German Bundesliga

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FC Cologne LLDLW 0
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Bayern Munich WLDWW 1
  • Robert Lewandowski 10'
RheinEnergieStadion · 49,600 att.

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Robert Lewandowski goal secures Bayern Munich victory over Cologne

Bayern Munich pulled eight points clear of Borussia Dortmund at the top of the Bundesliga once again after winning 1-0 in Cologne with minimal effort.

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Last five matches

DateOppResultCompetition
11/8/26 vs Bayer Leverkusen L 1-2 German Bundesliga
11/1/26 @ 1. FC Union Berlin D 1-1 German Bundesliga
10/27/26 vs 1. FC Union Berlin W 5-0 German Cup
10/24/26 vs Schalke 04 D 0-0 German Bundesliga
10/16/26 @ Eintracht Frankfurt L 0-1 German Bundesliga
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Team Stats

MUN KOE
13
Fouls
21
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
5
Corner Kicks
0
2
Saves
2
76.4
Possession
23.6
6
SHOTS
6
3
ON GOAL
2
50
On Target %
30
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
773
Accurate Passes
176
862
Passes
267
90
Pass Completion %
70
3
Accurate Crosses
1
13
Crosses
4
20
Cross %
30
45
Long Balls
69
19
Accurate Long Balls
32
40
Long Balls %
50
0
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
30
10
Tackles
41
80
Tackle %
70
6
Effective Clearances
12
8
Clearances
16

Head to Head

MUN leads series 5-0

KOE Last 5 matchups MUN
  1. 0 2011-12 German Bundesliga FT 2011-12-16 @ MUN 3
  2. 1 2011-12 German Bundesliga FT 2012-05-05 @ KOE 4
  3. 0 2014-15 German Bundesliga FT 2014-09-27 @ KOE 2
  4. 1 2014-15 German Bundesliga FT 2015-02-27 @ MUN 4
  5. 0 2015-16 German Bundesliga FT 2015-10-24 @ MUN 4

Lineups

Confirmed

KOE · 5-4-1

  1. Timo HornG12
  2. Mërgim MavrajCD19
  3. Dominique HeintzCD-L3
  4. Dominic MarohCD-R5
  5. Jonas HectorLB14
  6. Frederik SörensenRB4
  7. Yannick GerhardtCM-L31
  8. Matthias LehmannCM-R33
  9. Leonardo BittencourtLM2123
  10. Marcel RisseRM72
  11. Anthony ModesteF271

Substitutes

  1. Daniel MesenhölerSUB37
  2. Filip MladenovicSUB25
  3. Yuya OsakoSUB13
  4. Philipp HosinerSUB15
  5. Pawel OlkowskiSUB16
  6. Dusan SventoSUB29
  7. Milos JojicSUB8

MUN · 4-1-4-1

  1. Manuel NeuerG12
  2. David AlabaCD-L27
  3. Joshua KimmichCD-R32
  4. Xabi AlonsoDM14
  5. Juan BernatLB18
  6. RafinhaRB13
  7. Thiago AlcantaraCM-L611
  8. Sebastian RodeCM-R20
  9. Douglas CostaLM111
  10. Kingsley ComanRM291
  11. Robert LewandowskiF9213

Substitutes

  1. Sven UlreichSUB26
  2. Philipp LahmSUB21
  3. Mario GötzeSUB19
  4. Franck RibérySUB7
  5. Serdar TasciSUB4
  6. Thomas MüllerSUB25
  7. Arturo VidalSUB23

Bundesliga News

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