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FC Koln v FC Union Berlin : Bundesliga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 20th Dec, 14:30 BST, RheinEnergieStadion, Köln

The Bundesliga is the focus for both FC Koln and FC Union Berlin on Saturday afternoon, as managers Lukas Kwasniok and Steffen Baumgart go head to head at the RheinEnergieStadion. We want to see our users winning on this match, so every stats you could ever need to make a well-informed wager is laid out below. Go between seventeen betting markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head to head (H2H) analysis and odds from leading bookmakers for every one.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Köln
56%
--
Draw
21%
--
Union Berlin
23%
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Köln 2-1
10%
--
Draw 1-1
9%
--
Köln 2-0
8%
--
Köln 1-0
7%
--
Köln 3-1
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Union Berlin 2-1
6%
--
Köln 3-0
5%
--
Union Berlin 1-0
4%
--
Köln 3-2
4%
--
Köln 4-1
4%
--
Draw 0-0
3%
--
Union Berlin 2-0
3%
--
Köln 4-0
3%
--
Union Berlin 3-2
3%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
65%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
35%
--
Home 1st Goal
54%
--
Away 1st Goal
44%
--
No 1st Goal
2%
--
BTTS - Yes
63%
--
BTTS - No
37%
--
BTTS - Home Win
32%
--
BTTS - Draw
17%
--
BTTS - Away Win
14%
--
Home/draw
77%
--
Away/draw
44%
--
Home/away
79%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
85%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
15%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
43%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
57%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
25%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
75%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
13%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
87%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
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Home DNB
71%
--
Away DNB
37%
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Köln win to nil
25%
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Union Berlin win to nil
9%
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Win / draw / win Bundesliga table

Köln have played 13 matches so far this season and lay in 8th place in the Bundesliga league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 8 games against teams below in the table, having won 3, drawn 4 and lost 1 match. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have scored in every game. Köln have outscored their opponents by 22 goals to 16 goals.

Home League Performance

Köln have played 6 games at home winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored 14 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and conceded 10 goals at home.

Union Berlin are in 12th position in the Bundesliga on 15 points having played 13 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 12 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 6 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

9 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 2 and won 3. Union Berlin have conceded 17 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Köln
Union Berlin
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bayern1312104037 
Jan 14
May 16
d
 
2-2F
Mar 21
2
RB Leipzig139221529 
Feb 7
l
 
3-1A
Dec 12
Apr 25
3
Dortmund127411025 
Mar 7
l
 
1-0A
Jan 24
l
 
3-0A
4
Leverkusen13724923 
Apr 25
Dec 13
Feb 21
l
 
2-0A
5
Hoffenheim12723823 
Feb 21
w
 
0-1F
l
 
2-4A
Jan 31
6
Stuttgart13715-122 
l
 
1-2F
Feb 14
w
 
2-1F
Jan 18
7
E.Frankfurt13634-121 
l
 
3-4F
Apr 4
Feb 7
w
 
3-4F
8
Köln13445116 
-
-
May 2
Dec 20
9
Freiburg13445-216 
w
 
4-1F
Jan 25
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 14
10
B. M'gladbach13445-216 
Mar 21
l
 
3-1A
w
 
3-1F
Feb 28
11
W.Bremen12444-516 
Apr 11
d
 
1-1A
Mar 7
l
 
1-0A
12
Union Berlin13436-615 
Dec 20
May 2
-
-
13
Augsburg13418-1013 
d
 
1-1A
Feb 28
May 16
Jan 15
14
Wolfsburg13337-612 
Jan 31
d
 
3-3F
Apr 18
l
 
3-1A
15
Hamburg12336-712 
w
 
4-1F
Mar 14
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 14
16
Heidenheim13328-1611 
May 9
Jan 10
l
 
1-2F
Apr 11
17
St. Pauli13229-148 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 18
Apr 4
w
 
