Partizan and FC Köln get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa Conference League Group Stage fixture.
These teams have little in common geographically as FC Köln have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Partizan form and stats
Last season, Partizan's Europa Conference League journey ended in the 8th finals against Feyenoord.When playing at home in the Super Liga, Partizan have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. 2W-3D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa Conference League for Partizan.
Happy days for Partizan in their previous game, a fixture away at Vozdovac that ended with a 4-0 victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Partizan played a great game against Vozdovac and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Before that one, a nice away victory at FC Köln. A Europa Conference League match.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Partizan, as the Super Liga home game vs Cukaricki is only three days away.
Partizan are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (11 goals in 4 games). Partizan have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FC Köln form and stats
The visitors are W1-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga. When we have look at the Europa Conference League statistics, we find 2W-1D-2L. This is both home and away.
It might be tough going out on the road again for FC Köln, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-5 versus Borussia M'gladbach. A stark raving crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Köln, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that game, will this match be as exciting? Hector, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 6.93. Hector hit one key pass and won 11 of 14 duels.
The match before was the Europa Conference League-battle against Partizan, a home loss (0-1).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Augsburg in just three days.
The FC Köln manager Baumgart has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: FC Köln - Partizan 0-1.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Pires Gomes 10 goals |  B. Natcho 8 goals |   F. Kainz 4 goals |
Partizan missing players
FC Köln missing players
| Partizan | FC Köln | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 53 | 23 | Scored | S | 35 | 60 | ||
| 24 | 7 | Conceded | C | 18 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 7.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12.1 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.6 | 14.1 | ||
| 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 40% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 41% | ||
| 8.6 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Partizan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Nice | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | FC Köln | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Slovácko | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crvena Zvezda | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 32 |
| 2 | Backa Topola | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 29 |
| 3 | Cukaricki | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 29 |
| 4 | Partizan | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 24 | 27 |
| 5 | Novi Pazar | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Vozdovac | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 23 |
| 7 | Vojvodina | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 8 | Kolubara | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -11 | 19 |
| 9 | Radnicki Kragujevac | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Napredak | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Radnicki Nis | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 12 | Mladost Lucani | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -11 | 12 |
| 13 | Javor Ivanjica | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 12 |
| 14 | Spartak Subotica | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 15 | Mladost Novi Sad | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -18 | 9 |
| 16 | Radnik Surdulica | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -22 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Berlin | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Freiburg | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Bayern München | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 16 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | Werder Bremen | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | Borussia M'gladbach | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | FC Köln | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Augsburg | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | RB Leipzig | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Wolfsburg | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 6 |
| 17 | Stuttgart | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | Bochum | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -15 | 4 |
