Struggling Köln will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Borussia Dortmund in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Köln have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored more than double the goals of Köln.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Köln form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Bundesliga this season. Köln have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 7 losses from their games here at RheinEnergieStadion.
Köln faced defeat in their previous match, away at Union Berlin (1-2). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Werder Bremen.
Köln has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Köln have conceded 21 from these games.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
Playing away, Borussia Dortmund have won 6 games, drawn 1 and suffered 6 defeats in the Bundesliga this season.
Impressive finishing from Youssoufa Moukoko and Julian Brandt secured the home win 2-0 against Hertha BSC in their previous game. A draw for Borussia before that, at their own venue hosting Sevilla (2-2).
A victory against Hertha BSC as mentioned above, but the margin of victory could have been bigger as Borussia hit the posts three times.
The travelling fans enjoy Borussia's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 13 league matches away. Borussia Dortmund have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Borussia Dortmund - Köln 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Köln victories, four draws and four Borussia Dortmund wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Håland 19 goals |  J. Sancho 6 goals |   E. Rexhbecaj 5 goals |
Köln missing players
Borussia Dortmund missing players
| Köln | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | 52 |
| 44 | 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 4 | 21 | 35 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 56% | 58% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 69% | 72% |
| 28% | 42% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 40% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 23% | 20% |
| 60% | 67% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 69% | 60% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 23% | 36% |
| 36% | 33% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 8% | 4% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.1 | 9.7 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.8 | 14.8 | 14.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.2 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 33% | 36% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | 37% |
- Borussia Dortmund have scored more than double the goals of Köln.
- Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Köln have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 74 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 39 | 58 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 26 | 53 |
| 3 | Wolfsburg | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 43 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 22 | 48 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 47 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 43 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 52 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 42 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 40 |
| 7 | Union Berlin | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 38 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 34 |
| 9 | Stuttgart | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 33 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 1 | 33 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -2 | 30 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | -6 | 30 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -11 | 29 |
| 14 | Köln | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 44 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -21 | 22 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 21 | -17 | 21 |
| 16 | Mainz 05 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -20 | 21 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -25 | 19 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 66 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 40 | -50 | 10 |