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FC Koln v VfL Wolfsburg : Bundesliga match betting preview, prediction and odds

RheinEnergieStadion, Köln

Daniel Bauer takes his VfL Wolfsburg charges to the RheinEnergieStadion in the Bundesliga on Friday evening, with Lukas Kwasniok's FC Koln the opponent. All the odds are provided directly from the bookmaker, while predictions are calculated from statistics over a 20-game period. Particular attention is given to Bundesliga match data, including head-to-head performance. Hit the tabs below to explore.

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FC Koln's next match is v RB Leipzig at 14:30 on Sunday 8th February
VfL Wolfsburg's next match is v RB Leipzig at 16:30 on Sunday 15th February
The last German Bundesliga meeting between Köln and Wolfsburg was on Friday 30th January 2026
German Bundesliga
January 30th 2026
Köln 1
0 Wolfsburg
 
L. Maina 29'
 
KOE
WOB
Shots On
3
3
Shots Off
7
8
Corners
3
4
Possession
42%
58%
Fouls
8
16
Yellow/red cards
1/0
5/0
 
KölnWolfsburg
 
M. Schwäbe
T. Krauß
E. Martel
A. Castro-Montes
R. Ache (Y. Niang 86')
J. Kamiński (S. El Mala 75')
S. Sebulonsen
K. Hansen (R. van den Berg 86')
C. Özkacar
M. Bülter (Í. Jóhannesson 66')
L. Mainafootball icon (J. Thielmann 75')
K. Grabara
(S. Kumbedi Nseke 74') K. Fischer
D. Vavro
M. Jenz
(A. Daghim 46') V. de Souza Costa
(K. Shiogai 46') L. Majer
C. Dannemann Eriksen
M. Arnold
(A. Zehnter 90') Y. Gerhardt
D. Pejcinovic
(J. Lindstrøm 74') P. Wimmer

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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

In alignment, our prediction and the odds from the bookies suggest that this Bundesliga clash is going to be entertaining, with at least 3 goals to scored in the match. As neither side is a nailed-on winner given their recent form, we're going with the stats and past head-to-head (H2H) records below, both of which point to a tip of over 2.5 goals.

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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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Köln are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.15.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Köln
49%
23/201/25
Draw
22%
27/1011/1
Wolfsburg
29%
2/180/1
Draw 1-1
9%
13/26/1
Köln 2-1
9%
8/125/1
Wolfsburg 2-1
7%
10/145/1
Draw 2-2
7%
11/1100/1
Köln 1-0
6%
10/13/10
Köln 2-0
6%
12/111/2
Köln 3-1
6%
14/1100/1
Wolfsburg 1-0
5%
12/113/2
Köln 3-2
4%
20/1150/1
Köln 3-0
4%
20/140/1
Wolfsburg 2-0
4%
18/112/1
Wolfsburg 3-1
3%
20/1150/1
Wolfsburg 3-2
3%
22/1150/1
Draw 0-0
3%
16/111/2
Köln 4-1
3%
28/1150/1
Over 2.5 Goals
67%
8/1340/1
Under 2.5 Goals
33%
13/101/1000
Home 1st Goal
52%
8/1117/20
Away 1st Goal
47%
21/2013/10
No 1st Goal
2%
16/111/2
BTTS - Yes
66%
1/29/1
BTTS - No
34%
6/41/25
BTTS - Home Win
29%
13/522/1
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/36/1
BTTS - Away Win
18%
4/140/1
Home/draw
71%
4/111/1000
Away/draw
51%
4/610/1
Home/away
78%
2/71/33
Over 1.5 Goals
86%
1/65/1
Under 1.5 Goals
14%
4/11/9
Over 3.5 Goals
45%
6/4100/1
Under 3.5 Goals
55%
8/151/1000
Over 4.5 Goals
26%
10/31/50
Under 4.5 Goals
74%
2/91/50
Over 5.5 Goals
13%
7/11/50
Under 5.5 Goals
87%
1/121/50
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
1/401/11
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
16/16/1
Home DNB
64%
4/71/1000
Away DNB
44%
5/433/1
Köln win to nil
20%
10/3-
Wolfsburg win to nil
11%
11/2-
Köln / Köln
25%
12/52/5
Köln / Wolfsburg
3%
25/117/2
Köln / Draw
6%
12/119/5
Draw / Köln
14%
5/116/1
Draw / Wolfsburg
10%
13/218/1
Draw / Draw
13%
11/216/1
Wolfsburg / Köln
4%
20/1100/1
Wolfsburg / Wolfsburg
17%
15/450/1
Wolfsburg / Draw
7%
12/180/1
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Win / draw / win Bundesliga table

Köln have played 19 matches so far this season and lay in 10th place in the Bundesliga league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below in the table, having won 3, drawn 5 and lost 1 match. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have scored in every game. Both Köln and VfL Wolfsburg have scored 28 goals this season.

