FC Köln vs Elversberg betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the 2. Bundesliga match on January 25th, 2025

FC Köln and Elversberg will be playing against each other on Saturday, January 25th, 2025, at 12:00h (UTC), in a 2. Bundesliga football game in Germany, check the FC Köln vs Elversberg betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where FC Köln vs Elversberg will occur

The game is set to be played in the well-known RheinEnergieStadion stadium, in the city of Cologne, with a capacity for 50000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live at Betarena, with access to all the information to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the FC Köln vs Elversberg betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the 2. Bundesliga has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 3.14 goals per game, which is very close to the 3.09 goals per game of the last championship.

FC Köln last match

FC Köln comes from a defeat recorded in the last match played. The opponent was Hamburger SV, in a match valid for 2. Bundesliga, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 1-0. On the field, G. Struber's team lined up with a 3-4-1-2.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 2.30, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

This was certainly not the best performance of the season for the defense. Timo Hübers leads the departmental disaster: with his late interventions and bad passes he allowed many chances to the opposing team's attacks.

Elversberg last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for 2. Bundesliga, Elversberg, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Magdeburg team with a final score of 2-5.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 3.00, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

FC Köln vs Elversberg h2h

Elversberg was in 11th place when they last went head-to-head in 2. Bundesliga against FC Köln, who was in 13th place. Elversberg formed a 4-2-2-2 arrangement while FC Köln took to the pitch with a 4-3-1-2 formation.

The last time these teams played against each other during the 2024/2025 season in a 2. Bundesliga themed match was a hard-fought battle as it ended in a 2-2 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

The FC Köln team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 4 wins, compared to the Elversberg team, which won only 3 games.

FC Köln

2. Bundesliga leaderboard now

The FC Köln team with 31 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 9 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses.

In the 19th round, the team has the same points that the Magdeburg team who occupies position 2.

FC Köln currently in third place in the 2. Bundesliga is at this time qualified for the promotion playoffs for the German Bundesliga.

FC Köln analysis

FC Köln after 18 rounds shows a very good goal quotient: in fact, it has scored 32 goals and conceded only 24 to opponents.

The FC Köln team comes from a defeat in the 2. Bundesliga, and its coach Gerhard Struber wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Best goalscorer from FC Köln

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Tim Lemperle. FC Köln owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 8 goals in this season.

Elversberg

2. Bundesliga leaderboard now

Elversberg arrives in this game with 28 points, and in 7th place in the 2. Bundesliga, having won 8 games in total and lost 6 times, making a total of 4 draws.

Which means that the team, has the same number of points in the 19th round that the Paderborn team in 8th place.

Elversberg analysis

After 18 rounds, Elversberg has a positive ratio of goals scored and goals against. The team sums 33 goals for and 27 conceded.

With Elversberg having a balance of 3 wins, 2 losses, and 3 draws when playing away in the 2. Bundesliga, they usually allows little chances for opponents to win.

Best goalscorer from Elversberg

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Fisnik Asllani is the player to highlight. Helping Elversberg with 10 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

For punters some entries may be relevant for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of FC Köln is Tim Lemperle, who has already scored 8 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Elversberg is Fisnik Asllani, he has scored in 10 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 6.42 corners per game.

Elversberg is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.28 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Elversberg in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

FC Köln has an average of 2.4 yellow cards per game over the 18 rounds, while Elversberg has an average of 2.1. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.67 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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