Borussia Dortmund vs FC Cologne Preview

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:

German Bundesliga Table

German Bundesliga Results