Matchday 11’s Bundesliga Topspiel pits 1. FC Köln against Eintracht Frankfurt, with the hosts looking to bounce back from their derby defeat to Borussia Mönchengladbach before the international break. The visitors, meanwhile, will be keen to build on their narrow home victory over Mainz.
Köln should take confidence from playing in front of their home fans at the RheinEnergieStadion, having won three of their four Bundesliga matches there this season. Before Frankfurt’s win against Mainz last time out, they had gone three games without a victory in all competitions.
Lukas Kwasniok will be without Timo Hübers, Luca Kilian and Malek El Mala through injury, while striker Marius Bülter is a doubt and is not expected to be fit enough to start on Saturday.
Dino Toppmöller, meanwhile, has injury concerns of his own to contend with, as Eintracht will be without Can Uzun, Oscar Højlund, and Hugo Larsson.
FC Köln vs Eintracht Frankfurt Predicted XI’s
1. FC Köln: Schwäbe – Schmied, Martel, Özkacar – Sebulonsen, Jóhannesson, Huseinbašić, Lund – Thielmann, Kamiński, Ache
Eintracht Frankfurt: Zetterer – Kristensen, Koch, Theate, Brown – Skhiri, Chaïbi – Doan, Götze, Knauff – Burkardt
