Köln — Borussia M'gladbach 2:1, 11 October: match result

match finished Bundesliga · Matchday 5 Sunday 11 October · 13:30 UTC

Köln 12th · 7 pts LWLDL

2 : 1 1st half 1:1

Borussia M'gladbach 18th · 0 pts LLLLL

RheinEnergieStadion · referee F. Badstubner

Match predictionValue

Over 1.5 goals

87% · Over 2.5 goals in 5 of 5 Borussia M'gladbach games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Over 1.5 goals”, and the match finished 2:1.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Köln 51% draw 22% Borussia M'gladbach 27%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Köln win, and the match finished 2:1. Fans backed Köln win — they got it right.

fans 75 votes

Köln 68% draw 10% Borussia M'gladbach 22%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

M. Bulter 13'

J. Leszczynski 24'

I. Johannesson 1-0 26'

J. Scally 1-1 39'

T. Krauss for E. Skhiri 46'

S. Machino for I. Lidberg 64'

W. Mohya for R. Hack 64'

S. El Mala assist: L. Maina 2-1 67'

Z. Uno for F. Neuhaus 68'

J. Schmied for L. Lochoshvili 78'

J. Thielmann for S. El Mala 78'

F. C. Chiarodia for J. Leszczynski 80'

F. Fleck for D. Hashioka 80'

Z. Uno 81'

I. Rondic for M. Moore 85'

S. Machino 90+6'

L. Waldschmidt for L. Maina 90+2'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Köln 4-3-1-2 3-4-2-1 Borussia M'gladbach

Marvin Schwäbe  
Sebastian Sebulonsen  22 Jahmai Simpson-Pusey  24 Luka Lochoshvili  3 Borna Sosa  
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson  6 Ellyes Skhiri  37 Linton Maina  
Mikey Moore  
Said El Mala  30 Marius Bülter  

Isac Lidberg  
Hugo Bolin  25 Robin Hack  
Joe Scally  16 Philipp Sander  10 Florian Neuhaus  26 Lukas Ullrich  
Daiki Hashioka  4 Kevin Diks  5 Jan Leszczyński  
Moritz Nicolas  

Köln bench

14Gideon Mensah
15Imad Rondić
29Jan Uwe Thielmann
2Joel Schmied
7Luca Waldschmidt
23Paul Okon-Engstler
11Reigan Heskey
20Ron-Robert Zieler
5Tom Krauß

Borussia M'gladbach bench

33Daniel Batz
20David Herold
2Fabio Chiarodia
27Fritz Fleck
34Mathieu Nguefack
18Shuto Machino
36Wael Mohya
22Yukhym Konoplya
47Zento Uno

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

48%Possession52%

20Shots16

7Shots on target7

11Shots off target4

2Blocked shots5

14Shots inside box7

6Shots outside box9

80Attacks105

46Dangerous attacks55

6Corners6

1Offsides1

8Fouls17

1Yellow cards3

6Saves5

389Passes424

312Accurate passes339

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Köln

Borussia M'gladbachThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Köln and Borussia M'gladbach met on matchday 5 of the Bundesliga on 11 October at RheinEnergieStadion. Final score — 2:1.

Köln sit 12th on 7 points after 6 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses). Borussia M'gladbach sit 18th on 0 points after 6 matches (0 wins, 0 draws, 6 losses), winless in 6 matches.

Of the last 2 meetings Köln won 0, Borussia M'gladbach won 1, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 4:6.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Köln last five Borussia M'gladbach

LWLDL form LLLLL

6 Matches 6

2 — 1 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 0 — 0 — 6

8 — 11 Scored — conceded 8 — 20

1.17 Points per game 0

1.33 Goals scored per game 1.33

0 Clean sheets 0

1 Failed to score 2

winless in 1 Current streak winless in 6

Köln at home: 3 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses, goals 6—4, 2.33 points per match.

Borussia M'gladbach away: 3 matches, 0 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses, goals 1—10, 0 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

0 Köln wins 1 draw 1 Borussia M'gladbach win goals 4:6 Köln — Borussia M'gladbach

21/03/2026	Köln — Borussia M'gladbach	3:3	Bundesliga
08/11/2025	Borussia M'gladbach — Köln	3:1	Bundesliga

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
11	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	2	2	2	10—16	8
12	Köln	6	2	1	3	8—11	7
13	Stuttgart	6	2	0	4	8—10	6
…
17	Hoffenheim	5	1	0	4	9—13	3
18	Borussia M'gladbach	4	0	0	4	6—16	0

Full Bundesliga table

Köln — Borussia M'gladbach, 11 October 2026, 13:30 UTC : score 2:1