Borussia Dortmund liquidates FC Köln 6-1 after playing a great match. HIGHLIGHTS

DORTMUND. Borussia Dortmund demolishes FC Köln 6-1 with goals of

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John Ross
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Borussia Dortmund liquidates FC Köln 6-1 after playing a great match. HIGHLIGHTS

DORTMUND. Borussia Dortmund destroys FC Köln 6-1 with goals of Raphaël Guerreiro (15′), Sébastien Haller  (17′), Marco Reus (32′), D. Malen (36′), Sébastien Haller  (69′) and Marco Reus (70′). On the opposite side, FC Köln scored with ​Davie Selke (42′). Borussia Dortmund was much superior in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Signal-Iduna-Park stadium in Dortmund on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. In front of 81,365 spectators.​ The referee was Daniel Siebert with the support of Jan Seidel and Rafael Foltyn. The 4th official was Florian Badstübner. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.8 degrees Celsius or 53.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Borussia Dortmund

6 - 1

Team 1

FC Köln

  • ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
  • 12 Total 11
  • 8 On Target 5
  • 4 Off Target 3
  • 0 Shots blocked 3
  • 126 Attack 75
  • 54 Dangerous attack 31
  • 102 Ball safe 95
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 1 Corners 6
Fouls
  • 7 Total 10
  • 1 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Borussia Dortmund had a strong ball possession 64% while FC Köln was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Borussia Dortmund was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Borussia Dortmund won the match​.

Borussia Dortmund shot 12 times, 8 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, FC Köln shot 11 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card (Mahmoud Dahoud). Talking about the opposition, FC Köln didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

15'
Sébastien Haller (goal)Raphaël Guerreiro
17'
Marco Reus(goal)Raphaël Guerreiro
32'
Donyell Malen(goal)
36'
42'
Davie Selke(goal)Davie Selke
58'
Linton Maina- sub ->Sargis Adamyan
58'
Eric Martel- sub ->Julian Chabot
58'
Denis Huseinbasic- sub ->Florian Kainz
66'
69'
Steffen Tigges- sub ->Davie Selke
Sébastien Haller (goal)
69'
Marco Reus(goal)D. Malen
70'
72'
72'
72'
Mats Hummels- sub ->Mahmoud Dahoud
79'
79'
83'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
FC Bayern München
71
34
Borussia Dortmund
71
34
RB Leipzig
66
34
FC Union Berlin
62
34
SC Freiburg
59
34
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
50
34
Eintracht Frankfurt
50
34
VfL Wolfsburg
49
34
FSV Mainz 05
46
34
Borussia Mönchengladbach
43
34
FC Köln
42
34
TSG Hoffenheim
36
34
Werder Bremen
36
34
VfL Bochum 1848
35
34
FC Augsburg
34
34
VfB Stuttgart
33
34
Schalke 04
31
34
Hertha BSC
29
34

After this match, Borussia Dortmund will have 53 points to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, FC Köln will stay with 27 points to hold in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund will play away against VfB Stuttgart on the 15th of April with a 19-5 head to head in favor of Borussia Dortmund (8 draws).

FC Köln will play away agasint TSG Hoffenheim on the 22nd of April with a 13-6 head to head statistic in favor of TSG Hoffenheim (8 draws).

Borussia Dortmund – Formation

Borussia Dortmund
G
Alexander Meyer 33.Germany
6.9
D
Niklas Süle 25.Germany
7.2
D
Julian Ryerson  26.Norway
6.4
79'
D
Nico Schlotterbeck 4.Germany
7.4
D
Marius Wolf 17.Germany
6.9
M
Raphaël Guerreiro  13.Portugal
8.9
Goals15'
M
Mahmoud Dahoud 8.Germany
7.5
79' 66'
M
Jude Bellingham 22.England
7.9
F
Marco Reus 11.Germany
7.2
72' Goals32', 70'
F
Sébastien Haller  9.Ivory Coast
8.1
72' Goals17', 69'
F
Donyell Malen 21.Netherlands
8.0
72' Goals36'
Substitutes
G
Marcel Lotka 35.Poland
D
Thomas Meunier 24.Belgium
6.2
72'
D
Felix Passlack 30.Germany
D
Mats Hummels 15.Germany
7.3
79'
D
Tom Rothe 36.Germany
6.6
79'
M
Antonios Papadopoulos 47.Germany
M
Giovanni Reyna 7.United States
6.6
72'
F
Justin Njinmah 49.Germany
F
A. Modeste 20.France
6.6
72'

