FC Köln host the first leg in this deciding Europa Conference League Play-offs game. MOL Vidi will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Puskás Akadémia Pancho Aréna before the return leg in 7 days.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
The visiting MOL Vidi played their last game only four days ago, a NB 1 match. That game was also an away game, at Ferencvaros. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
FC Köln form and stats
FC Köln have collected 3 points from their Bundesliga home games so far after 1-0-0.
The home team returns to RheinEnergieStadion after drawing with RB Leipzig on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Midfield player Kainz got a match rating of 8.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Kainz served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Before that, Köln had a Bundesliga home game versus Schalke 04 which ended with a victory 3-1.The manager Baumgart will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Eintracht Frankfurt in only three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the FC Köln at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
MOL Vidi form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Qabala and Petrocub in order to reach play-offs of Europa Conference League. MOL Vidi's mission in Europa Conference League last season failed in the 1st qualifying round against Ararat.No NB 1 points yet away for MOL Vidi, from their first 2 matches. Total Europa Conference League statistics for MOL Vidi: 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Two away games in a row for Vidi, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Ferencvaros. MOL Vidi lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
0 goals so far away for MOL Vidi, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 6. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Ljubicic 1 goals |  F. Kainz 1 goals |  L. Kilian 1 goals |
FC Köln missing players
MOL Vidi missing players
| FC Köln | MOL Vidi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 55 | 24 | Scored | S | 20 | 48 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 22 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 6.9 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.7 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 38% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 37% | ||
| 11.7 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.1 | 10 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Borussia M'gladbach | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | FC Köln | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Mainz 05 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Freiburg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Hoffenheim | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Augsburg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | RB Leipzig | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Stuttgart | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Schalke 04 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Wolfsburg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 1 |
| 17 | Bochum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ferencvaros | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Paksi SE | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Varda SE | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Kecskemeti TE | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Puskas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Zalaegerszegi TE | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Debrecen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Vasas | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MOL Vidi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Ujpest | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Mezokovesd-Zsory | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Honved | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
