FC Koln – Borussia Dortmund, Picks and Tips
FC Cologne - Borussia Dortmund, Bundesliga football! Dortmund can't afford to make any more missteps if they want to have a real chance at the Bundesliga title, which Bayern have won for the last 9 years. On the other hand, FC Cologne has no worries about relegation or European cups, although a good series could get them into the Conference-Europa League zone. Marco Rose's team has already missed two important goals this season. We're talking about the German Cup, where they were eliminated by a second-tier team, St. Pauli, and the Europa League, where the yellow and black were shamefully eliminated by Glasgow Rangers. The regional derby FC Koln - Borussia Dortmund is played on Sunday at 20:30 at the RheinEnergie Stadium in Koln. It is the last game of the 27th round of the German Ligue 1. The seventh place team, the hosts (39 points) and the second place team, the guests (56 points) meet. The Dortmund-Koln first leg ended 2-0 for the black-and-white-clad players. Goals were scored by Thorgan Hazard and by Steffen Tigges. Let's see if this time the ratios will be reversed in the Borussia Dortmund vs FC Koln duel. Only a win keeps Borussia in the real battle, within title distance of Bayern Munich.
Steffen Baumgart's players are having a period of obvious fluctuations. There have been wins over Leverkusen (away), Frankfurt (home), Freiburg (home) and Hertha Berlin (away). There have also been expected defeats: Bayern (home), Leipzig (away), Hoffenheim (home). The draws came with second-tier teams Bochum and Greuther Furth (a totally unexpected semi defeat). The German Cup elimination at the hands of second division HSV Hamburg didn't go down well for Baumgart and his players.Marco Rose's yellow and blacks have also collected 3 negative results in their most recent games. Two of them coincided with elimination from the DFB Pokal and Europa League (St. Pauli and Rangers), and the result at Signal Iduna Park against Leverkusen (2-5!) was totally unexpected. Yet 13/15 points in their last 5 Bundesliga games have brought BVB to within 4 points of Bayern. That's wins in Berlin, Mainz and at home to Gladbach and Arminia Bielefeld. If they had also got 3 points at Augsburg, BVB would probably be 2 points behind Bayern. A win for the guests in Fc Koln - Borussia Dortmund is a MUST for Reus&Co.
Our recommendation tip for FC Koln – Borussia Dortmund: OVER 9,5 CORNERS @ 1.80