📏 Form Guide

Bayern Munich

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Bayern Munich are hoping to win again following the 0-1 Bundesliga success versus VfL Wolfsburg.

In that match, Bayern Munich had 69% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 9 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Bayern Munich was Michael Olise (56'). For their opponents, Wolfsburg got 17 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

Bayern Munich have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, netting in each and every one of their last 6 games.

They’ve managed to rack up 15 during that period and have conceded a total of 12. It will be interesting to find out if that trend can be sustained into this next match.

Their prior results show that Bayern Munich:

• have not lost a league tie with Cologne in their last 21 matches. What a record.
• are undefeated in their previous 6 home league matches.

Cologne

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Heidenheim in Bundesliga action, Cologne and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Cologne managed 66% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. The only player to score for Cologne was Marius Bülter (10'). Heidenheim got 11 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Jan Schöppner (8', 72') and Arijon Ibrahimović (28') scored for Heidenheim.

The stats tell the story, and Cologne have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 11 goals in total. At the back, Cologne certainly have room for improvement.

Taking a look at their past results, Cologne:

• are winless against Bayern Munich in games played away from home for the previous 12 league matches. Not an away record to be proud of.
• are unbeaten in their previous 4 away league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 12 matches in the league. It's not a good run at all.

👥 Head to head

Looking at past results between these clubs stretching back to 24/01/2023 shows that these fixtures have been pretty painful for Cologne. They have not been able to get themselves any wins whatsoever whereas Bayern Munich have been too good for them, finishing as winners in 83% of those matches played.

A total of 17 goals were scored between them in this period, with 13 from Bayern and 4 for Köln. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The last league encounter featuring these sides was Bundesliga match day 17 on 14/01/2026 when the final score was Cologne 1-3 Bayern Munich.

On that occasion, Cologne managed 28% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Linton Maina (41').

At the other end, Bayern Munich got 19 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Serge Gnabry (45'), Min-jae Kim (71') and Lennart Karl (84') scored.

The referee was Patrick Ittrich.

🗞️ Team News: Bayern Munich

We think that Bayern look set to use a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game, handing starts to Manuel Neuer, Josip Stanisic, Dayot Upamecano, Jonathan Tah, Konrad Laimer, Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Michael Olise, Jamal Musiala, Luis Diaz and Harry Kane.

ℹ️ Team News: Cologne

We’re of the thinking that Köln appear most likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation, settling for Marvin Schwaebe, Sebastian Sebulonsen, Joel Schmied, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, K. Lund Hansen, Eric Martel, I. B. Johannesson, Jan Thielmann, Jakub Kaminski, Said El Mala and Marius Buelter.

🔮 Prediction

For this match, we think that Bayern Munich can and should get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

At the other end, Cologne will not find it easy to score a goal of their own but we do fancy them scoring here as well.

We’re predicting a 3-1 winning score for Bayern Munich at full-time.

Lucas Pereira, 13:04 16/05/2026