Aug 19th features a match where Borussia Dortmund will play host to Köln in a meeting of these two mismatched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which is great football weather. Borussia Dortmund is fresh off their 6-1 blowout win against Schott Mainz. Sébastien Haller struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 22nd minute on a feed from Julian Brandt, then Julian Brandt added another in the 24th minute on a feed from Donyell Malen. Borussia Dortmund is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while köln sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Osnabrück. Benno Schmitz scored the first goal for Köln in the 43rd minute, but Charalambos Makridis got the equalizer for Osnabrück in the 73rd minute. Köln is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
For Köln, their top scorers are Davie Selke and Luca Waldschmidt, each having 3 goals in their last 5 matches. Borussia Dortmund is fortunate enough to have Sébastien Haller in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored seven goals
Mate Morey, Giovanni Reyna, Felix Nmecha and Julien Duranville are unavailable to play for Edin Terzic’s team, while Noah Katterbach, Jan Thielmann and Steffen Tigges are unavailable to play for Steffen Baumgart’s team.