FC Köln and Borussia Dortmund are going to face on Sunday the 20th of March at 7:30 pm in the 27th week of the Bundesliga. The match will be staged in Cologne at the RheinEnergieStadion.
FC Köln sits in the 7th place in the standings with 39 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against Bayer 04 Leverkusen in its last match in the Bundesliga. Until now, it has won 10 times, draw 9 times, and lost 7 times.
Borussia Dortmund sits in the 2nd position in the standings with 56 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against FSV Mainz 05 in its last match in the Bundesliga. Until now, it has won 18 times, drawn twice, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
FC Köln
FC Köln has mostly adopted the 4-1-3-2 line-up most used during the season (15 times or 57.69%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-3-2 (15 times), 4-2-3-1 (7 times) and 4-3-1-2 (4 times).
Steffen Baumgart is expected to play against Borussia Dortmund with the following players: M. Schwäbe, J. Horn, T. Hübers, L. Kilian, B. Schmitz, S. Özcan, T. Ostrák, J. Thielmann, O. Duda, S. Andersson and A. Modeste.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of FC Köln would be 26.18.
Steffen Baumgart will probably not be able to employ M. Uth because of injury.
J. Hector, F. Kainz, T. Lemperle, D. Ljubicic, K. Schindler and E. Skhiri will definitely miss the match.
Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 34.62%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (9 times), 4-3-3 (7 times), 3-4-2-1 (4 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 4-1-3-2 (once) and 4-3-2-1 (once).
Marco Rose is expected to play against FC Köln with the following players: G. Kobel, N. Schulz, E. Can, M. Pongracic, F. Passlack, J. Brandt, A. Witsel, T. Hazard, J. Bellingham, M. Wolf and D. Malen.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Borussia Dortmund would be 26.18.
M. Akanji, M. Hummels, T. Meunier, M. Morey Bauzà, M. Schmelzer, D. Zagadou, R. Guerreiro, M. Reus and S. Tigges will definitely miss the match.
Marco Rose will not be able to have the presence of M. Dahoud who is suspended.
