A crucial game as both contenders are challenging for the top positions. With FC Köln in 6th place and FC Bayern München located at 1st, this is almost guaranteed to be a thriling duel. Read on to find out more!
- FC Köln have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals (57) in Bundesliga
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 18 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Bundesliga are 5-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Köln, who won 3-1 against Hertha BSC (placed 13th). The talented striker Uth bettered all others in that fixture and got a match rating of 8.12 out of 10. Uth served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Stuttgart.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Hamburger SV are coming to town in three days.
Köln can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 18 times. On the other hand, FC Köln have conceded 11 goals.
FC Bayern München form and stats
FC Bayern München have an excellent away record in the Bundesliga so far with 6-1-1 from 8 games. It could be a hat trick of victories away for München, as they have won on their previous two travels.
The manager Nagelsmann was unhappy after their last game, a Bundesliga match played at their home ground Allianz Arena. FC Bayern München suffered a 1-2 loss to Borussia M'gladbach (placed 12th). Attacker Lewandowski got a player rating of 8.31 in the game. "Man of the match" Lewandowski scored one goal, hit the woodwork two (!) times, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against VfL Wolfsburg.FC Bayern München are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (27 goals from 8 away games). FC Bayern München have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have played earlier this season: FC Bayern München - Köln 3-2. FC Köln-FC Bayern München H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Köln one win, FC Bayern München eight wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 20 goals |   A. Modeste 12 goals |  S. Gnabry 9 goals |
FC Köln missing players
FC Bayern München missing players
| FC Köln | FC Bayern München | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 30 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 27 | 57 |
| 28 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 56% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 89% |
| 50% | 56% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 61% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 62% | 44% |
| 78% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 88% | 67% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 33% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.5 | 6 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.7 | 16.6 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.5 | 17.2 | 19.3 |
| 5.2 | 6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 7.2 | 8 |
| 32% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 47% | 40% |
| 12.3 | 11.1 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.2 | 9.8 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
- All of FC Bayern München's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Bayern München have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Bayern München have scored in all their matches so far.
- FC Bayern München have the most points (19) away in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals (27) away in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals (57) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the the best goal difference (+17) away in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the the best goal difference (+39) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Bayern München is in the best form (5-0-1) in Bundesliga
- FC Köln have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Köln have the fewest clean sheets (1) 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 | FC Bayern München | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 39 | 43 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 37 |
| 3 | Hoffenheim | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Freiburg | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 30 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 29 |
| 6 | FC Köln | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 28 |
| 7 | Union Berlin | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | RB Leipzig | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 25 |
| 10 | FSV Mainz 05 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 24 |
| 11 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -9 | 23 |
| 12 | Borussia M'gladbach | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -9 | 22 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -17 | 21 |
| 14 | VfL Wolfsburg | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -13 | 20 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 18 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 18 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 17 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 34 | -36 | 6 |
