Borussia Dortmund vs FC Cologne Preview

Borussia Dortmund vs FC Cologne

Competition – German Bundesliga

Stadium – Signal-Iduna-Park

Date: 17th September 2017

Kick-off time – 17:00 GMT+1

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Dortmund host Koln just a few days after their respective European matches in midweek.

Dortmund are favourites and rightly so as they search for a return to winning ways.

They drew their last match against Freiburg which brought an end to a four match winning streak they had put together thanks to the 14 goals they scored with the likes of Pierre Emerick Aubameyang leading their attack.

They will have had enough rest ahead of this game and they have a good chance of returning to winning ways here.

Koln are on a terrible run of form.

They have lost all four of their last four games.

They looked like earning an unlikely three points against Arsenal on Thursday but they blew a first half lead and lost the game 3-1 – that result follows a 1-0 loss to Borussia Monchengladbach, 1-3 loss to Hamburger SV and a 3-0 loss to Augsburg.

They lost Anthony Modeste over the summer – the attacker was responsible for almost 50% of their total goals last season.

If they fail to arrest this slide they might end the season relegated to the second division.

Borussia Dortmund 

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D SC Freiburg 0-0 Borussia Dortmund Sep 9, 2017 German Bundesliga
W Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Hertha Berlin Aug 26, 2017 German Bundesliga
W VfL Wolfsburg 0-3 Borussia Dortmund Aug 19, 2017 German Bundesliga
W 1. FC Rielasingen-Arlen 0-4 Borussia Dortmund Aug 12, 2017 German DFB Pokal
W FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 2-5 Borussia Dortmund Aug 6, 2017 Friendly

FC Cologne

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L FC Augsburg 3-0 FC Cologne Sep 9, 2017 German Bundesliga
L FC Cologne 1-3 Hamburg SV Aug 25, 2017 German Bundesliga
L Borussia Monchengladbach 1-0 FC Cologne Aug 20, 2017 German Bundesliga
W Leher TS 0-5 FC Cologne Aug 12, 2017 German DFB Pokal
W FC Cologne 2-0 Mainz May 20, 2017 German Bundesliga

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Borussia Dortmund 0-0 FC Cologne Apr 29, 2017 German Bundesliga
FC Cologne 1-1 Borussia Dortmund Dec 10, 2016 German Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund 2-2 FC Cologne May 14, 2016 German Bundesliga
FC Cologne 2-1 Borussia Dortmund Dec 19, 2015 German Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund 0-0 FC Cologne Mar 14, 2015 German Bundesliga

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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