Cologne vs Kaiserslautern Prediction: I expect the home team to secure a win early

Cologne vs Kaiserslautern: Prediction and odds on the Bundesliga 2 Match on 18 May 2025

Cologne and Kaiserslautern will play against one another in the Germany 2 Bundesliga Round 34 matchup at RheinEnergieStadion. Cologne will aim to secure a win on their home soil and extend their previous to two games with the hope of securing a place in the 1st place in the league to secure the league trophy, while Kaiserslautern will aim to secure a win and extend their unbeaten streak to four games to find a place in the promotion Bundesliga playoffs. Let’s analyze previous results, overall performance, recent forms, and my betting opinion on how to place your bets.

🏠 Cologne: Forms and Statistics

Cologne snapped their winless streak of two during their last four games against Nurnberg in a 2-1 win in the match closed. Before the match, they tied against Regensburg while they suffered a defeat against Hannover. However, they were victorious against Munster. During these games, they have scored six goals while conceding four. Cologne have gained 58 points in 33 games, positioning them in 2nd place in the league table. In this match, Cologne will aim to secure a win on their home soil in their last match of the season and extend their previous win to two games since they still hope to secure a place in the top place in the league table to secure the trophy.

📋 Cologne: Lineups

🔖 Cologne Lineups (3-4-1-2)

Goalkeeper: Marvin Schwabe

Defender players: Timo Hubers, Dominique Heintz, Jan Thielmann, Leart Paqarada

Midfielder players: Eric Martel, Dejan Ljubicic, Florian Kainz,

Attacking players: Forward Waldschmidt, Damion Downs, Tim Lemperle

⛔️ Unavailable: Luca Kilian (Knee Injury)

👤 Head Coach: Struber G.

✈️ Kaiserslautern: Forms and Statistics

Kaiserslautern extended their unbeaten streak to three during their last five games against Darmstadt in a 2-1 win in the match closed.. Before the match, they tied against Karsruher while they were victorious against Schalke. However, they suffered defeats against Braunschweig and Nurenberg. During these games, they have scored seven goals while conceding eight. Kaiserslautern have gained 53 points in 33 games, positioning them in 6th place in the league table. In this match, Kaiserslautern will aim to secure a win on their home soil and extend their unbeaten streak to four games, and find a place in the 3rd place in the league table at the promotion Bundesliga promotion playoffs.

📋 Kaiserslautern: Lineups

🔖Kaiserslautern predicted lineup (3-4-2-1):

Goalkeeper: Julian Krahl

Defender players: Jan Elvedi, Luca Sirch, Maximilian Bauer, Frank Ronstadt

Midfielder players: Filip Kaloc, Marlon Ritter, Philipp Klement

Attacking players: Daisuke Yokota, Daniel Hanslik, Ragnar Ache,

⛔️ Unavailable: Aremu Afeez (Shoulder Injury), (Hendrick Zuck (Knee Injury), Kenny Prince Redondo (Yellow Cards), Mika Haas (Knee Injury)

👤 Head Coach: Lieberknecht T.

🤝 Cologne vs Kaiserslautern: Head-to-Head Statistics

Throughout their last five games, Cologne won one, while Kaiserslautern won two games, and both teams tied in two games. However, both teams scored against one another in one game, and more than two goals were recorded in two games.

📉 Cologne vs Kaiserslautern Betting Odds & Tips

• In three of their last five games between Cologne and Kaiserslautern have taken more than 10 corners. This option is provided on the Bet365 bookmaker website for odds of 1.90
• In one of their last five games between Cologne and Kaiserslautern have had BTTS. This option is provided on the Betway bookmaker website for odds of 1.60
• In two of their last five games between Hannover and FC Koln have had TO 3 goals. This option is provided on the 1xbet bookmaker website for odds of 1.61
• In one of their last five games between Hannover and FC Koln have had HF TO 1.5 goals. This option is provided on the 1xbet bookmaker website for odds of 2.04

🎯 Cologne vs Kaiserslautern match Prediction 18 May 2025

I predict a scoring affair between Cologne and Kaiserslautern in this match, since the home team will aim to secure a win on their home soil and extend their previous win to two games and find a place in the top place of the league with the hope of securing the league trophy, while the visiting team will aim to secure a win and extend their unbeaten streak to four games to find a place in 3rd place in the league table at the promotion Bundesliga playoff. Therefore, I expect both teams to find the net, while I expect more than 3 goals to be recorded. However, since the visiting team were battling a winless streak of five games on the road, I expect the home team to secure a win early on their home soil and secure their spot in the promotion Bundesliga playoffs.

Below are our predictions for this game.

Our match prediction: is BTTS for a coefficient of 1.60 in the 1XBet bookmaker.

Our betting tip on the match: is more than three goals for a coefficient of 2.04 in the Betway bookmaker.

Our final betting tip on the match: is that the home team will win early for a coefficient of 1.90 in the Bet365 bookmaker.