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:

November 22, 2024
Bayern Munich 20:30 Augsburg 1907
November 23, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 15:30 RB Leipzig
Wolfsburg 15:30 Union Berlin
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 15:30 Heidenheim
Borussia Dortmund 15:30 SC Freiburg
Stuttgart 15:30 VFL Bochum
Eintracht Frankfurt 18:30 Werder Bremen
November 24, 2024
Holstein Kiel 15:30 Mainz
Borussia Mönchengladbach 17:30 FC St. Pauli
November 29, 2024
FC St. Pauli 20:30 Holstein Kiel
November 30, 2024
RB Leipzig 15:30 Wolfsburg
Werder Bremen 15:30 Stuttgart
SC Freiburg 15:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Augsburg 1907 15:30 VFL Bochum
Union Berlin 15:30 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Borussia Dortmund 18:30 Bayern Munich
December 1, 2024
Mainz 15:30 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Heidenheim 17:30 Eintracht Frankfurt
December 6, 2024
Stuttgart 20:30 Union Berlin

German Bundesliga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Bayern Munich 10 8 2 0 33 7 +26 26
2 RB Leipzig 10 6 3 1 15 5 +10 21
3 Eintracht Frankfurt 10 6 2 2 26 16 +10 20
4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 10 4 5 1 21 16 +5 17
5 SC Freiburg 10 5 2 3 13 11 +2 17
6 Union Berlin 10 4 4 2 9 8 +1 16
7 Borussia Dortmund 10 5 1 4 18 18 +0 16
8 Werder Bremen 10 4 3 3 17 21 -4 15
9 Borussia Mönchengladbach 10 4 2 4 15 14 +1 14
10 Mainz 10 3 4 3 15 14 +1 13
11 Stuttgart 10 3 4 3 19 19 +0 13
12 Wolfsburg 10 3 3 4 19 18 +1 12
13 Augsburg 1907 10 3 3 4 13 20 -7 12
14 Heidenheim 10 3 1 6 13 15 -2 10
15 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 10 2 3 5 13 19 -6 9
16 FC St. Pauli 10 2 2 6 7 12 -5 8
17 Holstein Kiel 10 1 2 7 12 25 -13 5
18 VFL Bochum 10 0 2 8 10 30 -20 2

German Bundesliga Results

November 10, 2024
Heidenheim 1 - 3 Wolfsburg
Stuttgart 2 - 3 Eintracht Frankfurt
Augsburg 1907 0 - 0 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
November 9, 2024
RB Leipzig 0 - 0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
FC St. Pauli 0 - 1 Bayern Munich
VFL Bochum 1 - 1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Mainz 3 - 1 Borussia Dortmund
Werder Bremen 2 - 1 Holstein Kiel
November 8, 2024
Union Berlin 0 - 0 SC Freiburg
November 3, 2024
Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 - 1 Werder Bremen
SC Freiburg 0 - 0 Mainz
November 2, 2024
Borussia Dortmund 2 - 1 RB Leipzig
Holstein Kiel 1 - 0 Heidenheim
Wolfsburg 1 - 1 Augsburg 1907
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 0 - 2 FC St. Pauli
Eintracht Frankfurt 7 - 2 VFL Bochum
Bayern Munich 3 - 0 Union Berlin
November 1, 2024
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 - 0 Stuttgart

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