FC Union Berlin have travelled here for an intriguing duel versus the hosts FC Köln. Prepare for the game with this in-depth Bundesliga preview!
- FC Köln have not yet lost a game.
- FC Union Berlin have not yet lost a game.
It's no vacation for neither FC Köln nor FC Union Berlin as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
FC Köln form and stats
Only two Bundesliga home games for FC Köln so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
The FC Köln coach Baumgart and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Nice in the Europa Conference League. Sweet to taste a league win after three games without.
In the preceding match a 4-2 victory visiting Wolfsburg.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Köln have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Slovacko are coming to town in four days.
FC Köln has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
FC Union Berlin form and stats
Four points from two away games for FC Union Berlin, meaning one draw and one victory in the Bundesliga so far.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a Europa League home loss versus Union Saint-Gilloise with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Doekhi was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.35. The defender Doekhi won 7 of 9 duels.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Bayern München in the Bundesliga.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with FC Union Berlin playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 FC Union Berlin win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Berlin manager Fischer as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sporting Braga.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, FC Union Berlin has managed 6 goals and let in 1 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
FC Union Berlin have pulled off a streak of 8 consecutive games without defeat (6-2-0) when playing FC Köln.Top Goalscorers
  S. Becker 5 goals |   D. Ljubicic 2 goals |  F. Kainz 2 goals |
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| FC Köln | FC Union Berlin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 20% |
| 7 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6 | 7.2 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.4 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11 | 8.8 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| 48% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 86% | 86% |
| 10.6 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 13 | 12.6 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 3.6 |
- FC Köln have created more than twice as many corners as FC Union Berlin.
- FC Köln have not yet lost a game.
- FC Union Berlin have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- FC Union Berlin have not yet lost a game.
- FC Union Berlin have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| FC Köln | Last season | FC Union Berlin | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 52 | 27 | Scored | S | 25 | 50 | ||
| 49 | 21 | Conceded | C | 27 | 44 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 79% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 76% | ||
| 53% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 53% | ||
| 47% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 29% | ||
| 18% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 15% | ||
| 68% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 59% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 24% | ||
| 21% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.8 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 12 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 12.9 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SC Freiburg | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Bayern München | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 11 |
| 4 | FC Union Berlin | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 5 | Mainz 05 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | FC Köln | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | RB Leipzig | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 5 |
| 12 | Stuttgart | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Bayer Leverkusen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Schalke 04 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 3 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 3 |
| 17 | Wolfsburg | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 2 |
| 18 | Bochum | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -12 | 0 |
