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Saturday 21 March 2026 · 14:30 · HT 2-2 · RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne · Referee Sören Storks

1. FC Köln v Borussia M'gladbach: stats, form and bet builder picks

In 1. FC Köln's last 10 home games and Borussia M'gladbach's last 10 away games in the Bundesliga before kick-off, both teams scored in 12 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 13 of 20, with 9.2 corners per match (league 9.8) and 3.5 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

1. FC Köln v Borussia M'gladbach, full match

50%

Possession

50%

1.55

Expected goals (xG)

1.30

12

Shots

9

5

Shots on target

4

5

Corners

3

8

Fouls

14

8

Yellow cards

2

1

Red cards

0

Offsides

4

Goals and cards

1'

Goal

Jens Castrop BOR

4'

Goal

Said El Mala FCK

7'

Goal

Ragnar Ache FCK

20'

Goal

Philipp Sander BOR

38'

Yellow card

Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson FCK

52'

Yellow card

Marvin Schwäbe FCK

60'

Goal

Jens Castrop BOR

61'

Yellow card

Jakub Kamiński FCK

71'

Yellow card

Cenk Özkaçar FCK

71'

Yellow card

Haris Tabaković BOR

73'

Yellow card

Eric Martel FCK

76'

Yellow card

Jan Uwe Thielmann FCK

84'

Goal

Eric Martel FCK

86'

Second yellow

Eric Martel FCK

90'

Yellow card

Rocco Reitz BOR

90+1'

Yellow card

Florian Kainz FCK

At a glance

1. FC Köln

14th in the table

D

L

D

L

Borussia M'gladbach

12th in the table

W

L

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From 1. FC Köln's home games and Borussia M'gladbach's away games in the Bundesliga this season, before kick-off, with players from the lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in 1. FC Köln's last 10 home games and Borussia M'gladbach's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

60%

12/20 games · League 62%

Over 1.5 goals

80%

16/20 games · League 84%

Over 2.5 goals

65%

13/20 games · League 64%

Over 3.5 goals

35%

7/20 games · League 43%

Over 9.5 corners

40%

8/20 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

40%

8/20 games · League 53%

1. FC Köln clean sheet

10%

1/10 games · League 21%

Borussia M'gladbach clean sheet

40%

4/10 games · League 21%

1. FC Köln fail to score

10%

1/10 games · League 21%

Borussia M'gladbach fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 21%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.1

League 3.2

Corners

9.2

League 9.8

Cards

3.5

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

1. FC Köln

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Marvin Schwäbe

DEFENDERS

32

33

36

39

MIDFIELDERS

6

Eric Martel

16

Jakub Kamiński

18

Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson

FORWARDS

9

Ragnar Ache

13

Said El Mala

37

Linton Maina

SUBSTITUTES

20

44

3

5

11

27

29

7

30

38

Borussia M'gladbach

3-4-2-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

33

Moritz Nicolas

DEFENDERS

4

16

17

29

30

MIDFIELDERS

6

Yannick Engelhardt

27

Rocco Reitz

FORWARDS

7

Kevin Stöger

9

Franck Honorat

15

Haris Tabaković

SUBSTITUTES

42

Tiago Pereira Cardoso

2

5

26

10

13

36

38

18

Referee: Sören Storks

12 games in the Bundesliga this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

5.3

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

5.2

Red cards per game

0.50

Fouls per game

20.3

League 20.7

Penalties per game

0.25

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

FCK

BOR

Match

League

Goals per match

3.0

2.8

2.9

3.1

Over 0.5

100%

26/26

85%

22/26

92%

48/52

95%

Over 1.5

81%

21/26

73%

19/26

77%

40/52

82%

Over 2.5

58%

15/26

54%

14/26

56%

29/52

61%

Over 3.5

38%

10/26

35%

9/26

37%

19/52

40%

Over 4.5

15%

4/26

12%

3/26

13%

7/52

20%

Bet

FCK

BOR

Match

League

Yes

73%

19/26

38%

10/26

56%

29/52

58%

Yes and win

12%

3/26

4%

1/26

19%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

58%

15/26

27%

7/26

42%

22/52

47%

Yes and draw

27%

7/26

12%

3/26

19%

10/52

20%

Yes and loss

35%

9/26

23%

6/26

19%

Yes in both halves

12%

3/26

0%

0/26

6%

3/52

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Bet

FCK

BOR

Match

League

Corners per match

10.3

8.8

9.6

Over 7.5

73%

19/26

69%

18/26

71%

37/52

72%

Over 8.5

65%

17/26

54%

14/26

60%

31/52

60%

Over 9.5

50%

13/26

38%

10/26

44%

23/52

51%

Over 10.5

42%

11/26

23%

6/26

33%

17/52

37%

Over 11.5

31%

8/26

19%

5/26

25%

13/52

29%

Over 12.5

31%

8/26

15%

4/26

23%

12/52

20%

Referee Sören Storks: 5.3 cards and 20.3 fouls per game in 12 games this season

Bet

FCK

BOR

Match

League

Cards per match

4.1

3.6

3.8

3.9

Over 2.5

85%

22/26

69%

18/26

77%

40/52

72%

Over 3.5

62%

16/26

35%

9/26

48%

25/52

54%

Over 4.5

42%

11/26

23%

6/26

33%

17/52

37%

Over 5.5

19%

5/26

12%

3/26

15%

8/52

21%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Said El Mala

12 starts · 0.5 per 90

17%

2/12

42%

5/12

0%

0/12

0%

0/12

Haris Tabaković

22 starts · 0.5 per 90

11%

2/18

32%

7/22

9%

2/22

0%

0/22

Linton Maina

6 starts · 0.4 per 90

40%

2/5

33%

2/6

0%

0/6

0%

0/6

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.