Bundesliga prediction: FC Bayern München should edge out 1. FC Köln on their own turf

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Arena (75000 seats)

Only the second game in the Bundesliga for these teams and fresh optimism here at Allianz Arena as FC Bayern München host 1. FC Köln. Check out this preview!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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FC Bayern München form and stats

The previous season, FC Bayern München's league stats were 24 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses, providing 1st spot in the Bundesliga. In these 34 matches they scored 99 goals and gave away 44. Playing as the home side in the last season FC Bayern München produced 13-4-0 (win-draw-lost) with 64 goals and 21 conceded.

Happy days for FC Bayern München in their previous game, a Super Cup match away at Borussia Dortmund (placed 3rd) that ended with a 3-1 victory. The attacker Robert Lewandowski was "man of the match" for München with a rating of 8.72/10. Lewandowski scored two goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Borussia M'gladbach that finished 1-1.

München are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Allianz Arena with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 19 earlier games are comparable to this one, and FC Bayern München has won 16 times, drawn two and lost one. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that FC Bayern München has won by at least two goals eleven times when in this position.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for München as they are travelling to their away game against Bremer SV in the DFB Pokal. That match is three days after this one.

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1. FC Köln form and stats

Let's have a look at how 1. FC Köln performed last season in the Bundesliga: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 9 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded 60 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 8 with 14/29 goals scored/conceded.

The supporters enjoyed 1. FC Köln's previous game versus Hertha BSC (placed 15th), a Bundesliga 3-1 win played at home. Midfield player Florian Kainz was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.4/10. Kainz scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 20 successful passes (of 22 total).

Ahead of that match was the DFB Pokal away draw versus Carl Zeiss Jena (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) that ended 1-1.

Nobody expects Köln to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath two times before, with the overall statistics of won one, draw zero and lost one. When defeated, one match have been lost by two or more goals.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - one - one (FC Bayern München wins - draws - 1. FC Köln wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

1. FC KölnF. Kainz
F. Kainz
2 goals
FC Bayern MünchenR. Lewandowski
R. Lewandowski
1 goals
1. FC KölnA. Modeste
A. Modeste
1 goals

FC Bayern München missing players

1. FC Köln missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Bayern München 1. FC Köln
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
20 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 14
9 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
11% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 60%
FC Bayern München Last season 1. FC Köln
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
24 13   Won W   5 8
6 4   Drew D   4 9
4 0   Lost L   8 17
99 64   Scored S   14 34
44 21   Conceded C   29 60
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
91% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 74%
79% 82%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 59%
62% 71%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 32%
47% 65%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 18%
74% 71%   BTTS BTTS   47% 59%
26% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 15%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   47% 35%
 
7 7.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4
3.5 2.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.7
1.3 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.9
3 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
17.4 17.7   Shots (avg) S (   9.3 10.4
6.9 7.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3
42% 48%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Stuttgart 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Hoffenheim 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
3 Borussia Dortmund 1 1 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 1. FC Köln 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Mainz 05 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Wolfsburg 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Union Berlin 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Bayer Leverkusen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Borussia M'gladbach 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 FC Bayern München 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Arminia Bielefeld 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 SC Freiburg 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 RB Leipzig 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Bochum 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Hertha BSC 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 0
17 Greuther Furth 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
18 Augsburg 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Last season 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 34 24 6 4 99 44 17 13 4 0 64 21 17 11 2 4 35 23 55 78
2 RB Leipzig 34 19 8 7 60 32 17 11 4 2 29 13 17 8 4 5 31 19 28 65
3 Borussia Dortmund 34 20 4 10 75 46 17 11 2 4 40 20 17 9 2 6 35 26 29 64
4 Wolfsburg 34 17 10 7 61 37 17 10 4 3 32 16 17 7 6 4 29 21 24 61
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 16 12 6 69 53 17 10 7 0 37 20 17 6 5 6 32 33 16 60
6 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 10 10 53 39 17 8 5 4 34 22 17 6 5 6 19 17 14 52
7 Union Berlin 34 12 14 8 50 43 17 8 8 1 32 18 17 4 6 7 18 25 7 50
8 Borussia M'gladbach 34 13 10 11 64 56 17 8 4 5 32 19 17 5 6 6 32 37 8 49
9 Stuttgart 34 12 9 13 56 55 17 5 6 6 27 26 17 7 3 7 29 29 1 45
10 SC Freiburg 34 12 9 13 52 52 17 7 6 4 33 23 17 5 3 9 19 29 0 45
11 Hoffenheim 34 11 10 13 52 54 17 8 3 6 32 24 17 3 7 7 20 30 -2 43
12 Mainz 05 34 10 9 15 39 56 17 4 4 9 16 26 17 6 5 6 23 30 -17 39
13 Augsburg 34 10 6 18 36 54 17 6 4 7 21 25 17 4 2 11 15 29 -18 36
14 Hertha BSC 34 8 11 15 41 52 17 5 5 7 21 26 17 3 6 8 20 26 -11 35
15 Arminia Bielefeld 34 9 8 17 26 52 17 6 2 9 13 23 17 3 6 8 13 29 -26 35
16 1. FC Köln 34 8 9 17 34 60 17 3 5 9 20 31 17 5 4 8 14 29 -26 33
17 Werder Bremen 34 7 10 17 36 57 17 3 5 9 16 28 17 4 5 8 20 29 -21 31
18 Schalke 04 34 3 7 24 25 86 17 3 3 11 14 34 17 0 4 13 11 52 -61 16

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

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