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Bundesliga football returns on Friday night, and Eintracht Frankfurt and 1. FC Köln arrive at Deutsche Bank Park with records that are hard to separate: two wins, two draws and two defeats each across their last six matches, 8 points against 8 points. What separates them is where those points came from.
Eintracht Frankfurt vs 1. FC Köln kicks off at 19:30 BST on Friday, 16 October 2026, at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt am Main, in the Bundesliga. Full details and the prediction entry are on the Eintracht Frankfurt vs 1. FC Köln match page.
Six days before this match, Adi Hütter's side lost 0-6 away to RB Leipzig. That is the game sitting on top of everything else, and nobody inside the club pretended otherwise. Jonathan Burkardt said afterwards that Frankfurt "looked like a school team", while Hütter conceded they "simply defended badly" and picked out how easily they allow crosses into the box, per Goal.
The pattern runs deeper than one afternoon. Frankfurt have conceded two or more in 4 of their last 6 and kept 1 clean sheet. They were beaten 1-4 at home by FC Augsburg, drew 3-3 away at 1. FC Union Berlin and drew 2-2 at home with SC Freiburg.
Going forward they are fine. Thirteen goals in six, two or more scored in 4 of 6, a 3-1 win away at 1. FSV Mainz 05 and a 4-0 friendly win at home over Eintracht Braunschweig. At home in the league and friendlies combined, though, they have won 1 of 3.
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1. FC Köln
