German Bundesliga

Dortmund vs Cologne 2022-23 German Bundesliga

  • 15': Raphaël Guerreiro
  • 17': Sébastien Haller
  • 32': Marco Reus
  • 36': Donyell Malen
  • 69': Sébastien Haller
  • 70': Marco Reus
FT
6 - 1
  • 42': Davie Selke

Dazzling Dortmund crush Cologne to confirm Bundesliga title ambitions

Borussia Dortmund climbed to the top of the Bundesliga standings after demolishing visitors Cologne 6-1 on Saturday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 15': Goal! Borussia Dortmund 1, 1. FC Köln 0. Raphaël Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Donyell Malen.
  • 17': Goal! Borussia Dortmund 2, 1. FC Köln 0. Sébastien Haller (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Raphaël Guerreiro.
  • 32': Goal! Borussia Dortmund 3, 1. FC Köln 0. Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Raphaël Guerreiro.
  • 36': Goal! Borussia Dortmund 4, 1. FC Köln 0. Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Niklas Süle.
  • 42': Goal! Borussia Dortmund 4, 1. FC Köln 1. Davie Selke (1. FC Köln) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal.
  • 45': Second Half begins Borussia Dortmund 4, 1. FC Köln 1.
  • 58': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Linton Maina replaces Sargis Adamyan.
  • 58': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Denis Huseinbasic replaces Florian Kainz.
  • 58': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Eric Martel replaces Julian Chabot.
  • 66': Mahmoud Dahoud (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card.
  • 69': Goal! Borussia Dortmund 5, 1. FC Köln 1. Sébastien Haller (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  • 69': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Steffen Tigges replaces Davie Selke.
  • 70': Goal! Borussia Dortmund 6, 1. FC Köln 1. Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  • 72': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Anthony Modeste replaces Sébastien Haller.
  • 72': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Thomas Meunier replaces Donyell Malen.
  • 72': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Giovanni Reyna replaces Marco Reus.
  • 79': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Mats Hummels replaces Mahmoud Dahoud.
  • 79': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Tom Rothe replaces Julian Ryerson.
  • 83': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Kingsley Schindler replaces Dejan Ljubicic.

Game Information

Competition: German Bundesliga

Venue: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Location: Aue, Germany
Attendance: 81,365

German Bundesliga Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+44 Bayern Munich 15 41 0
+14 Borussia Dortmund 15 32 1
+13 Bayer Leverkusen 15 29 4
+11 RB Leipzig 15 29 4
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Statistics

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10 Fouls 7
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
6 Corner Kicks 1
2 Saves 4
36.4 Possession 63.6
11 SHOTS 12
5 ON GOAL 8
0.5 On Target % 0.7
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
339 Accurate Passes 648
398 Passes 718
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
6 Accurate Crosses 2
21 Crosses 12
0.3 Cross % 0.2
31 Long Balls 60
16 Accurate Long Balls 45
0.5 Long Balls % 0.8
3 Blocked Shots 0
8 Effective Tackles 11
21 Tackles 16
0.4 Tackle % 0.7
10 Interceptions 8
18 Effective Clearances 11
18 Clearances 11

Line-Ups

DOR Borussia Dortmund (4-3-3)

No. Name
33 Alexander Meyer (GK)
4 Nico Schlotterbeck
25 Niklas Süle
26 Julian Ryerson
17 Marius Wolf
8 Mahmoud Dahoud Yellow Card
13 Raphaël Guerreiro
22 Jude Bellingham
9 Sébastien Haller
11 Marco Reus
21 Donyell Malen

KOE FC Cologne (4-2-2-2)

No. Name
20 Marvin Schwäbe (GK)
24 Jeff Chabot
4 Timo Hübers
14 Jonas Hector
2 Benno Schmitz
47 Mathias Olesen
28 Ellyes Skhiri
27 Davie Selke
23 Sargis Adamyan
11 Florian Kainz
7 Dejan Ljubicic

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