FC Köln will want to use their home advantage to help in closing the gap to today’s adversaries. The team playing at home are currently 5 points behind Borussia Dortmund.
- Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Both sides have had ample time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's look for an active match!
FC Köln form and stats
1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what FC Köln have to build on here at RheinEnergieStadion in the Bundesliga.
FC Köln drew their last game, 1-1 away at VfL Bochum 1848 (placed 18th). Maina was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against VfL Bochum 1848 after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Hector, defender, was given a rating of 7.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Hector hit four key passes and won 8 of 11 duels.
Before that match, a home win against Slovacko in the Europa Conference League.
FC Köln have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Bundesliga away games so far for Borussia Dortmund with six points collected from three matches.
Impressive finishing from Moukoko secured the home win 1-0 against Schalke 04 in their previous game. Moukoko came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Schalke 04 last time out, making the manager Terzic feel like a tactical genius. Wolf was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.31. The defender Wolf served one assist, hit two key passes and won 5 of 6 duels.
A defeat, in the Champions League away at Manchester City, earlier.
Borussia have another match away in just four days, a Champions League game versus Sevilla. A back-breaking fixture list for the visitors!
Borussia Dortmund have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 4 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Borussia have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these sides: FC Köln won one, Borussia Dortmund triumphed in five and we saw four draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Ljubicic 2 goals |  F. Kainz 2 goals |   M. Reus 2 goals |
FC Köln missing players
Borussia Dortmund missing players
| FC Köln | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 86% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 71% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 29% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 14% |
| 7.1 | 7.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.7 | 6 |
| 4.7 | 5.7 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.7 | 5.4 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.6 | 14 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 13 | 12.6 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 32% |
| 11 | 11.7 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 15.3 | 10.9 |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 3.6 |
- Borussia Dortmund 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 Union Berlin | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 17 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | SC Freiburg | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Hoffenheim | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Bayern München | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 12 |
| 6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | FSV Mainz 05 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 9 | FC Köln | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Augsburg | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | RB Leipzig | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Schalke 04 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 15 | Bayer Leverkusen | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | VfB Stuttgart | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 17 | VfL Wolfsburg | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -14 | 1 |