Home League Performance

Köln have played 9 games at home winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 4 games. They have scored 17 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and conceded 15 goals at home.

Wolfsburg are in 12th position in the Bundesliga on 19 points having played 19 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 20 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

11 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 2 and won 2. Wolfsburg have conceded 29 goals, scored 17, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept no clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Köln
Wolfsburg
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bayern2016315651 
l
 
1-3F
May 16
May 9
l
 
8-1A
2
Dortmund2114612348 
Mar 7
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
3
Hoffenheim2013342042 
Feb 21
w
 
0-1F
l
 
2-3F
Mar 14
4
Stuttgart2112361039 
l
 
1-2F
Feb 14
l
 
0-3A
Mar 1
5
Leverkusen2011361236 
Apr 25
l
 
2-0A
l
 
1-3A
Apr 4
6
RB Leipzig2011361136 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-1A
l
 
0-1A
Feb 15
7
Freiburg21867-130 
w
 
4-1F
l
 
2-1F
l
 
3-4A
May 2
8
E.Frankfurt21777-528 
l
 
3-4F
Apr 4
Apr 11
d
 
1-1F
9
Union Berlin21678-825 
l
 
0-1A
May 2
w
 
3-1F
Apr 18
10
Köln20659-323 
-
-
d
 
3-3A
l
 
1-0A
11
Hamburg20578-822 
w
 
4-1F
Mar 14
Mar 7
w
 
0-1F
12
B. M'gladbach21579-922 
Mar 21
l
 
3-1A
Apr 25
w
 
1-3F
13
Augsburg216411-1522 
d
 
1-1A
Feb 27
Feb 21
l
 
3-1A
14
Mainz215610-821 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-1F
15
Wolfsburg215412-1519 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
3-3F
-
-
16
W.Bremen214710-1719 
Apr 11
d
 
1-1A
Mar 21
l
 
2-1F
17
St. Pauli214512-1517 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 18
w
 
2-1F
May 16
18
Heidenheim213414-2813 
May 9
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-3F
Win / draw / win form
Köln 11TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Köln2 - 1Mainz
Köln1 - 3Bayern
Köln0 - 1Union Berlin
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
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AKöln1 - 2Freiburg
HKöln2 - 1Mainz
HKöln1 - 3Bayern
AKöln2 - 2Heidenheim
HKöln0 - 1Union Berlin
AKöln0 - 2Leverkusen
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
Wolfsburg 14TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
D
3
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Mainz3 - 1Wolfsburg
Bayern8 - 1Wolfsburg
B. M'gladbach1 - 3Wolfsburg
E.Frankfurt1 - 1Wolfsburg
W.Bremen2 - 1Wolfsburg
Hamburg0 - 1Wolfsburg
Augsburg3 - 1Wolfsburg
Dortmund1 - 0Wolfsburg
Heidenheim1 - 3Wolfsburg
B. M'gladbach0 - 1Wolfsburg
Dortmund4 - 0Wolfsburg
Mainz2 - 2Wolfsburg
Union Berlin1 - 0Wolfsburg
Augsburg1 - 0Wolfsburg
W.Bremen1 - 2Wolfsburg
Stuttgart1 - 2Wolfsburg
E.Frankfurt1 - 1Wolfsburg
Bayern3 - 2Wolfsburg
Hoffenheim0 - 1Wolfsburg
Freiburg3 - 2Wolfsburg
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
41
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AWolfsburg1 - 3Mainz
HWolfsburg1 - 1Heidenheim
HWolfsburg2 - 1St. Pauli
AWolfsburg1 - 8Bayern
HWolfsburg3 - 4Freiburg
AWolfsburg3 - 1B. M'gladbach
HWolfsburg3 - 1Union Berlin
AWolfsburg1 - 1E.Frankfurt
HWolfsburg1 - 3Leverkusen
AWolfsburg1 - 2W.Bremen
HWolfsburg2 - 3Hoffenheim
AWolfsburg1 - 0Hamburg
HWolfsburg0 - 3Stuttgart
AWolfsburg1 - 3Augsburg
HWolfsburg0 - 1RB Leipzig
AWolfsburg0 - 1Dortmund
HWolfsburg3 - 3Köln
HWolfsburg1 - 1Mainz
AWolfsburg3 - 1Heidenheim
AWolfsburg1 - 0B. M'gladbach
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Wolfsburg have beaten Köln in 3 consecutive away league meetings
League games at Köln since 2015
Köln
Wolfsburg
Goals: Scored
11
11
Games: Scored
7 / 9
7 / 9
Clean sheets
2 / 9
2 / 9
KOE
3
D
3
WOB
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Köln
1 - 2Wolfsburg
0 - 2Wolfsburg
0 - 1Wolfsburg
Draw2 - 2Draw
Köln3 - 1
Köln1 - 0
Köln1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
League games at Wolfsburg since 2014
Wolfsburg
Köln
Goals: Scored
18
15
Games: Scored
9 / 10
8 / 10
Clean sheets
2 / 10
1 / 10
KOE
2
D
4
WOB
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Wolfsburg
Draw3 - 3Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
2 - 4Köln
2 - 3Köln
Wolfsburg1 - 0
Wolfsburg2 - 1
Wolfsburg4 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Wolfsburg2 - 1
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.0 is decent for FC Koln in their clash with VfL Wolfsburg, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 55 consecutive Bundesliga games.

