On Saturday Mar 18th, in week 25, Borussia Dortmund and Köln will play a match in Dortmund in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which is great football weather. Borussia Dortmund sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Schalke 04. Nico Schlotterbeck struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 38th minute on a feed from Raphaël Guerreiro, then in the 50th minute, Michael Frey sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Marius Bülter . Borussia Dortmund is on a hot streak lately, with only 1 loss in their last 10 matches, while köln sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Bochum. Kevin Stöger scored the first goal for Bochum in the 9th minute on a penalty shot, then Erhan Mašović added another in the 76th minute on a feed from Takuma Asano At the end of 90 a dissapointed Köln couldn’t manage to score, and Bochum took the shutout win. Köln looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Köln won by a score of 3 to 2. Julian Brandt struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 31st minute, but Florian Kainz got the equalizer for Köln in the 53rd minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 56th minute on a goal by Steffen Tigges.
Ellyes Skhiri has been the most prolific scorer on Köln in his last five matches with two goals. For Borussia Dortmund, their top scorers are Julian Brandt and Marco Reus, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches
Edin Terzic’s squad will be without Julian Brandt, Mate Morey, Moukoko and Julien Duranville, while Steffen Baumgart’s Köln squad will be without Jan Thielmann, Luca Kilian, Florian Dietz and Smajic.