FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt will clash on Saturday the 19th of February at 6:30 pm in the 23rd week of the Bundesliga. The match will take place in Cologne at the RheinEnergieStadion.

FC Köln occupies the 8th place in the league with 32 points. It comes from a 3-1 loss against RB Leipzig in its last match in the Bundesliga. So far, it has won 8 times, draw 8 times, and lost 6 times.​​

Eintracht Frankfurt occupies the 10th place in the standings with 31 points. It comes from a 0-2 loss against VfL Wolfsburg in its last match in the Bundesliga. As of now, it has won 8 times, draw 7 times, and lost 7 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

FC Köln​

Line - Ups​
4-2-3-1
14 May
VfB Stuttgart-FC Köln
2-1
4-3-1-2
07 May
FC Köln-VfL Wolfsburg
0-1
4-1-3-2
30 Apr
FC Augsburg-FC Köln
1-4
4-2-3-1
23 Apr
FC Köln-DSC Arminia Bielefeld
3-1
4-2-3-1
16 Apr
Borussia Mönchengladbach-FC Köln
1-3
4-2-3-1
09 Apr
FC Köln-FSV Mainz 05
3-2
4-2-3-1
01 Apr
FC Union Berlin-FC Köln
1-0
4-1-3-2
20 Mar
FC Köln-Borussia Dortmund
1-1
4-1-3-2
13 Mar
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-FC Köln
0-1
4-2-3-1
06 Mar
FC Köln-TSG Hoffenheim
0-1
4-3-1-2
26 Feb
SpVgg Greuther Fürth-FC Köln
1-1
4-2-3-1
19 Feb
FC Köln-Eintracht Frankfurt
1-0
4-2-3-1
11 Feb
RB Leipzig-FC Köln
3-1
4-1-3-2
05 Feb
FC Köln-SC Freiburg
1-0
4-1-3-2
22 Jan
VfL Bochum 1848-FC Köln
2-2
4-1-3-2
15 Jan
FC Köln-FC Bayern München
0-4
4-1-3-2
09 Jan
Hertha BSC-FC Köln
1-3
4-1-3-2
19 Dec
FC Köln-VfB Stuttgart
1-0
4-1-3-2
14 Dec
VfL Wolfsburg-FC Köln
2-3
4-1-3-2
10 Dec
FC Köln-FC Augsburg
0-2
4-2-3-1
04 Dec
DSC Arminia Bielefeld-FC Köln
1-1
4-2-3-1
27 Nov
FC Köln-Borussia Mönchengladbach
4-1
4-2-3-1
21 Nov
FSV Mainz 05-FC Köln
1-1
4-2-3-1
07 Nov
FC Köln-FC Union Berlin
2-2
4-1-3-2
30 Oct
Borussia Dortmund-FC Köln
2-0
4-3-1-2
24 Oct
FC Köln-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2-2
4-1-3-2
15 Oct
TSG Hoffenheim-FC Köln
5-0
4-1-3-2
01 Oct
FC Köln-SpVgg Greuther Fürth
3-1
4-3-1-2
25 Sep
Eintracht Frankfurt-FC Köln
1-1
4-1-3-2
18 Sep
FC Köln-RB Leipzig
1-1
4-1-3-2
11 Sep
SC Freiburg-FC Köln
1-1
4-1-3-2
28 Aug
FC Köln-VfL Bochum 1848
2-1
4-1-3-2
22 Aug
FC Bayern München-FC Köln
3-2
4-3-1-2
15 Aug
FC Köln-Hertha BSC
3-1

FC Köln has mostly adopted the 4-1-3-2 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 63.64%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-3-2 (14 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times) and 4-3-1-2 (3 times).

Steffen Baumgart is expected to play against Eintracht Frankfurt with the following players: T. Horn, J. Hector, T. Hübers, L. Kilian, B. Schmitz, S. Özcan, E. Skhiri, O. Duda, J. Thielmann, F. Kainz and S. Andersson.

Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of FC Köln would be 27.09.

Steffen Baumgart will probably not be able to employ K. Schindler because of injury.

