Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 1. FC Köln: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction
Our picks against the result
8 of 13 right
- Result Eintracht Frankfurt win48% 1-0
- Double chance Eintracht Frankfurt or draw (1X)75% 1-0
- Both teams to score Yes63% No
- Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.565% 1 goal
- More corners Eintracht Frankfurt57% Eintracht Frankfurt (7-3)
- Yellow cards Around average 4 yellow cards · league 3.4
- Yellow cards 4 yellow cards 3.5 Under55% 4.5 Under73% 5.5 Under86%
- Corners Around average 10 corners · league 10.8
- Corners 10 corners 8.5 Over71% 9.5 Over61% 10.5 Over51%
Match stats
Eintracht Frankfurt 1. FC Köln
- 1 Goals 0
- 2 Yellow cards 2
- 0 Red cards 0
- 7 Corners 3
Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.
Before kick-off
What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.
Match summary
Eintracht Frankfurt vs 1. FC Köln is the Matchday 6 fixture in the Bundesliga, played on Friday 16 October 2026, and our model backs the home side to win, with a double chance covering a Frankfurt victory or a draw.
Why this pick?
Frankfurt get the nod above all because they are at home, and because our model rates them slightly the stronger of the two sides, with the goal model leaning the same way. The caution is their defending: 16 goals let in across five matchdays, a defence rating of 18, and heavy defeats to RB Leipzig and Augsburg inside their last five. What offsets that is Köln's attacking output, which is among the weakest in the division, so the visitors are unlikely to punish those openings. With nothing pushing against the pick, the call is a moderate one rather than a clear one.
Both teams to score: Both teams scoring looks the sensible read: Frankfurt's attack sits well above the league average and they create plenty at home, while their own defence gives up chances readily. Köln's away threat is modest, but Frankfurt's leakiness should let them in.
Form guide
Eintracht Frankfurt
- L 0-6 at RB Leipzig (A) Bundesliga · 10 Oct
- D 2-2 vs Freiburg (H) Bundesliga · 19 Sep
- W 3-1 at Mainz 05 (A) Bundesliga · 12 Sep
- L 1-4 vs Augsburg (H) Bundesliga · 6 Sep
- D 3-3 at Union Berlin (A) Bundesliga · 29 Aug
1. FC Köln
- W 2-1 vs Borussia Mönchengladbach (H) Bundesliga · 11 Oct
- L 1-2 at Hamburger SV (A) Bundesliga · 19 Sep
- D 1-1 vs Werder Bremen (H) Bundesliga · 12 Sep
- L 1-4 at VfB Stuttgart (A) Bundesliga · 4 Sep
- W 3-2 vs Hoffenheim (H) Bundesliga · 29 Aug
Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.
Attack and defence ratings
0 to 100 against this season's Bundesliga clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.
Head-to-head
22 meetings since 2010, results after 90 minutes.
- 5 Apr 2026 · Bundesliga Eintracht Frankfurt 2-2 1. FC Köln
- 22 Nov 2025 · Bundesliga 1. FC Köln 3-4 Eintracht Frankfurt
- 3 Feb 2024 · Bundesliga 1. FC Köln 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt
- 3 Sep 2023 · Bundesliga Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 1. FC Köln
- 12 Feb 2023 · Bundesliga 1. FC Köln 3-0 Eintracht Frankfurt
Bundesliga so far
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1. FC Köln | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8:10 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9:16 | -7 | 5 |
Positions in our table of 18 clubs, before kick-off. Full table
Match facts
- Competition
- Bundesliga, Matchday 6
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt am Main
Questions and answers
What was the score of Eintracht Frankfurt vs 1. FC Köln?
Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 1. FC Köln in the Bundesliga (Matchday 6) on Friday 16 October 2026.
Was the OptimaGoal prediction for Eintracht Frankfurt vs 1. FC Köln right?
Yes: our result pick was Eintracht Frankfurt win, and the score after 90 minutes was 1-0. 8 of our 13 picks and markets for this match were right.
How many cards and corners were there in Eintracht Frankfurt vs 1. FC Köln?
4 yellow cards (Eintracht Frankfurt 2, 1. FC Köln 2), no red cards and 10 corners (Eintracht Frankfurt 7, 1. FC Köln 3).
Times are UTC.