Bayern vs Koln Bundesliga Pre Match Conference
Bayern vs Koln Bundesliga Pre Match Conference
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
1
FC Bayern Munich are unbeaten against 1. FC Köln in 19 Bundesliga matches (W17 D2) – against no other current Bundesliga club does FC Bayern have a longer unbeaten streak. Indeed, this is Cologne’s longest ongoing winless streak against a side in the top-flight.
2
With 16 points from the first 11 matchdays of the second half of the season, this is FC Bayern Munich’s lowest points total at this stage in the second half of the season in 32 years – in 1991-92 it was only 11 points (converted to the three-point rule). Only three teams have conceded more goals than Bayern in the second half of the season (21, Cologne 20). Indeed, even Cologne have fewer defeats in the second half of the season (4) than Bayern (5).
3
FC Bayern Munich last time out recorded their sixth defeat of this Bundesliga season (2-3 at Heidenheim) – the most they have lost in a full season in 12 years (7 in 2011-12). Five of those six defeats have come in the second half of the season.
4
1. FC Cologne last time out ended a run of seven Bundesliga matches without a win (D4 L3) with a 2-1 home victory over VfL Bochum. However, Cologne have only won one of their last 15 away league games (D8 L6) and are winless in seven away games (D5 L2), with five draws in a row recently.
5
FC Bayern Munich have not kept a clean sheet in any of their last 10 Bundesliga games. Since the start of the calendar year 2001, Bayern have only once gone more games without a clean sheet – 11 games between October 2020 and January 2021 under Hansi Flick. Currently, only TSG Hoffenheim (23 games) are longer run without a clean sheet than FC Bayern in the top-flight.
