DORTMUND. Borussia Dortmund snatched a late win FC Köln 1-0 after D. Malen scored just 1 goal (88′). Borussia Dortmund was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (67%) 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 Deniz Aytekin with the help of Eduard Beitinger and Martin Thomsen. The 4th official was Florian Heft. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was hot at 26.39 degrees Celsius or 79.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Borussia Dortmund had a superior ball possession 67% while FC Köln was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Borussia Dortmund was putting more pressure with 60 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Borussia Dortmund won the match​.

Borussia Dortmund shot 13 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, FC Köln shot 11 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card (Donyell Malen). Regarding the opposition, FC Köln didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this encounter, Borussia Dortmund has 3 points to occupy the 7th place in the standings. On the other side, FC Köln stays with 0 points (13th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund will host Darmstadt 98 on the 18th of May with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Borussia Dortmund (1 draw).

FC Köln will play away agasint Heidenheim on the 18th of May with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of FC Köln (1 draw).

Borussia Dortmund – Formation

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

The manager Edin Terzic decided to play with the following team: Nico Schlotterbeck, Gregor Kobel (7.6), Julian Ryerson (7.0), Niklas Süle (7.3), Mats Hummels (7.7), Ramy Bensebaini (7.9), Marcel Sabitzer (7.2), Emre Can (6.9), Donyell Malen (6.6), Marco Reus (7.7), Julian Brandt (7.7) and Sébastien Haller (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Salih Özcan, Felix Nmecha (6.8), Thorgan Hazard (6.6), Marius Wolf, Youssoufa Moukoko (6.6), Karim Adeyemi (6.4), Alexander Meyer and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens.

Substitutions

Borussia Dortmund made 5 changes: Sébastien Haller for Youssoufa Moukoko (59′), Emre Can for Felix Nmecha (59′), Marco Reus for Karim Adeyemi (70′), Julian Ryerson for Thorgan Hazard (84′) and Ramy Bensebaini for Marius Wolf (84′).

Best player: Ramy Bensebaini​

The most impressive player for Borussia Dortmund was Ramy Bensebaini even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 77 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.

FC Köln – Formation

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

Steffen Baumgart played with: Denis Huseinbašić, Marvin Schwäbe (6.9), Benno Schmitz (6.8), Timo Hübers (7.5), Julian Chabot (7.8), Leart Paqarada (7.1), Dejan Ljubičić (7.5), Eric Martel (7.3), Rasmus Carstensen (7.2), Florian Kainz (7.1), Luca Waldschmidt (6.8) and Davie Selke (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Kristian Pedersen, Luca Kilian, Dimitris Limnios, Philipp Pentke, Jacob Christensen, Max Finkgräfe (7.0), Mathias Olesen (6.5) and Sargis Adamyan (6.3).

Substitutions

FC Köln made 4 changes: Davie Selke for Sargis Adamyan (52′), Florian Kainz for Max Finkgräfe (66′), Luca Waldschmidt for Mathias Olesen (66′) and Rasmus Carstensen for Luca Kilian (90′).

Best player: Julian Chabot​

The most impressive player for FC Köln was Julian Chabot.

His rating is (7.8) with 25 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

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

• VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 1848 – 5-0
• FC Augsburg – Borussia Mönchengladbach – 4-4
• TSG Hoffenheim – SC Freiburg – 1-2
• VfL Wolfsburg – Heidenheim – 2-0
• Bayer 04 Leverkusen – RB Leipzig – 3-2
• Borussia Dortmund – FC Köln – 1-0