Bundesliga · 2025Sat, 7 Mar 2026, 17:30 UTCFull timeRheinEnergieStadionFull-time recap

1. FC Köln

WLLDL

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Borussia Dortmund

WWWDL

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This match

Match statistics

Metric	1. FC Köln	Borussia Dortmund
Shots	14 shots/match▲	13 shots/match
Shots on target	4 shots/match	5 shots/match▲
Possession	39%	61%
Corners	9 corners/match	4 corners/match
Fouls	9 fouls/match	12 fouls/match
Yellow cards	1 cards/match	1 cards/match

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What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: 1. FC Köln's last-five goals scored average is below their season average. No second pattern clears the sample and coverage gates. Limitation: Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

1. FC Köln's recent record differs from the season

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1. FC Köln's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

1 goals/match▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.36 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	1 goals/match	1.36 goals/match	1.36 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

01. FC Köln

0Draws

1Borussia Dortmund

25 Oct 2025Borussia Dortmund — 1. FC Köln · Bundesliga1–0

Metric comparison

Values, percentiles and samples

Where the edge is

1. FC Köln favored in 1 of 14 directional metrics · Borussia Dortmund in 8 · 5 too close

1.36 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 25/25▲2.12 goals/match

1.72 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 25/25▲1.04 goals/match

—Expected goalsseason · 0/0—

—Expected goals allowedseason · 0/0—

13 shots/matchShotsseason · 25/2513 shots/match

14.3 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 25/25▲11.1 shots/match

4.36 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 25/25▲4.8 shots/match

4.88 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 25/25▲3.48 shots/match

46.8%Possessionseason · 25/2553%

4.52 corners/matchCornersseason · 25/255.24 corners/match

5.88 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 25/25▲4.68 corners/match

1.64 cards/match▲Cardsseason · 25/251.92 cards/match

8.16 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 25/2511.8 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

12%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 25/25▲44%

84%Scoring frequencyseason · 25/25▲100%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

1. FC Köln41.7

Borussia Dortmund69.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

1. FC Köln50

Borussia Dortmund75

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

1. FC Köln30.6

Borussia Dortmund91.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

1. FC Köln75

Borussia Dortmund19.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

1. FC Köln13.9

Borussia Dortmund58.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

1. FC Köln36.1

Borussia Dortmund75

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

1. FC Köln34.7

Borussia Dortmund71.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Last 5

5 / 5 matches

1 goals/matchGoals scored5/5▲2.4 goals/match

2.2 goals/matchGoals allowed5/5▲1.4 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

10.6 shots/matchShots5/5▲13.8 shots/match

3.4 shots/matchShots on target5/5▲4.8 shots/match

43.6%Possession5/551.8%

6 corners/matchCorners5/55.2 corners/match

1.2 cards/matchCards5/52 cards/match

7.2 fouls/matchFouls5/512.8 fouls/match

Window

Last 10

10 / 10 matches

1.2 goals/matchGoals scored10/10▲2.7 goals/match

1.9 goals/matchGoals allowed10/10▲1.4 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

13.6 shots/matchShots10/10▲14.7 shots/match

4.2 shots/matchShots on target10/10▲5.4 shots/match

44.7%Possession10/1053.7%

5.5 corners/matchCorners10/105.3 corners/match

1.4 cards/matchCards10/102.1 cards/match

6.9 fouls/matchFouls10/1012 fouls/match

Window

Season

25 / 25 matches

1.36 goals/matchGoals scored25/25▲2.12 goals/match

1.72 goals/matchGoals allowed25/25▲1.04 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

13 shots/matchShots25/2513 shots/match

4.36 shots/matchShots on target25/25▲4.8 shots/match

46.8%Possession25/2553%

4.52 corners/matchCorners25/255.24 corners/match

1.64 cards/matchCards25/251.92 cards/match

8.16 fouls/matchFouls25/2511.8 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

13 / 13 matches

1.69 goals/matchGoals scored13/13▲1.92 goals/match

1.62 goals/matchGoals allowed13/13▲1.15 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

13.5 shots/match▲Shots13/1312.1 shots/match

4.85 shots/match▲Shots on target13/134.23 shots/match

46.6%Possession13/1352.1%

4.69 corners/matchCorners13/133.62 corners/match

1.46 cards/matchCards13/132.31 cards/match

7.85 fouls/matchFouls13/1312 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

7.92 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17 days

1 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/12 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceready

Season samples25 / 25home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 7 Mar 2026, 21:30 UTC · analysis-v4

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