0-1F
18
Mainz13139-136 
Jan 17
w
 
0-1F
Jan 10
May 9
Win / draw / win form
Köln 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Köln1 - 1St. Pauli
Köln3 - 4E.Frankfurt
Köln4 - 1Hamburg
Köln1 - 1Augsburg
Köln1 - 2Stuttgart
Köln4 - 1Freiburg
Köln4 - 0Kaiserslautern
Köln1 - 1Regensburg
Köln3 - 1Preussen Munster
Köln0 - 1H.Berlin
Köln2 - 1Darmstadt
Köln1 - 1Dusseldorf
Köln1 - 0Schalke
Köln1 - 0Elversberg
Köln3 - 1Nurnberg
Köln2 - 2Hannover
Köln1 - 0Greuther
Köln1 - 2Paderborn
Köln2 - 0Ulm
Köln4 - 4Karlsruher
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HKöln1 - 1St. Pauli
AKöln1 - 1W.Bremen
HKöln3 - 4E.Frankfurt
AKöln1 - 3B. M'gladbach
HKöln4 - 1Hamburg
AKöln0 - 1Dortmund
HKöln1 - 1Augsburg
AKöln1 - 0Hoffenheim
HKöln1 - 2Stuttgart
AKöln1 - 3RB Leipzig
AKöln3 - 3Wolfsburg
HKöln4 - 1Freiburg
AKöln1 - 0Mainz
HKöln4 - 0Kaiserslautern
AKöln2 - 1Nurnberg
HKöln1 - 1Regensburg
AKöln0 - 1Hannover
HKöln3 - 1Preussen Munster
AKöln1 - 1Greuther
HKöln0 - 1H.Berlin
Union Berlin 12TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
7
D
2
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Wolfsburg3 - 1Union Berlin
St. Pauli0 - 1Union Berlin
W.Bremen1 - 0Union Berlin
Leverkusen2 - 0Union Berlin
E.Frankfurt3 - 4Union Berlin
Dortmund3 - 0Union Berlin
Augsburg1 - 2Union Berlin
VfL Bochum1 - 1Union Berlin
Leverkusen0 - 0Union Berlin
Freiburg1 - 2Union Berlin
E.Frankfurt1 - 2Union Berlin
Dortmund6 - 0Union Berlin
Hoffenheim0 - 4Union Berlin
St. Pauli3 - 0Union Berlin
Heidenheim2 - 0Union Berlin
W.Bremen4 - 1Union Berlin
Stuttgart3 - 2Union Berlin
Wolfsburg1 - 0Union Berlin
Bayern3 - 0Union Berlin
Holstein0 - 2Union Berlin
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AUnion Berlin1 - 3Wolfsburg
HUnion Berlin1 - 2Heidenheim
AUnion Berlin1 - 0St. Pauli
HUnion Berlin2 - 2Bayern
HUnion Berlin0 - 0Freiburg
AUnion Berlin0 - 1W.Bremen
HUnion Berlin3 - 1B. M'gladbach
AUnion Berlin0 - 2Leverkusen
HUnion Berlin0 - 0Hamburg
AUnion Berlin4 - 3E.Frankfurt
HUnion Berlin2 - 4Hoffenheim
AUnion Berlin0 - 3Dortmund
HUnion Berlin2 - 1Stuttgart
AUnion Berlin2 - 1Augsburg
HUnion Berlin0 - 3Heidenheim
HUnion Berlin2 - 2W.Bremen
AUnion Berlin1 - 1VfL Bochum
HUnion Berlin4 - 4Stuttgart
AUnion Berlin0 - 0Leverkusen
HUnion Berlin1 - 0Wolfsburg
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Köln since 2018
Köln
Union Berlin
Goals: Scored
8
10
Games: Scored
5 / 6
6 / 6
Clean sheets
0 / 6
1 / 6
KOE
1
D
2
FCU
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Köln
Köln3 - 2
0 - 1Union Berlin
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 2Union Berlin
1 - 2Union Berlin
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Union Berlin since 2019
Union Berlin
Köln
Goals: Scored
9
1
Games: Scored
5 / 6
1 / 6
Clean sheets
5 / 6
1 / 6
D
1
FCU
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Union Berlin
Union Berlin2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Union Berlin1 - 0
Union Berlin2 - 1
Union Berlin2 - 0
Union Berlin2 - 0
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.1 is fairly strong for FC Koln in their meeting with FC Union Berlin, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 48 consecutive Bundesliga matches.

Köln 8th Union Berlin 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.1
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
12%
1
26%
2
27%
3
19%
4+
16%
There is a 62% probability that Köln will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Union Berlin will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+3
Köln’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-9
Union Berlin’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.0
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga - 2025/2025 season
Köln
PG (predicted goals)
Union Berlin
2.1
1.3
Attack rating
29%
better
KOE
FCU
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Games scored11
7
Failed to score1
5
Scored first7
6
Goals scored21
15
Avg. goals scored1.6
1.2
Avg. shots per game9
8
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for18
14
Avg. XG for1.4
1.2
KickOff rating
+29%
Defence rating
KOE
FCU
10%
better
view stats
Games conceded10
9
Clean sheets2
3
Conceded first5
4
Goals conceded20
19
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded9
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against16%
16%
Avg. XG against1.8
1.5
KickOff rating
+10%

Köln v Union Berlin Bundesliga lLine ups will show here when available.

Köln Bundesliga squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
13634
M SchwäbeS. El MalaS. El MalaJ Schmied
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Schwäbe GLK13
-
S Sebulonsen DEF13
3
-
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson MID131
3
-
E Martel MID132
3
-
J Kaminski FWD1351
-
S. El Mala FWD1363
-
K Lund DEF121
1
-
R Ache FWD1213
1
-
J Schmied DEF11
4
-
M Bülter FWD1133
2
-
F Kainz MID101
-
D Huseinbašić MID10
1
-
J Thielmann FWD1021
2
-
T Krauß MID9
1
-
L Waldschmidt FWD932
-
T Hübers DEF8
-
L Maina FWD7
-
C Özkacar DEF6
-
D Heintz DEF6
-
R Berg DEF4
-
A Castro-Montes MID4
1
-
J Gazibegovic DEF1
-
Union Berlin Bundesliga squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
13465
F RönnowD DoekhiA IlićC Trimmel 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Rönnow GLK13
-
L Querfeld DEF13
3
-
D Doekhi DEF134
1
-
D Köhn DEF13
2
-
J Haberer  MID131
4
-
I Ansah FWD1342
-
C Trimmel  DEF121
5
-
T Rothe DEF121
1
1
R Khedira MID123
5
-
O Burke FWD123
2
-
A Ilić FWD126
3
-
A Kemlein MID11
1
-
W Jeong MID11
-
T Skarke FWD10
-
D Leite DEF9
1
-
A Kral MID9
1
-
A Schäfer  MID9
-
R Skov MID3
-
J Juranovic DEF2
-
S Nsoki DEF11
-
L. Burcu FWD1
-