On Sunday Mar 20th, in week 27, Köln and Borussia Dortmund will play a match in Cologne in a clash of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Köln sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Bayer Leverkusen. Kingsley Schindler struck first for Köln in the 67th minute on a feed from Dejan Ljubičić, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Bayer Leverkusen couldn’t muster any offence and Köln ran away with the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Köln should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 2nd placed Borussia Dortmund, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Mainz 05. Axel Witsel struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 87th minute on a feed from Giovanni Reyna, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Mainz 05 was frustrated by Borussia Dortmund’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Borussia Dortmund ended the match with the shutout victory. Borussia Dortmund is on a hot streak lately, with only 2 loss in their last 10 matches.
Köln and Borussia Dortmund last played eachother at the Signal-iduna-park on Sat Oct 30th. Borussia Dortmund was victorious by a score of 2 to 0 in front of almost 67000 fans. Thorgan Hazard struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 40th minute on a feed from Jude Bellingham, then Steffen Tigges added another in the 64th minute on a feed from Julian Brandt In the end, Köln couldn’t muster any offence and Borussia Dortmund ran away with the shutout win.
Both Marco Reus and Donyell Malen have been the hottest scorers for Borussia Dortmund in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Köln is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Lemperle and Anthony Modeste each only have 1 goal in their last 5.