Struggling Köln will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Bayern München in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Köln form and stats
Overall Bundesliga stats at home this season for Köln are 5-1-4 (wins-draw-losses). Köln has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at RheinEnergieStadion. We remember; it was Augsburg.
A nice win for Köln last time playing, versus Freiburg. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Ismail Jakobs, Kingsley Ehizibue, Sebastiaan Bornauw and Jhon Córdoba scoring for the victors. Heartbreak before that as Köln lost 1-5 at Borussia Dortmund's place.
As mentioned above, Köln "killed" Freiburg in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Köln have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at RheinEnergieStadion with 16 goals in 10 league matches. On the other hand, Köln have conceded 12 goals.
Bayern München form and stats
Bayern München, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Bundesliga, have an excellent away record in the Bundesliga so far with 6-2-2 from 10 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Bayern München on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Bayern München played 0-0 against RB Leipzig in their previous match. Before that, Bayern München secured a home win against Hoffenheim with the score 4-3.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Bayern München given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 20 matches with 17 wins as expected, three draws and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won eleven of these games by at least two goals.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 25 goals in 10 league games away this season. As opposed to that, Bayern München have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Bayern München - Köln 4-0. Köln-Bayern München H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Köln zero wins, Bayern München nine wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 22 goals |   J. Córdoba Copete 7 goals |  S. Gnabry 7 goals |
Köln missing players
Bayern München missing players
| Köln | Bayern München | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 27 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 14 | 25 | 58 |
| 38 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 90% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 65% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 45% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 70% | 62% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 24% |
| 55% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 70% | 62% |
| 20% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 38% |
| 25% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.9 | 7.1 |
| 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 4.5 | 3.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 251 | 127 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 66 | 165 | 394 |
| 87 | 45 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 26 | 63 | 154 |
| 31% | 36% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 40% | 38% |
- All of Bayern München's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bayern München has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12)
- Bayern München has the most clean sheets (8)
- Bayern München has the the best goal difference (+35)
- Bayern München have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bayern München have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Bayern München have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Bayern München have scored more than double the goals of Köln.
- Bayern München have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Bayern München have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bayern München haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Bayern München is in the best form (5-1-0)
- 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 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 35 | 43 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 28 | 42 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 27 | 39 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 39 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 37 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 35 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | -1 | 33 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 28 |
| 10 | Wolfsburg | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 28 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -7 | 26 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 44 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -11 | 26 |
| 13 | Köln | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -11 | 23 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -12 | 23 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -17 | 21 |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -22 | 17 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -23 | 17 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -19 | 16 |