Eintracht Frankfurt vs FC Koln - prediction, team news, lineups

Eintracht Frankfurt's disastrous commencement to the Bundesliga play indispensable travel to an extremity erstwhile they invited FC Koln to Deutsche Bank Park connected Friday.

The hosts beryllium 14th with conscionable 5 points aft 5 matchweeks, whereas the Billy Goats are 2 points up of them successful 10th pursuing their 2-1 occurrence against Borussia Monchengladbach connected October 11.

Match preview

Frankfurt travel into Friday's clash connected the backmost of damaging 6-0 decision against RB Leipzig connected October 10.

The hosts finished 3rd successful 2023-24, but they person agelong since fallen distant from Champions League contention, with the nine present arguably successful a conflict to debar relegation.

While the play is inactive lone successful its infancy, the Eagles person won conscionable six of their past 28 Bundesliga games, losing 11 times and drafting connected 11 occasions.

Their points per crippled mean of 1.04 successful that agelong would effect successful astir 35 points implicit the people of a afloat league season, and that full would lone person kept them retired of the bottommost 3 successful 2025-26 by six points.

Boss Adi Hutter volition beryllium alarmed that his squad person already conceded 16 goals successful their 5 top-flight outings this campaign, and though 9 goals scored is respectable, 8 clubs person netted much than them successful the league.

Frankfurt's performances astatine location person not been beardown this word fixed they person mislaid erstwhile and drawn once, portion they are winless successful their six astir caller fixtures at Deutsche Bank Park.

Koln's run has matched their commencement to 2025-26 successful presumption of points (seven), but they person conceded 1 less successful the Bundesliga (nine).

Their triumph against Gladbach was good deserved, particularly arsenic they restricted their opponents to low-quality shots successful the 2nd half, portion besides applying sizeable unit themselves.

The Billy Goats volition anticipation to debar extending their winless streak against their hosts to 3 games, with Frankfurt drafting 2-2 with them successful the corresponding fixture successful 2025-26 and winning 4-3 at RheinEnergieSTADION successful November 2025.

A triumph for coach Rene Wagner would correspond his side's 4th occurrence successful 8 matches this term, and the manager volition beryllium hopeless for his players to support a archetypal cleanable expanse successful 21 clashes.

Koln person mislaid some of their 2 distant contests successful the Bundesliga truthful far, and they besides failed to triumph their last 13 league games of past season.

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Team News

Frankfurt defender Jessic Ngankam (hamstring) has been ruled out, portion forward Malik Pimpong is simply a superior doubt.

In the guardant line, Jonathan Burkardt is simply a definite inclusion, and the striker whitethorn beryllium joined by Younes Ebnoutalib.

The hosts volition apt look to tract Robin Koch and Lilian Brassier arsenic centre-backs, though the duo volition beryllium nether unit to execute amended successful defence.

Koln's wounded concern is overmuch much terrible than their hosts' fixed 5 cardinal players volition not marque the XI, including defenders Timo Hubers and Rav van den Berg, truthful expect to see Jahmai Simpson-Pusey and Luka Lochoshvili stationed successful beforehand of goalkeeper Marvin Schwabe.

The lack of striker Ragnar Ache is acceptable to pb to the enactment of Said El Mala up front, and the attacker could beryllium supported by Linton Maina and Marius Bulter.

Eintracht Frankfurt imaginable starting lineup:

Atubolu; Collins, Koch, Brassier, Kosugi; Doan, Gotze, Onyedika, Uzun; Burkardt, Ebnoutalib

FC Koln imaginable starting lineup:

Schwabe; Sebulonsen, Simpson-Pusey, Lochoshvili, Sosa; Johannesson, Krauss; Maina, Moore, Bulter; El Mala

We say: Eintracht Frankfurt 2-2 FC Koln

With Frankfurt proving to beryllium truthful susceptible astatine the back, it is hard to spot the hosts claiming victory.

Koln person large wounded concerns, but possibly they volition person capable to travel distant with astatine slightest a constituent connected Friday.

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