Borussia Dortmund vs FC Köln pre-match info: Away team face a difficult task at Signal-Iduna-Park

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 30.October
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Signal-Iduna-Park (81365 seats)

Things are looking good for Borussia Dortmund so far, with the 2nd position in the Bundesliga table and looking forward to facing FC Köln (who are in 8th).

Insights:
  • Borussia Dortmund have the most points (15) at home in Bundesliga
  • FC Köln have the most points from losing position (7) in Bundesliga

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.

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Borussia Dortmund form and stats

5 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Borussia Dortmund have to build on here at Signal-Iduna-Park in the Bundesliga. Ever since the Eintracht Frankfurt game Borussia has been unbeatable here at Signal-Iduna-Park producing five straight wins.

A nice win for Borussia last time playing, versus Ingolstadt. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Thorgan Hazard (2) scoring for the victors. Julian Brandt, a forward, was the highest rated performer for the team in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 9.02 (out of 10). Brandt signed up for two assists, hit six key passes and had 70 successful passes (of 77 total).

In the game before, an away victory in the Bundesliga match versus Arminia Bielefeld with a 3-1 scoreline.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Ajax are coming to town in four days.

Borussia always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Signal-Iduna-Park with 17 goals in 5 league games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Borussia Dortmund defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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FC Köln form and stats

0 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of FC Köln playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season.

Two travels in a row for FC Köln, whose manager S. Baumgart could celebrate last time after the DFB Pokal win against Stuttgart. Timo Hübers was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.95. The defender Hübers hit two key passes and won 8 of 12 duels.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the Bundesliga.

Kölnare scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 4 games (in the league). People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Kölnconcede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Borussia wins - draws - FC Köln wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Borussia DortmundE. Håland
E. Håland
9 goals
 FC KölnA. Modeste
A. Modeste
6 goals
BorussiaR. Guerreiro
R. Guerreiro
3 goals

Borussia Dortmund missing players

FC Köln missing players

Borussia Dortmund FC Köln
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 5 2 Played P 2 4 9
7 5 2 Won W 0 0 3
0 0 0 Drew D 1 2 4
2 0 0 Lost L 1 2 2
25 17 6 Scored S 3 4 15
15 8 3 Conceded C 4 10 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 67%
67% 80% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 56%
44% 60% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 22%
89% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 89%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 11%
 
4.8 5.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.8 4.7
4.1 4.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.2 4.9
2 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
15.6 16.6 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 12 15.4
6 7 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 2.8 4.9
46% 49% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 34%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Borussia Dortmund's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of FC Köln's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Borussia Dortmund have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Borussia Dortmund have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Borussia Dortmund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Borussia Dortmund have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FC Köln have scored away.
  • Borussia Dortmund have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Borussia Dortmund have the most points (15) at home in Bundesliga
  • Borussia Dortmund have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • FC Köln have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • FC Köln have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • FC Köln have the most points from losing position (7) in Bundesliga
  • FC Köln have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • FC Köln have yet to win a game away.
  • FC Köln haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Bayern München 9 7 1 1 33 8 5 4 0 1 20 4 4 3 1 0 13 4 25 22
2 Borussia Dortmund 9 7 0 2 25 15 5 5 0 0 17 8 4 2 0 2 8 7 10 21
3 Freiburg 9 5 4 0 14 6 4 2 2 0 7 3 5 3 2 0 7 3 8 19
4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 9 5 2 2 23 14 4 2 0 2 9 9 5 3 2 0 14 5 9 17
5 FC Union Berlin 9 4 4 1 13 10 5 3 2 0 6 2 4 1 2 1 7 8 3 16
6 RB Leipzig 9 4 2 3 20 9 5 4 0 1 18 5 4 0 2 2 2 4 11 14
7 Mainz 05 9 4 1 4 12 9 5 3 1 1 9 3 4 1 0 3 3 6 3 13
8 FC Köln 9 3 4 2 15 16 5 3 2 0 11 6 4 0 2 2 4 10 -1 13
9 VfL Wolfsburg 9 4 1 4 9 12 5 2 1 2 4 6 4 2 0 2 5 6 -3 13
10 Hertha BSC 9 4 0 5 11 21 4 2 0 2 5 5 5 2 0 3 6 16 -10 12
11 Hoffenheim 9 3 2 4 17 15 4 2 1 1 10 5 5 1 1 3 7 10 2 11
12 Borussia M'gladbach 9 3 2 4 10 12 4 2 2 0 6 3 5 1 0 4 4 9 -2 11
13 Stuttgart 9 2 4 3 14 15 5 2 1 2 12 9 4 0 3 1 2 6 -1 10
14 Bochum 9 3 1 5 7 16 4 2 1 1 5 3 5 1 0 4 2 13 -9 10
15 Eintracht Frankfurt 9 1 5 3 9 14 4 0 3 1 3 4 5 1 2 2 6 10 -5 8
16 Augsburg 9 1 3 5 5 18 4 1 1 2 3 9 5 0 2 3 2 9 -13 6
17 Arminia Bielefeld 9 0 5 4 5 14 5 0 3 2 2 8 4 0 2 2 3 6 -9 5
18 Greuther Furth 9 0 1 8 6 24 4 0 1 3 2 7 5 0 0 5 4 17 -18 1

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