Borussia Dortmund started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Edin Terzic decided to play with the following team: Alexander Meyer (6.9), Marius Wolf (6.9), Niklas Süle (7.2), Nico Schlotterbeck (7.4), Julian Ryerson (6.4), Jude Bellingham (7.9), Mahmoud Dahoud (7.5), Raphaël Guerreiro (8.9), Donyell Malen (8.0), Sébastien Haller (8.1) and Marco Reus (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Antonios Papadopoulos, Justin Njinmah, Marcel Laurenz Lotka, Thomas Meunier (6.2), Felix Passlack, Mats Hummels (7.3), Giovanni Reyna (6.6), Tom Rothe (6.6) and Anthony Modeste (6.6).

Substitutions

Borussia Dortmund made 5 changes: D. Malen for Thomas Meunier (72′), Marco Reus for Giovanni Reyna (72′), Sébastien Haller  for Anthony Modeste (72′), Mahmoud Dahoud for Mats Hummels (79′) and Julian Ryerson for Tom Rothe (79′).

Best player: Raphaël Guerreiro​

The player that probably impressed the most for Borussia Dortmund was Raphaël Guerreiro.

His rating is (8.9) with 1 goal, 64 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.

FC Köln – Formation

FC Köln
G
Marvin Schwäbe 20.Germany
5.6
D
Benno Schmitz 2.Germany
6.0
D
Timo Hübers 4.Germany
6.1
D
Julian Chabot 24.Germany
6.3
58'
D
Jonas Hector 14.Germany
5.8
M
Florian Kainz   11.Austria
7.0
58'
M
Ellyes Skhiri 28.Tunisia
6.2
M
Dejan Ljubicic 7.Austria
6.4
83'
M
Mathias Olesen 47.Luxembourg
6.2
F
Davie Selke 27.Germany
7.3
69' Goals42'
F
Sargis Adamyan 23.Armenia
6.5
58'
Substitutes
G
Timo Horn 1.Germany
D
Nikola Soldo 5.Croatia
M
Eric Martel 6.Germany
6.5
58'
M
Linton Maina 37.Germany
6.4
58'
M
Denis Huseinbasic 8.Germany
6.3
58'
M
K. Schindler 17.Ghana
83'
F
Tim Lemperle  25.Germany
F
Damion Downs 42.Germany
F
Steffen Tigges 21.Germany
6.2
69'

FC Köln started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).

Steffen Baumgart played with: Marvin Schwäbe (5.6), Benno Schmitz (6.0), Timo Hübers (6.1), Julian Chabot (6.3), Jonas Hector (5.8), Ellyes Skhiri (6.2), Mathias Olesen (6.2), Dejan Ljubičić (6.4), Florian Kainz (7.0), Sargis Adamyan (6.5) and Davie Selke (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Tim Lemperle, Damion Downs, Nikola Soldo, Eric Martel (6.5), Steffen Tigges (6.2), Linton Maina (6.4), Denis Huseinbašić (6.3), Timo Horn and Kingsley Schindler.

Substitutions

FC Köln made 5 changes: Julian Chabot for Eric Martel (58′), Sargis Adamyan for Linton Maina (58′), Florian Kainz for Denis Huseinbasic (58′), Davie Selke for Steffen Tigges (69′) and Dejan Ljubicic for Kingsley Schindler (83′).

Best player: Davie Selke​

The most impressive player for FC Köln was Davie Selke.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 13 passes (46% accurate) and 2 key passes.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.​