Borussia Dortmund vs Cologne Live Stream, Predictions

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Borussia Dortmund

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Borussia Dortmund go into this match after a 2-2 Bundesliga 1 stalemate vs Schalke.

In that match, Borussia Dortmund had 66% possession and 19 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Borussia Dortmund, the scorers were Nico Schlotterbeck (38') and Raphaël Guerreiro (60'). At the other end, Schalke 04 had 10 shots on goal with 4 on target. Marius Bülter (50') and Kenan Karaman (79') scored for Schalke.

Over their past six fixtures, Edin Terzić's Borussia Dortmund have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a total of 10 times, an average number of goals scored per match of 1.67.

Taking a look at their past results, Borussia Dortmund:

• have not registered a win against Cologne in their last 2 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 9 league matches at home. Visiting teams have certainly not had an easy time of it here.

Cologne

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Since being beaten in their last game against VfL Bochum in Bundesliga 1 competition, Cologne will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Cologne managed 63% possession and 11 shots on goal with 5 on target. At the other end, Bochum had 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Kevin Stöger (9') and Erhan Mašović (76') scored for VfL Bochum.

It has become apparent that Cologne have failed to get amongst the goals over their previous 6 encounters, recording the poor return of only 3. In those matches, Köln have also seen the collective goal tally against them equal 7. However, time will tell if such a trend might continue on in this upcoming match.

Coming into this fixture, Cologne have not won away from home in their last 9 matches in the league. Who knows how long it might last, too.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels dating back to 24/01/2020, neither club has come out on top overall with Borussia Dortmund winning 2 of those games, Cologne 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 22 overall at an average of 3.67 goals per meeting.

The previous league game between these clubs was Bundesliga 1 match day 8 on 01/10/2022 when it ended Cologne 3-2 Borussia Dortmund.

In that match, Cologne had 42% possession and 21 shots at goal with 10 on target. The goalscorers were Florian Kainz (53'), Steffen Tigges (56'), Dejan Ljubičić (71') and Benno Schmitz (79' Own goal).

On the other side, Borussia Dortmund had 22 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Julian Brandt (31') scored.

The match was refereed by Harm Osmers.

ℹ️ Team News: Borussia Dortmund

Mateu Morey Bauzà (Fitness), Julien Duranville (Muscle partial avulsion), Julian Brandt (Torn Muscle Fibre), Karim Adeyemi (Torn Muscle Fibre) and Youssoufa Moukoko (Ruptured syndesmotic ligament) will not be able to play for Borussia Dortmund manager Edin Terzić. Emre Can cannot play in this game through suspension.

It seems likely that Dortmund may well line up in a 4-3-3 formation for the game, utilising Gregor Kobel, Marius Wolf, Niklas Suele, Nico Schlotterbeck, Julian Ryerson, Jude Bellingham, Salih Oezcan, Raphael Guerreiro, Donyell Malen, Sebastien Haller and Marco Reus.

🗞️ Team News: Cologne

Due to a fully injury-free squad available to choose from, the Cologne boss Steffen Baumgart has no fitness concerns at all ahead of this game.

We believe Köln appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 system using Marvin Schwaebe, Benno Schmitz, Timo Huebers, Julian Chabot, Jonas Hector, Ellyes Skhiri, Eric Martel, Linton Maina, Dejan Ljubicic, Florian Kainz and Davie Selke.

💡 Prediction

It looks to us that Borussia Dortmund can and should dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.

At the other end, Cologne may well struggle getting on the scoresheet although we do think it’s probable that they will be being dangerous at times, too.

We’re therefore expecting to see a comfortable 3-1 winning score for Borussia Dortmund when all’s said and done.

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Peter Guest, 02:24 14/03/2023