Borussia Dortmund vs FC Cologne Preview

 Borussia Dortmund vs FC Cologne 

Competition – German Bundesliga

Stadium – Signal-Iduna-Park

Date: 29th April 2017

Kick-off time – 14:30 GMT+1

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3rd placed Borussia Dortmund host 8th placed Koln as they bid to stay ahead of Hoffenheim in the race for the top three.

Borussia Dortmund are currently 3rd with 56 points after 30 games.

They are 6 points behind 2nd placed RB Leipzig and just 1 point ahead of 4th placed Hoffenheim.

They have won 4 of their last 6 games, losing just 1.

They have won all of their last 5 home games in the league and have scored at least 3 goals in 4 of those 5 home wins.

This is another opportunity for them to run riot.

8th placed Koln have been dismal recently with 2 losses and 1 draw in their last 3 league games.

They are currently 3 points off the last European place and if they do not win this game, they might just have to forget about qualifying for the Europa League next season.

After beating Darmstadt 1-6 on 28th January, they have gone 6 away games without a win, losing 5 of those games.

If they lose this game, they might drop down to 10th position in the league table so much is at stake in this tie.

Dortmund: Bürki – Piszczek, Sokratis, Ginter, Schmelzer – Passlack, Castro, Weigl – Dembele, Aubameyang, Reus

Coach: Thomas Tuchel

Absentees: Bartra (broken arm), Durm (thigh), Götze (metabolic), Schürrle (Achilles), Sahin (ankle)

Cologne: Horn – Klünter, Subotic, Heintz, Hector – Lehmann, Höger – Jojic, Bittencourt – Osako, Modeste

Coach: Peter Stöger

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

 
Borussia Dortmund last 5 matches (most recent first):
26/04/17 (a)Bayern Munich 2-3 W
22/04/17 (a)Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-3 W
19/04/17 (a)Monaco 3-1 L
15/04/17 (h)Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 W
12/04/17 (h)Monaco 2-3 L
 
1. FC Köln last 5 matches (most recent first):
21/04/17 (h)TSG Hoffenheim 1-1 D
15/04/17 (a)FC Augsburg 2-1 L
08/04/17 (h)Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-3 L
04/04/17 (h)Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 W
01/04/17 (a)Hamburger SV 2-1 L

Last time they met: 1. FC Köln 1-1 Borussia Dortmund

Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:

January 10, 2025
Borussia Dortmund 20:30 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
January 11, 2025
Heidenheim 15:30 Union Berlin
SC Freiburg 15:30 Holstein Kiel
Mainz 15:30 VFL Bochum
FC St. Pauli 15:30 Eintracht Frankfurt
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 15:30 Wolfsburg
Borussia Mönchengladbach 18:30 Bayern Munich
January 12, 2025
RB Leipzig 15:30 Werder Bremen
Augsburg 1907 17:30 Stuttgart
January 14, 2025
Holstein Kiel 18:30 Borussia Dortmund
Wolfsburg 20:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 20:30 Mainz
Eintracht Frankfurt 20:30 SC Freiburg
January 15, 2025
VFL Bochum 18:30 FC St. Pauli
Stuttgart 20:30 RB Leipzig
Bayern Munich 20:30 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Werder Bremen 20:30 Heidenheim
Union Berlin 20:30 Augsburg 1907
January 17, 2025
Eintracht Frankfurt 20:30 Borussia Dortmund

German Bundesliga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Bayern Munich 15 11 3 1 47 13 +34 36
2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 15 9 5 1 37 21 +16 32
3 Eintracht Frankfurt 15 8 3 4 35 23 +12 27
4 RB Leipzig 15 8 3 4 24 20 +4 27
5 Mainz 15 7 4 4 28 20 +8 25
6 Borussia Dortmund 15 7 4 4 28 22 +6 25
7 Werder Bremen 15 7 4 4 26 25 +1 25
8 Borussia Mönchengladbach 15 7 3 5 25 20 +5 24
9 SC Freiburg 15 7 3 5 21 24 -3 24
10 Stuttgart 15 6 5 4 29 25 +4 23
11 Wolfsburg 15 6 3 6 32 28 +4 21
12 Union Berlin 15 4 5 6 14 19 -5 17
13 Augsburg 1907 15 4 4 7 17 32 -15 16
14 FC St. Pauli 15 4 2 9 12 19 -7 14
15 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 15 3 5 7 20 28 -8 14
16 Heidenheim 15 3 1 11 18 33 -15 10
17 Holstein Kiel 15 2 2 11 19 38 -19 8
18 VFL Bochum 15 1 3 11 13 35 -22 6

German Bundesliga Results

December 22, 2024
Wolfsburg 1 - 3 Borussia Dortmund
VFL Bochum 2 - 0 Heidenheim
December 21, 2024
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5 - 1 SC Freiburg
Holstein Kiel 5 - 1 Augsburg 1907
Werder Bremen 4 - 1 Union Berlin
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1 - 2 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 - 3 Mainz
Stuttgart 0 - 1 FC St. Pauli
December 20, 2024
Bayern Munich 5 - 1 RB Leipzig
December 15, 2024
RB Leipzig 2 - 1 Eintracht Frankfurt
Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Heidenheim 1 - 3 Stuttgart
December 14, 2024
FC St. Pauli 0 - 2 Werder Bremen
Augsburg 1907 0 - 2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Mainz 2 - 1 Bayern Munich
Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 - 1 Holstein Kiel
Union Berlin 1 - 1 VFL Bochum
December 13, 2024
SC Freiburg 3 - 2 Wolfsburg
December 8, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1 - 1 SC Freiburg
Wolfsburg 4 - 3 Mainz

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