It's advantage Borussia M'gladbach so far with their 5th position in the Bundesliga table, welcoming Köln who are placed 10th.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Bundesliga match only four days ago. This match was also played here at Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Köln have had more rest.
Borussia M'gladbach form and stats
Borussia M'gladbach are steadily winning Bundesliga games and points here at Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK. 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games.
The Borussia M'gladbach crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Borussia Dortmund here at Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK in a Bundesliga match. In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Augsburg.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Borussia M'gladbach's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won three matches, drawn zero and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Borussia M'gladbach as they are travelling to their away game against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga. That match is four days after this one.
Borussia M'gladbach can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 28 times. On the other hand, Borussia M'gladbach have conceded 15 goals.
Köln form and stats
Playing away, Köln have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 7 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Köln has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Two travels in a row for Köln, whose manager M. Gisdol could celebrate last time after the Bundesliga win against Paderborn. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Schalke 04.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Köln when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning zero games.
A new game in only three days for Köln, the Bundesliga home match versus Mainz 05. Busy days.
Köln has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 12 games. The Köln manager M. Gisdol has some worries about the defense as 27 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Köln - Borussia M'gladbach 0-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Borussia M'gladbach, one draw and three wins for Köln. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Córdoba Copete 10 goals |   A. Pléa 8 goals |  L. Stindl 6 goals |
Borussia M'gladbach missing players
Köln missing players
| Borussia M'gladbach | Köln | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 47 | 28 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 18 | 38 |
| 29 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 14 | 27 | 43 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 67% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 75% | 71% |
| 42% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 50% | 46% |
| 21% | 25% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 21% |
| 67% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | 54% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 25% |
| 21% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 21% |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 337 | 185 | 49 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 155 | 306 |
| 138 | 80 | 26 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 55 | 112 |
| 34% | 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 33% | 34% |
- All of Köln's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Borussia M'gladbach have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Köln have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 | Bayern München | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 73 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 47 | 55 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 68 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 35 | 51 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 36 | 50 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 47 |
| 5 | Borussia M'gladbach | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 46 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 37 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -1 | 36 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | -8 | 35 |
| 10 | Köln | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 38 | 43 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 27 | -5 | 32 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -9 | 30 |
| 12 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -3 | 28 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | -16 | 28 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 52 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 31 | -16 | 27 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 34 | 53 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 32 | -19 | 26 |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -23 | 22 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 29 | -28 | 18 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -24 | 16 |