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

FC Köln will be playing against Paderborn in a 2. Bundesliga football match scheduled to take place on Friday, October 25th, 2024, at 16:30h (UTC), in Germany, check the FC Köln vs Paderborn betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where FC Köln vs Paderborn will occur

The game is set to be played in the mythical 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

See everything about the match live on Betarena, including statistics, events and odds, and everything that can help with your sports betting.

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

In the current edition of the 2. Bundesliga, we can see a growth in the average goals. While last season the tournament had an average of 3.09 goals per match, now the competition has an average of 3.2 goals per match.

FC Köln last match

FC Köln in its last official match lost (5-1) against Darmstadt 98, in a match valid for 2. Bundesliga. Coach G. Struber's lined up a 4-3-1-2 formation.

A fairly even game was expected, with odds for the home defeat at 3.60.

The defense showed numerous shortcomings during the match. Leart Paqarada was on a bad day, never on time for his appointment with the ball, definitely one of the worst on the field.

Paderborn 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, Paderborn, who used a 3-1-4-2 formation, faced the Kaiserslautern team with a final score of 3-0.

The odds for the defeat of the home team before the match were 3.00, so it was expected to be a fairly even match.

FC Köln vs Paderborn h2h

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2021 season of the Club Friendlies. The meeting took place on 10-11-2021 and ended with a 4-0 win for FC Köln.

The performance of the Paderborn team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the FC Köln team.

Teams varying in strengths and motivations.

FC Köln

2. Bundesliga leaderboard now

Considering the home team FC Köln, standing in 10th place with 12 points in the 2. Bundesliga competition in Germany. Their performance statistics have been such as 3 wins, 3 losses and, 3 draws.

This means that in the 10th round the team has no advantage in relation to the Kaiserslautern team that is in the 11th place.

Positioned in the middle of the league table in the Germany 2. Bundesliga without high aspirations or relegation concerns, the FC Köln will try to benefit of the home factor to get a win.

FC Köln analysis

After 9 rounds, FC Köln has a positive ratio of goals scored and goals against. The team sums 21 goals for and 18 conceded.

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.

FC Köln has proven to be a formidable attacking force, with 1014 attacks resulting in 21 goals. Paderborn, on the other hand, has only scored 16 times with 791 attacks.

Best goalscorer from FC Köln

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Damion Downs is the player to highlight. Helping FC Köln with 4 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

Paderborn

2. Bundesliga leaderboard now

Paderborn arrives in this game with 16 points, and in 5th place in the 2. Bundesliga, having won 4 games in total and lost 1 time, making a total of 4 draws.

Paderborn analysis

After round 9 of 2. Bundesliga we count 16 goals scored by Paderborn and 12 conceded.

This is a top 5 team in the 2. Bundesliga that wants to keep up with the good performances!

The Paderborn team often tries to control the game through an average ball possession of 54.44%. This is because ball possession above 50% typically gives teams some control over their opponents.

The adaptation of Luca Herrmann with the new jersey has not been the best. He had another disappointing performance in Paderborn last game of the season, against Kaiserslautern. In the clash, the midfielder failed to be effective and did little for the team. Despite the good expectations for the player, his performance is starting to worry.

Best goalscorer from Paderborn

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Filip Bilbija. He has scored 5 times in the current season and has helped Paderborn come out with a positive result on several occasions.

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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 Damion Downs, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Paderborn is Filip Bilbija, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Since Paderborn has an average of 1.6 goals per game when playing away from home, and they often do not concede goals away from home, the under 2.5 goals can also be an excellent alternative to consider.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.7.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 6.44 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

FC Köln 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 7.11 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of FC Köln in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

FC Köln has an average of 2.4 yellow cards per game over the 9 rounds, while Paderborn has an average of 2. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.89 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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