VfL Wolfsburg have been consistent in attack of late, scoring in 12 consecutive Bundesliga outings. Their PG of 1.5 against FC Koln on Friday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Köln 11th Wolfsburg 14th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
1.5
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
14%
1
28%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
14%
There is a 86% probability that Köln will score 1 or more goals
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Wolfsburg will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-1
Köln’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-15
Wolfsburg have scored 15% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.8
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga - 2025/2025 season
Köln
PG (predicted goals)
Wolfsburg
2
1.5
Attack rating
KOE
WOB
2%
better
view stats
Games scored16
16
Failed to score3
3
Scored first10
10
Goals scored28
28
Avg. goals scored1.5
1.5
Avg. shots per game10
9
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for15
17
Avg. XG for1.4
1.3
KickOff rating
+2%
Defence rating
16%
better
KOE
WOB
view stats
Games conceded17
18
Clean sheets2
1
Conceded first9
9
Goals conceded32
41
Avg. goals conceded1.7
2.2
Avg. shots/game conceded10
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
5
Conversion rate against17%
19%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.9
KickOff rating
+16%

Köln v Wolfsburg Bundesliga lLine ups will show here when available.

Köln Bundesliga squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20736
M SchwäbeS. El MalaA Castro-MontesE Martel
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Schwäbe GLK20
-
A Castro-Montes DEF83
2
-
S Sebulonsen DEF20
4
-
C Özkacar DEF11
-
K Lund DEF191
1
-
J Kaminski MID2051
-
E Martel MID1912
6
-
T Krauß MID161
4
-
L Maina MID142
-
R Ache FWD1933
2
-
M Bülter FWD1833
3
-
Subs
R Zieler GLK
1
-
R Berg DEF8
1
D Huseinbašić MID13
1
-
S. El Mala MID2073
1
-
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson MID191
3
-
J Thielmann MID1721
2
-
L Waldschmidt FWD1332
-
Y. Niang FWD3
-
F. Schenten FWD3
-
Wolfsburg Bundesliga squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21555
K GrabaraD PejčinovićS KumbediM Jenz
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Grabara GLK21
1
-
K Fischer DEF11
-
D Vavro DEF81
1
-
M Jenz DEF131
5
-
Y Gerhardt DEF11
1
-
V Souza MID14
2
-
M Arnold MID1914
5
-
C Eriksen MID1814
3
-
L Majer MID1923
3
-
P Wimmer MID1733
4
-
D Pejčinović FWD185
1
-
Subs
M Müller GLK
-
S Kumbedi DEF145
1
-
K Koulierakis DEF181
3
-
A Zehnter DEF162
-
J Lindström MID6
1
-
M Svanberg MID1821
3
1
P. Hensel MID4
-
K. Shiogai FWD3
1
-
A Daghim FWD1521
1
-