Week 8 features a match on Sat Oct 1st, where Köln plays host to Borussia Dortmund in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which is great football weather. Köln is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Bochum. Benno Schmitz struck first for Bochum on an own goal in the 9th minute, but Linton Maina got the equalizer for Köln in the 88th minute earning Köln a comeback draw. Köln is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while borussia Dortmund sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Schalke 04. Youssoufa Moukoko struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 79th minute on a feed from Marius Wolf, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Schalke 04 couldn’t manage to score, and Borussia Dortmund took the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Borussia Dortmund should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Borussia Dortmund won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Borussia Dortmund is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Marco Reus and Jude Bellingham each having 2 goals in their last 5. Jan Thielmann and Sargis Adamyan are the top scorers for Köln in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
Köln will be without Luca Kilian and Julian Chabot, while Marco Reus, Mate Morey, Mahmoud Dahoud and Sébastien Haller are unavailable to play for Edin Terzic’s team.