RB Leipzig and FC Köln will clash on Friday the 11th of February at 8:30 pm in the 22nd week of the Bundesliga. The match is going to be played in Leipzig at the Red Bull Arena.
RB Leipzig occupies the 7th position in the league with 31 points. It comes from a 3-2 loss against FC Bayern München in its last match in the Bundesliga. To date, it has won 9 times, draw 4 times, and lost 8 times.
FC Köln is in the 6th position in the league with 32 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against SC Freiburg in its last match in the Bundesliga. So far, it has won 8 times, draw 8 times, and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
RB Leipzig
RB Leipzig has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 47.62%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (10 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times), 3-4-1-2 (3 times), 3-5-2 (once), 4-3-1-2 (once) and 4-3-3 (once).
Domenico Tedesco is expected to play against FC Köln with the following players: P. Gulácsi, L. Klostermann, W. Orban, J. Gvardiol, K. Kampl, K. Laimer, N. Mukiele Mulere, D. Olmo Carvajal, C. Nkunku and A. Valente Silva.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of RB Leipzig would be 26.60.
Domenico Tedesco will probably not be able to employ M. Simakan and T. Adams because of injury.
M. Halstenberg will definitely miss the match.
FC Köln
FC Köln has mostly adopted the 4-1-3-2 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 66.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-3-2 (14 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times) and 4-3-1-2 (3 times).
Steffen Baumgart is expected to play against RB Leipzig with the following players: M. Schwäbe, J. Hector, T. Hübers, L. Kilian, B. Schmitz, S. Özcan, D. Ljubicic, M. Uth, F. Kainz, J. Thielmann and A. Modeste.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the average age of FC Köln would be 27.27.