, and lost 5 times.
SC Freiburg is in the 5th place in the standings with 33 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against VfB Stuttgart in its last match in the Bundesliga. Thus far, it has won 9 times, draw 6 times, and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
FC Köln
FC Köln has mostly adopted the 4-1-3-2 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 65.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-3-2 (13 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times) and 4-3-1-2 (3 times).
Steffen Baumgart is expected to play against SC Freiburg with the following players: M. Schwäbe, J. Hector, T. Hübers, L. Kilian, B. Schmitz, S. Özcan, D. Ljubicic, L. Schaub, F. Kainz, O. Duda and A. Modeste.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of FC Köln would be 27.73.
Steffen Baumgart will probably not be able to employ T. Horn because of injury.
SC Freiburg
SC Freiburg has mostly adopted the 3-4-3 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 40.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-3 (8 times), 4-4-2 (5 times), 4-4-1-1 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Christian Streich is expected to play against FC Köln with the following players: M. Flekken, C. Günter, N. Schlotterbeck, P. Lienhart, L. Kübler, M. Eggestein, N. Höfler, V. Grifo, K. Schade, L. Höler and E. Demirović.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of SC Freiburg would be 27.00.