M. Schwäbe will definitely miss the match.

Eintracht Frankfurt​

Line - Ups​
3-4-2-1
14 May
FSV Mainz 05-Eintracht Frankfurt
2-2
3-5-2
08 May
Eintracht Frankfurt-Borussia Mönchengladbach
1-1
3-4-2-1
02 May
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Eintracht Frankfurt
2-0
3-4-2-1
23 Apr
Eintracht Frankfurt-TSG Hoffenheim
2-2
3-4-2-1
17 Apr
FC Union Berlin-Eintracht Frankfurt
2-0
3-4-2-1
10 Apr
Eintracht Frankfurt-SC Freiburg
1-2
3-5-2
02 Apr
Eintracht Frankfurt-SpVgg Greuther Fürth
0-0
3-4-2-1
20 Mar
RB Leipzig-Eintracht Frankfurt
0-0
3-4-2-1
13 Mar
Eintracht Frankfurt-VfL Bochum 1848
2-1
3-4-2-1
05 Mar
Hertha BSC-Eintracht Frankfurt
1-4
3-4-2-1
26 Feb
Eintracht Frankfurt-FC Bayern München
0-1
3-1-4-2
19 Feb
FC Köln-Eintracht Frankfurt
1-0
3-4-3
12 Feb
Eintracht Frankfurt-VfL Wolfsburg
0-2
3-5-2
05 Feb
VfB Stuttgart-Eintracht Frankfurt
2-3
3-4-2-1
21 Jan
Eintracht Frankfurt-DSC Arminia Bielefeld
0-2
3-4-2-1
16 Jan
FC Augsburg-Eintracht Frankfurt
1-1
3-4-2-1
08 Jan
Eintracht Frankfurt-Borussia Dortmund
2-3
3-4-2-1
18 Dec
Eintracht Frankfurt-FSV Mainz 05
1-0
3-4-2-1
15 Dec
Borussia Mönchengladbach-Eintracht Frankfurt
2-3
3-4-2-1
12 Dec
Eintracht Frankfurt-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
5-2
3-4-2-1
04 Dec
TSG Hoffenheim-Eintracht Frankfurt
3-2
3-4-2-1
28 Nov
Eintracht Frankfurt-FC Union Berlin
2-1
3-4-2-1
21 Nov
SC Freiburg-Eintracht Frankfurt
0-2
3-4-2-1
07 Nov
SpVgg Greuther Fürth-Eintracht Frankfurt
1-2
3-4-2-1
30 Oct
Eintracht Frankfurt-RB Leipzig
1-1
3-4-1-2
24 Oct
VfL Bochum 1848-Eintracht Frankfurt
2-0
3-4-1-2
16 Oct
Eintracht Frankfurt-Hertha BSC
1-2
3-4-3
03 Oct
FC Bayern München-Eintracht Frankfurt
1-2
4-2-3-1
25 Sep
Eintracht Frankfurt-FC Köln
1-1
4-2-3-1
19 Sep
VfL Wolfsburg-Eintracht Frankfurt
1-1
4-2-3-1
12 Sep
Eintracht Frankfurt-VfB Stuttgart
1-1
4-2-3-1
28 Aug
DSC Arminia Bielefeld-Eintracht Frankfurt
1-1
4-2-3-1
21 Aug
Eintracht Frankfurt-FC Augsburg
0-0
3-4-2-1
14 Aug
Borussia Dortmund-Eintracht Frankfurt
5-2

Eintracht Frankfurt has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 54.55%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (12 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times), 3-4-3 (3 times), 3-5-2 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).

Oliver Glasner is expected to play against FC Köln with the following players: K. Trapp, O. N’Dicka, M. Hinteregger, A. Touré, K. Jakić, D. Sow, D. Vieira da Costa, C. Lenz, D. Kamada, J. Lindstrøm and R. Borré Amaury.

If the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Eintracht Frankfurt would be 26.64.

Oliver Glasner will probably not be able to employ M. Hasebe because of injury.

D. Ramaj and R. Ache will definitely miss the match.