FC Cologne vs Borussia Dortmund Preview

FC Cologne vs Borussia Dortmund

Competition – German Bundesliga

Stadium – RheinEnergieStadion

Date: 2nd February 2018

Kick-off time – 19:30 GMT

Peter Stoger returns to his old stomping ground in this game and he will be looking to take all three points back to Dortmund however, this struggling Cologne will be looking to spoil the party for him.

FC Cologne fans may have lost hope of survival this season despite their team qualifying for the Europa League last season but there is hope as they are just 4 points away from a relegation playoff spot and seven points away from safety.

Their form began to improve towards the end of last year and has continued this year with 3 wins, 2 draws and a single defeat in their last 6 games.

They have also lost only one of their last seven meetings with Dortmund and they need to go for the win here although a draw at home to Dortmund will continue their decent run of form.

Borussia Dortmund fans will be hoping their club’s sale of Pierre Emerick Aubameyang will not affect their season too negatively and that Michy Batshuayi can provide them with the goals they need.

Aubameyang scored a brace in their last meeting with Cologne in September last year in a game that was a very one-sided win with Dortmund having 68% of the possession.

Dortmund come into this game with just 2 wins and 3 draws from their last 6 games.

Dortmund possess the quality to cause problems for Cologne’s defence which is the second worst in the league.

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

FC Cologne

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Hamburg SV 0-2 FC Cologne 20 Jan, 2018 German Bundesliga
W FC Cologne 2-1 Borussia Monchengladbach 14 Jan, 2018 German Bundesliga
L Schalke 04 1-0 FC Cologne 19 Dec, 2017 German DFB Pokal
W FC Cologne 1-0 VfL Wolfsburg 16 Dec, 2017 German Bundesliga
L Bayern Munich 1-0 FC Cologne 13 Dec, 2017 German Bundesliga

Borussia Dortmund

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D Hertha Berlin 1-1 Borussia Dortmund 19 Jan, 2018 German Bundesliga
D Borussia Dortmund 0-0 VfL Wolfsburg 14 Jan, 2018 German Bundesliga
W Borussia Dortmund 3-2 Zulte-Waregem 8 Jan, 2018 Friendly
W Fortuna Düsseldorf 0-2 Borussia Dortmund 6 Jan, 2018 Friendly
L Bayern Munich 2-1 Borussia Dortmund 20 Dec, 2017 German DFB Pokal

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Borussia Dortmund 5-0 FC Cologne 17 Sep, 2017 German Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund 0-0 FC Cologne 29 Apr, 2017 German Bundesliga
FC Cologne 1-1 Borussia Dortmund 10 Dec, 2016 German Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund 2-2 FC Cologne 14 May, 2016 German Bundesliga
FC Cologne 2-1 Borussia Dortmund 19 Dec, 2015 German Bundesliga


Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:

March 30, 2024
RB Leipzig 15:30 Mainz
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 15:30 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Eintracht Frankfurt 15:30 Union Berlin
Borussia Mönchengladbach 15:30 SC Freiburg
Werder Bremen 15:30 Wolfsburg
Bayern Munich 18:30 Borussia Dortmund
March 31, 2024
Augsburg 1907 13:30 FC Cologne
Stuttgart 15:30 Heidenheim
VFL Bochum 17:30 Darmstadt
April 5, 2024
Eintracht Frankfurt 18:30 Werder Bremen
April 6, 2024
Union Berlin 13:30 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
SC Freiburg 13:30 RB Leipzig
Mainz 13:30 Darmstadt
FC Cologne 13:30 VFL Bochum
Heidenheim 13:30 Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund 16:30 Stuttgart
April 7, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 13:30 Augsburg 1907
Wolfsburg 15:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach
April 12, 2024
Augsburg 1907 18:30 Union Berlin

German Bundesliga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 26 22 4 0 66 18 +48 70
2 Bayern Munich 26 19 3 4 78 31 +47 60
3 Stuttgart 26 18 2 6 60 31 +29 56
4 Borussia Dortmund 26 14 8 4 53 32 +21 50
5 RB Leipzig 26 15 4 7 60 32 +28 49
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 26 10 10 6 42 35 +7 40
7 Augsburg 1907 26 9 8 9 43 42 +1 35
8 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 26 9 6 11 44 50 -6 33
9 SC Freiburg 26 9 6 11 36 48 -12 33
10 Werder Bremen 26 8 6 12 35 41 -6 30
11 Heidenheim 26 7 8 11 35 44 -9 29
12 Borussia Mönchengladbach 26 6 10 10 46 50 -4 28
13 Union Berlin 26 8 4 14 25 42 -17 28
14 Wolfsburg 26 6 7 13 31 44 -13 25
15 VFL Bochum 26 5 10 11 30 54 -24 25
16 Mainz 26 3 10 13 22 46 -24 19
17 FC Cologne 26 3 9 14 20 47 -27 18
18 Darmstadt 26 2 7 17 26 65 -39 13

German Bundesliga Results

March 17, 2024
Borussia Dortmund 3 - 1 Eintracht Frankfurt
SC Freiburg 2 - 3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
March 16, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 0 - 3 Stuttgart
Darmstadt 2 - 5 Bayern Munich
Heidenheim 1 - 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Mainz 2 - 0 VFL Bochum
Wolfsburg 1 - 3 Augsburg 1907
Union Berlin 2 - 1 Werder Bremen
March 15, 2024
FC Cologne 1 - 5 RB Leipzig
March 10, 2024
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 - 0 Wolfsburg
Eintracht Frankfurt 3 - 1 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
VFL Bochum 1 - 2 SC Freiburg
March 9, 2024
Werder Bremen 1 - 2 Borussia Dortmund
Augsburg 1907 1 - 0 Heidenheim
Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 - 3 FC Cologne
RB Leipzig 2 - 0 Darmstadt
Bayern Munich 8 - 1 Mainz
March 8, 2024
Stuttgart 2 - 0 Union Berlin
March 3, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 2 - 1 Werder Bremen
FC Cologne 0 - 2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

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