Eintracht Frankfurt vs 1. FC Koln, Bundesliga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Eintracht Frankfurt vs 1. FC Koln — Bundesliga at Deutsche Bank Park.
- Eintracht Frankfurt 34 games · 44 pts (2025/26)
- 1. FC Koln 34 games · 32 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Florian Exner
- Assistant 1 Nikolai Kimmeyer
- Assistant 2 Mark Borsch
19 games this season 🟨 1.1/game ⚽ 7.3 goals/game 🟥 3 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Bayern Munchen 34 89 2 Borussia Dortmund 34 73 3 RB Leipzig 34 65 4 VfB Stuttgart 34 62 5 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 34 61 6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 59 7 SC Freiburg 34 47 8 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 44 9 FC Augsburg 34 43 10 1. FSV Mainz 05 34 40 11 1. FC Union Berlin 34 39 12 Borussia Monchengladbach 34 38 13 Hamburger SV 34 38 14 1. FC Koln 34 32 15 SV Werder Bremen 34 32 16 VfL Wolfsburg 34 29 17 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 34 26 18 FC St. Pauli 1910 34 26 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 05 Apr 1. FC Koln H 2–2 D 22 Mar 1. FSV Mainz 05 A 1–2 L 14 Mar 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 H 1–0 W 08 Mar FC St. Pauli 1910 A 0–0 D 01 Mar SC Freiburg H 2–0 W 21 Feb FC Bayern Munchen A 2–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 05 Apr Eintracht Frankfurt A 2–2 D 21 Mar Borussia Monchengladbach H 3–3 D 14 Mar Hamburger SV A 1–1 D 07 Mar Borussia Dortmund H 1–2 L 27 Feb FC Augsburg A 0–2 L 21 Feb TSG 1899 Hoffenheim H 2–2 D Season Stats
Eintracht Frankfurt 1. FC Koln #8 Position #14 44 Points 32 34 Played 34 11 / 11 / 12 W / D / L 7 / 11 / 16 61 Scored 49 65 Conceded 63 -4 GD -14 1.29 PPG 0.94 32% Win % 21% Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history21% Clean Sheets
Eintracht Frankfurt this season9% Clean Sheets
1. FC Koln this seasonEintracht Frankfurt are 8th (44 pts). 1. FC Koln are 14th (32 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Eintracht Frankfurt0-151/116-301/131-452/446-601/261-754/376+2/3■ Scored ■ Conceded1. FC Koln0-152/316-301/231-451/146-60–/161-753/676+4/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Deutsche Bank Park will turn into a battlefield for Eintracht Frankfurt and 1. FC Koln.
- 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
- 10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Rav van den Berg made 221 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 15' Eintracht Frankfurt seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 20' The travelling 1. FC Koln supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 22' It’s a booking for Eintracht Frankfurt player. Ansgar Knauff gets a card.
- 27' It’s high time Albert Riera made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 32' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 37' It looks surprising 1. FC Koln does not make any changes. Isak Johannesson has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 42' 1. FC Koln is showing some good football. However, 1. FC Koln are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 47' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Ansgar Knauff suffering a number of foals already.
- 52' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Eintracht Frankfurt winning 50% of all matches.
- 55' The supporters are chanting for Fares Chaibi. He replaces Oscar Hojlund on 55 minute.
- 56' Another change for Eintracht Frankfurt made on 56 minute. Ansgar Knauff leaves to be changed by Ayoube Amaimouni-Echghouyab.
- 61' It looks like no one’s ball. Eintracht Frankfurt is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 66' Eintracht Frankfurt is taking the lead after the goal scored by Jonathan Burkardt on 66.
- 67' 1. FC Koln manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Isak Johannesson is hanging Denis Huseinbasic on the field on 67 minute.
- 69' What a strike from Arnaud Kalimuendo! The score is 2-0.
- 70' Goal! Jakub Kaminski scores his 9 goal in 22 matches.
- 75' The supporters are chanting for Linton Maina. He replaces Jan Thielmann on 75 minute.
- 80' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. 1. FC Koln needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 82' The 1. FC Koln manager makes a substitution. Tom Krauss departs to be replaced by Alessio Castro-Montes.
- 83' What an equalizer from Alessio Castro-Montes!
- 88' Eintracht Frankfurt looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Jonathan Burkardt scoring 1 goals.
- 90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Gian-Luca Waldschmidt on 90.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.
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Lineups
Eintracht Frankfurt Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
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Ritsu Doan ↓ Mario Gotze 67'
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Hugo Larsson ↓ Ellyes Skhiri 82'
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Oscar Hojlund ↓ Fares Chaibi 55'
Bench
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Ellyes Skhiri ↑ 82'
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Mario Gotze ↑ 67'
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Fares Chaibi ↑ 55'
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Younes Ebnoutalib ↑ 82'
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Coach Albert Riera1. FC Koln Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Ragnar Ache ↓ Marius Bulter 82'
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Jan Thielmann ↓ Linton Maina 75'
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Bench
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Linton Maina ↑ 75'
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Gian-Luca Waldschmidt ↑ 82'
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Marius Bulter ↑ 82'
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Alessio Castro-Montes ↑ 82'
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Isak Johannesson ↑ 67'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ellyes Skhiri 3 Florian Kainz 3 Jan Thielmann 2 Andre Silva 2 Goncalo Paciencia 1 Jonas Hector 1 Anthony Modeste 1 Ismail Jakobs 1 Head to Head
Eintracht Frankfurt Form
2026-04-05 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 1. FC Koln D 2026-03-22 1. FSV Mainz 05 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt L 2026-03-14 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 W 2026-03-08 FC St. Pauli 1910 0–0 Eintracht Frankfurt D 2026-03-01 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 SC Freiburg W 2026-02-21 FC Bayern Munchen 3–2 Eintracht Frankfurt L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42 Eintracht Frankfurt xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.59 1. FC Koln xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 68% + Over 2.5 goals 68%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.59Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 87% 13% ± 2.5 68% 32% ± 3.5 48% 52% ± 4.5 29% 71% Double Chance
Eintracht Frankfurt or Draw 71%Draw or 1. FC Koln 53%Eintracht Frankfurt or 1. FC Koln 76%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.6%2 – 1 8.5%1 – 2 6.8%2 – 2 Actual3 – 1 5.6%2 – 0 5.6%1 – 0 5%3 – 2 4.5%0 – 0 4.1%0 – 1 3.8%3 – 0 3.6%1 – 3 3.6%Asian Handicap — Eintracht Frankfurt
Handicap Eintracht Frankfurt covers Push 1. FC Koln covers -2.5 13% — 87% -2 13% 14% 73% -1.5 27% — 73% -1 27% 19% 54% -0.5 46% — 54% +0.5 70% — 30% +1 70% 15% 15% +1.5 85% — 15% +2 85% 9% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Eintracht Frankfurt keeps clean sheet 21% ✓1. FC Koln keeps clean sheet 14% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.