DORTMUND. Borussia Dortmund beats FC Köln with a 2-0 win with a goal from T. Hazard (40′) and a goal from S. Tigges (64′). FC Köln lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Signal-Iduna-Park stadium in Dortmund on Saturday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. In front of 66,709 spectators.​ The referee was Martin Petersen with the assistance of Alexander Sather and Robert Edgar Wessel. The 4th official was Frank Willenborg. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14.1 degrees Celsius or 57.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.​

Match Statistics​

Borussia Dortmund

2 - 0

FC Köln

  • 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
  • 8 Total 21
  • 5 On Target 7
  • 3 Off Target 14
  • 0 Shots blocked 6
  • 95 Attack 127
  • 38 Dangerous attack 53
  • 139 Ball safe 120
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 3
Fouls
  • 10 Total 11
  • 2 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 6

Ball possession

FC Köln had a superior ball possession 57% while Borussia Dortmund was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Köln was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, Borussia Dortmund managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Borussia Dortmund shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, FC Köln shot 21 times, 7 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Borussia Dortmund received 2 yellow cards (T. Meunier and J. Bellingham). On the opposite side, FC Köln received 3 yellow cards (T. Hubers, B. Schmitz and S. Ozcan).

Match Timeline

11'
Benno Schmitz- Yellow
40'
52'
56'
Timo Hübers- Yellow
58'
Steffen Tigges- sub ->M. Pongracic
Donyell Malen- sub ->T. Hazard
58'
59'
Florian Kainz - sub ->O. Duda
64'
Steffen Tigges(goal)J. Brandt
65'
65'
69'
80'
81'
Salih Özcan- Yellow
82'
87'
88'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
FC Bayern München
77
34
Borussia Dortmund
69
34
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
64
34
RB Leipzig
58
34
FC Union Berlin
57
34
SC Freiburg
55
34
FC Köln
52
34
FSV Mainz 05
46
34
TSG Hoffenheim
46
34
Borussia Mönchengladbach
45
34
Eintracht Frankfurt
42
34
VfL Wolfsburg
42
34
VfL Bochum 1848
42
34
FC Augsburg
38
34
VfB Stuttgart
33
34
Hertha BSC
33
34
DSC Arminia Bielefeld
28
34
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
18
34

After playing this match, Borussia Dortmund will have 24 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, FC Köln will stay with 13 points to stay in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund will play away with RB Leipzig on the 6th of November with a 7-2 head to head statistic in favor of Borussia Dortmund (2 draws).

FC Köln will play away agasint VfB Stuttgart on the 14th of May with a 8-7 head to head statistic in favor of VfB Stuttgart (6 draws).

Borussia Dortmund – Formation

Borussia Dortmund
G
Gregor Kobel 1.Switzerland
7.6
D
Mats Hummels 15.Germany
7.8
D
Manuel Akanji 16.Switzerland
7.1
D
Marin Pongracic 34.Croatia
6.8
58'
M
Thomas Meunier 24.Belgium
6.9
52'
M
Axel Witsel 28.Belgium
6.9
M
Marius Wolf 39.Germany
7.5
69'
M
Jude Bellingham 22.England
7.2
88'
F
Thorgan Hazard 10.Belgium
7.2
58' 40'
F
Julian Brandt 19.Germany
7.3
87'
F
Marco Reus 11.Germany
6.2
Substitutes
G
Marwin Hitz 35.Switzerland
D
Lennard Maloney 45.Germany
M
Antonios Papadopoulos 47.Germany
M
Reinier 20.Brazil
M
Felix Passlack 30.Germany
6.6
69'
F
Ansgar Knauff 36.Germany
87'
F
Steffen Tigges 27.Germany
7.4
58' 64'
F
Youssoufa Moukoko 18.Germany
F
Donyell Malen 21.Netherlands
6.4
58'

Borussia Dortmund started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Marco Rose decided to play with the following team: Gregor Kobel (7.6), Manuel Akanji (7.1), Mats Hummels (7.8), Marin Pongračić (6.8), Thomas Meunier (6.9), Jude Bellingham (7.2), Axel Witsel (6.9), Marius Wolf (7.4), Julian Brandt (7.3), Marco Reus (6.2) and Thorgan Hazard (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Antonios Papadopoulos, Marwin Hitz, Ansgar Knauff, Lennard Maloney, Steffen Tigges (7.4), Youssoufa Moukoko, Reinier, Felix Passlack (6.6) and Donyell Malen (6.4).

Substitutions

Borussia Dortmund made 4 changes: M. Pongracic for S. Tigges (58′), T. Hazard for D. Malen (58′), M. Wolf for F. Passlack (69′) and J. Brandt for A. Knauff (87′).

Best player: Mats Hummels​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Borussia Dortmund was Mats Hummels even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 46 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7.

FC Köln – Formation

FC Köln
G
Timo Horn 1.Germany
6.4
D
Benno Schmitz 2.Germany
6.6
81' 11'
D
Timo Hübers 4.Germany
6.8
65' 56'
D
Luca Kilian 15.Germany
6.5
D
Jonas Hector 14.Germany
7.6
M
Ondrej Duda 18.Slovakia
7.1
59'
M
Salih Özcan 6.Turkey
7.3
82'
M
Dejan Ljubicic 7.Austria
6.3
80'
M
Jan Thielmann 29.Germany
7.3
65'
F
A. Modeste 27.France
7.1
F
Mark Uth 13.Germany
6.4
Substitutes
G
Marvin Schwäbe 20.Germany
D
Kingsley Ehizibue 19.Netherlands
6.8
81'
D
Rafael Czichos 5.Germany
6.2
65'
D
Jorge Meré 22.Spain
M
Louis Schaub 21.Austria
6.4
80'
M
K. Schindler 17.Ghana
M
T. Ostrák 31.Czech Republic
M
Florian Kainz 11.Austria
6.5
59'
F
Sebastian Andersson 9.Sweden
6.7
65'

FC Köln started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).

On the other side, Steffen Baumgart played with: Timo Horn (6.4), Benno Schmitz (6.6), Luca Kilian (6.5), Timo Hübers (6.8), Jonas Hector (7.6), Dejan Ljubičić (6.2), Jan Thielmann (7.3), Ondrej Duda (7.1), Salih Özcan (7.3), Mark Uth (6.4) and Anthony Modeste (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Louis Schaub (6.3), Kingsley Ehizibue (6.8), Kingsley Schindler, Tomáš Ostrák, Florian Kainz (6.5), Rafael Czichos (6.5), Sebastian Andersson (6.8), Marvin Schwäbe and Jorge Mere.

Substitutions

FC Köln made 5 changes: O. Duda for F. Kainz (59′), T. Hubers for R. Czichos (65′), J. Thielmann for S. Andersson (65′), D. Ljubicic for L. Schaub (80′) and B. Schmitz for K. Ehizibue (81′).

Best player: Jonas Hector​

The player that probably impressed the most for FC Köln was Jonas Hector.

His rating is (7.6) with 57 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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