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Dortmund vs FC Koln Prediction & Betting tips
Do you know any other Martin Fenin? In 2008, the then 21-year-old Czech celebrated in the Eintracht Frankfurt dress and went down in Bundesliga history with a flawless hat-trick in the 3-0 win against Hertha BSC.
Erling’s bride Haaland did the same last weekend. The Dortmund newcomer needed just 23 minutes for his first three goals in the top German league and was ultimately instrumental in helping BVB convert the shortfall in Augsburg into a win (5: 3).
At Borussia, it is now hoped that the career of the Norwegian mega-talent will not take the course of Martin Fenin mentioned above, but that of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang instead. Today’s Arsenal striker also scored three goals in his first Bundesliga game, also against FCA. 135 more goals followed in 212 games for the Westphalia!
Next Friday, the blond boy from Salzburg will already have the opportunity to top up his own goal account. Dortmund then receives Cologne. According to the odds of the bookmakers, the home side has the clear favorite role, which is a little surprising given the constellation in the table.
The black and yellow ranks fourth and have not lost a home game in any competition this season. The guests from the cathedral city, however, currently occupy 13th place, but are in excellent shape. Nevertheless, the existing self-confidence in our eyes is not enough to justify a tip on the underdog between Dortmund Cologne. Instead, it can be assumed that the Favre team will be successful at home.
Dortmund:
The transfer of Erling Braut Haaland from RB Salzburg to Dortmund was carried out this winter with great laurels. BVB manager Michael Zorc was duly celebrated for knocking out other top international teams in the race for one of the greatest striker talents in Europe.
However, what those responsible would not have imagined at the time is the fact that the Norwegian, who was only 19, just became a match winner when he made his debut in the Bundesliga. Only after the large attacker came on, the game at FC Augsburg tipped in favor of the guests. Three goals from Haaland’s finally brought the 5-3 success of the black and yellow, which should not hide the weaknesses shown.
Defensively, Lucien Favre’s team was extremely vulnerable again. For the fifth time this season, the ball game club conceded at least three goals in one game. The Borussia last had more than 27 conceded hits at this point in a Bundesliga season in 2007/2008 under Thomas Doll (at that time there were 33). In the most recent three matches alone, Roman Bürki had to fish the gaming device seven times, and thus more often than any other keeper colleague.
Due to the defense, which is anything but stable, it would only be logical to make a forecast for many goals between Dortmund and Cologne. In our eyes, this train of thought based purely on statistics is not useful. The betting base is much more likely that the Swiss coach will put his finger in the wound before the billy goat game and ensure an improved defensive performance.
In this context, it should be noted that Borussia only had to take a third of all goals conceded at home (nine out of 27). In four of the five home wins, the black and yellow, who have not lost a single match in Signal Iduna Park to date across all competitions in 2019/20 (eight three-pointers, four draws), have kept the “clean slate”.
Although it can be assumed that the success of the fourth in the table is not as spectacular as last in Augsburg, there is little doubt that Hummels, Reus, Sancho and Co. keep all three points against the Rheinländer. On the one hand, the Westphalia have not lost any of their last 27 home games on a Friday evening. On the other hand, there have been only one defeat in the last 25 Bundesliga games in front of their own fans (19 wins, five draws).
The personnel situation calmed down over the winter. Only Marcel Schmelzer, Dan-Axel Zagadou and Thomas Delaney are currently still injured. Paco Alcacer also no longer sees his sporting perspective at the ball game club, so the Spaniard will probably not be part of the match day on Friday either. The most exciting question is anyway: Does Favre let his striker Haaland go from the start?
Cologne:
Before we look at the current condition of 1. FC Köln, it is worth looking back at December 8th of the previous year. The billy goats had just lost the important away game at Union Berlin with 0: 2 and thus remained in the third match under the new coach Markus Gisdol (two losses, one draw) without a win.
There followed an analogous singing of Cologne‘s first division football, which was closely connected to the fiercely controversial staff of the coach installed by Horst Heldt, but has now turned out to be completely premature and wrong. The Swabian-born man – despite all the criticism – actually managed to get Domstadt from the table cellar.
To kick off the second half of the season, “Effzeh” celebrated VfL Wolfsburg (3-1) at home for the fourth time in a row. The Rhinelanders last managed such a successful run over 19 years ago. Thanks to the perfect result of twelve points, the Cologne team has improved to 13th place in the ranking since the aforementioned bankruptcy. The lead on the relegation place is at least three points.
The Gisdol men now want to preserve their returning confidence and provide a surprise at Signal Iduna Park. However, the away balance speaks against it, which is clearly negative with two wins, a draw and six losses.
Only three teams scored fewer goals in the distance than the billy goat club. In five of nine “Effzeh” guest games, a total of three goals in the course of the game were the greatest feeling. Accordingly, between Dortmund and Cologne, the odds of under 3.5 should definitely be kept in mind, especially since keeper Horn had to swallow only three goals in the course of the winning streak and the defender of the promoted team has clearly increased the bottom line.
The only personal problem that Markus Gisdol currently has is the size of the squad. One or the other actor should be released in winter. The tables-13. instead builds on home-grown plants such as Thielmann (17), Katterbach (18) or Jakobs (20), which were recently an integral part of the starting XI. Probably the most important professional lately is called Jhon Cordoba and has scored six goals in his last seven Bundesliga games.
Dortmund vs FC Koln head to head matches
23.08.19 BUN FC Koln Dortmund 1 : 3
02.02.18 BUN FC Koln Dortmund 2 : 3
17.09.17 BUN Dortmund FC Koln 5 : 0
29.04.17 BUN Dortmund FC Koln 0 : 0
10.12.16 BUN FC Koln Dortmund 1 : 1