No shortage of good and bad for these contenders this season, holding positions near the midsection of the Bundesliga table. Here's the FC Köln - Borussia Mönchengladbach latest:
- FC Köln have the most points from losing position (9) in Bundesliga
- FC Köln have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Borussia Mönchengladbach have scored away.
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!
FC Köln form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at RheinEnergieStadion as FC Köln have scored 13 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Bundesliga are 3-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). Köln have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Köln travelled for their previous game, a trip to FSV Mainz 05 that ended 1-1. Rafael Czichos was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.4 out of 10. The defender Czichos won 8 of 13 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Köln lost 0-2 at Borussia Dortmund's place.Goals decide football matches and FC Köln are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Borussia Mönchengladbach form and stats
There's been little loot from Borussia Mönchengladbach's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Bundesliga. Borussia Mönchengladbach only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
Jonas Hofmann (2), Alassane Pléa and Florian Neuhaus scored in Borussia Mönchengladbach's previous match, the home game against SpVgg Greuther Fürth that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Mönchengladbach was the only team on the pitch versus SpVgg Greuther Fürth in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Attacker Jonas Hofmann got a player rating of 8.93 in the game. "Man of the match" Hofmann scored two goals, hit four key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 52 total).
Before that, Borussia Mönchengladbach travelled to FSV Mainz 05 and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.The attacking power of Mönchengladbach when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Mönchengladbach have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four FC Köln victories, zero draws and six Borussia Mönchengladbach wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Modeste 8 goals |   J. Hofmann 6 goals |  E. Skhiri 3 goals |
FC Köln missing players
Borussia Mönchengladbach missing players
| FC Köln | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 18 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 21 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 58% | 83% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 58% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.6 | 17.8 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13.8 | 15.9 |
| 5.1 | 6.3 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| 30% | 34% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 19% | 27% |
| 11.9 | 11.2 | 21 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 11.8 | 11.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 12 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
- All of FC Köln's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Borussia Mönchengladbach have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Borussia Mönchengladbach haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Köln have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- FC Köln have not yet lost a game at home.
- FC Köln have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Köln have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Borussia Mönchengladbach have scored away.
- FC Köln have scored in all their home matches so far.
- FC Köln have the most points from losing position (9) in Bundesliga
- 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 | Bayern München | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 28 | 28 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | SC Freiburg | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | RB Leipzig | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| 8 | FSV Mainz 05 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | TSG Hoffenheim | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 17 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | FC Köln | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | -9 | 13 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -14 | 13 |
| 15 | FC Augsburg | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | VfB Stuttgart | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 9 |
| 18 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 24 | -25 | 1 |