📊 Form Guide

Cologne

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Cologne prepare for this match following on from a 2-2 Bundesliga drawn result versus Heidenheim.

In that match, Cologne managed 45% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 9 on target. For Cologne, goals were scored by Eric Martel (18') and Saïd El Mala (48'). At the other end, Heidenheim got 14 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Marvin Pieringer (15') and Julian Niehues (26') scored for Heidenheim.

It has not been often in recent games where Cologne have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Cologne have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, leaking 11 goals along the way.

Pre-game facts show that Cologne:

• haven't won against Bayern Munich in their last 20 matches in the league. What a terrible run without a win that has been.
• haven’t won at home in the past 3 matches in the league.

Bayern Munich

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Bayern Munich will go into the game following on from a 8-1 Bundesliga win against VfL Wolfsburg in their last fixture.

In that match, Bayern Munich had 68% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 10 of them on target. For Bayern Munich, the goals were scored by Luis Díaz (30'), Michael Olise (50', 76'), Raphaël Guerreiro (68'), Harry Kane (69') and Leon Goretzka (88'). For their opponents, Wolfsburg had 8 shots at goal with 3 on target. Kilian Fischer (5' Own goal), Dženan Pejčinović (13') and Moritz Jenz (53' Own goal) scored for VfL Wolfsburg.

In as many as 6 of the previous 6 games featuring Bayern Munich, a minimum of three goals have been hit. The average goals scored per match during that spell is 4.17, with the average number of goals for Bayern Munich standing at 3.17. That sort of pattern isn’t assured to be continued into this next game, though.

Analysis of their past results shows that Bayern Munich:

• are undefeated by Cologne when they have played them away from home in the previous 10 matches in the league. It doesn't get much better than that.
• are unbeaten in their last 16 league matches away from home. What a run it has been.

👥 Head to head

Looking at past results between these clubs going back to 15/01/2022 reveals that these encounters have not been good ones for Cologne. They have not been able to come away with any victories whatsoever whereas Bayern Munich have been dominant against them, running out winners in 83 per cent of those ties.

A combined total of 17 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 3 of them from Köln and 14 created by Bayern. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

📰 Team News: Cologne

In all likelihood, Köln will probably line up in a 3-4-3 formation for the game with Marvin Schwaebe, Sebastian Sebulonsen, Tom Krauss, Cenk Ozkacar, Jan Thielmann, Denis Huseinbasic, I. B. Johannesson, A. Castro-Montes, Fynn Schenten, Ragnar Ache and Jakub Kaminski.

📰 Team News: Bayern Munich

From our viewpoint, Bayern will likely make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting Manuel Neuer, Konrad Laimer, Dayot Upamecano, Jonathan Tah, Hiroki Ito, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Leon Goretzka, Michael Olise, Raphael Guerreiro, Luis Diaz and Harry Kane.

🧠 Prediction

We envisage that Bayern Munich can create a good amount of chances and successful shots on target.

At the same time, Cologne might well find it a difficult task to score but we can see them converting at least once as well.

We can therefore see a controlled 1-3 margin for Bayern Munich come full-time.

Victor Martins, 19:03 14/01/2026