1. FC Köln vs Elversberg prediction, odds and how to watch

A scrappy, frustrating Bundesliga stalemate between 1. FC Köln and Schalke 04 produced five yellow cards, a half-time double substitution, and nothing in the net for either side.

Elversberg held on for a dramatic 4-3 Bundesliga win over FC Augsburg on Saturday, with Frederik Schmahl's 89th-minute goal proving the difference in a match that had everything. Augsburg mounted a serious second-half comeback but could not find a fourth, leaving Elversberg to claim all three points.

Younes Ebnoutalib's 77th-minute right-foot finish gave Eintracht Frankfurt a hard-fought 1-0 Bundesliga win over 1. FC Köln on Friday night, ending a run of three matches without a victory for the hosts.

1. FC Köln host Elversberg on Saturday looking to arrest a run that has delivered just one win in five Bundesliga matches. The visitors arrive having conceded ten goals in their last five. Something has to give.

SC Freiburg arrive at Elversberg on Saturday carrying six absentees and a point to prove after a defeat to Bayer Leverkusen. Elversberg are unpredictable, leaky at the back, and absolutely capable of making this a problem.

Bayern München host 1. FC Köln on Friday night carrying serious momentum and a hunger for goals. Köln arrive battered, short-handed, and with no clean sheet in five Bundesliga matches.

RB Leipzig host Elversberg on Saturday carrying a form record that should embarrass them. The question is not whether Leipzig are good enough. It is whether they care enough.

1. FC Köln have not kept a clean sheet in their last five Bundesliga matches, and Bayer Leverkusen are about to find out exactly why that matters. This one could get ugly.