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Match Centre: FC Union Berlin vs FC Köln

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Bundesliga Matchday 8

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Home FC Union Berlin
15:30 Sun 1 Nov · your time in 16 h 3 min
Away FC Köln

Six of the Round · Bundesliga

Pre-match chances
44% FC Union Berlin 27% draw FC Köln 30%

Pre-match result forecast (provider data).

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Where to watch: ESPN Select+2 Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei, Berlin Referee: Richard Hempel

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Defence

FC Union Berlin concede 2.6 goals per match

FC Union Berlin2.6 FC Köln0.8

Last 5 matches in all competitions. FC Köln concede 0.8.

What's at stake

FC Union Berlin: a match about staying up

36%after a loss 21%after a win

Relegation risk: 36% after a defeat, 21% after a win (10,000 simulations of the rest of the season).

Attack

FC Köln score 1.6 goals per match

FC Union Berlin0.4 FC Köln1.6

Last 5 matches in all competitions. FC Union Berlin score 0.4.

What's at stake

FC Köln: a match about staying up

34%after a loss 19%after a win

Relegation risk: 34% after a defeat, 19% after a win (10,000 simulations of the rest of the season).

Last time

Last meeting, 27 October: FC Köln – FC Union Berlin 5:0

Saïd El Mala: 2 goals.

Referee

Richard Hempel: 3.6 yellow cards per match

This season in all competitions: 5 matches, no red card, 2 penalties.

Players to watch

Bundesliga, this season.

Josip Juranovic

FC Union Berlin · defender

0goals 2assists 7.09avg rating

Last match, Schalke 04: rating 7.0.

Linton Maina

FC Köln · midfielder

1goal 2assists 6.99avg rating

Last match, Schalke 04: rating 6.4.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

FC Union Berlin

  • Felix UduokhaiSuspended · until 9 Nov
  • Andrej IlicInjured · return date unknown
  • Andrik MarkgrafInjured · return date unknown
  • Robert SkovInjured · return date unknown
  • Stanley NsokiInjured · return date unknown

FC Köln

  • Ellyes SkhiriInjured · return date unknown
  • Imad RondicInjured · return date unknown
  • Ragnar AcheInjured · return date unknown
  • Rav van den BergInjured · return date unknown
  • Thijs DallingaInjured · return date unknown
  • Timo HübersInjured · return date unknown

Preview and report

Before the match

FC Köln have not scored for 227 minutes ahead of Union Berlin game

FC Köln, 12th in the Bundesliga table, have not scored for 227 minutes, the second-longest such run in the league. In matchday 8 they face 17th-placed Union Berlin, and the absentee list is long on both sides.

Automatically translated from Polish · AI-generated from GolVolt data

Number of the match 227 minutes That is how long Köln's current run without a goal has lasted, the second longest in the Bundesliga.

Köln without a goal for over three hours

Köln have 8 points after seven games, Union Berlin 6 points after the same number of matches. The hosts are 17th, though, and the visitors 12th. Finishing remains Köln's problem.

Squad problems on both sides

Köln cannot count on Thijs Dallinga, who with two goals in three league games is the team's top scorer. He is injured, as are Ellyes Skhiri, Imad Rondic, Ragnar Ache, Rav van den Berg and Timo Hübers. Union have five absentees: Felix Uduokhai is suspended, while Andrej Ilic, Andrik Markgraf, Robert Skov and Stanley Nsoki are injured. The Berlin club's top league scorer, Tim Skarke, has two goals in seven games and is not on the absentee list.

Union score mainly late on

Union have scored six goals in the Bundesliga, four of them after the 75th minute. Köln have conceded 11 goals in the league, two of them in that period of the game. In the last three meetings between the sides, counted after 90 minutes, Union won once, one ended in a draw and Köln won once.

Recent matches

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“This set-up” is FC Union Berlin at home and FC Köln away, as in this match.

FC Union Berlin

at home · 10

3W4D3L1.5scored per match1.5conceded per match

FC Köln

away · 10

1W4D5L1.1scored per match2.1conceded per match

Per match, the last 5 matches in all competitions: corners 3.8 · 4.6; cards 3.0 · 1.8

Head to head

20 meetings since 2012. The last 5 below.

Last time · 27 Oct 2026 · DFB Pokal FC Köln 5:0 FC Union Berlin El Mala 32', 60' · Maina 51' · Jóhannesson 78' · Sebulonsen 88'
2wins

1 draw3.4 goals per match · both scored in 2 of 5

2wins
Show older (5)
  • 4 Mar 2023Bundesliga FC Union Berlin0:0FC Köln before our records
  • 11 Sep 2022Bundesliga FC Köln0:1FC Union Berlin Hübers 3' (s) before our records
  • 1 Apr 2022Bundesliga FC Union Berlin1:0FC Köln Awoniyi 49' before our records
  • 7 Nov 2021Bundesliga FC Köln2:2FC Union Berlin Modeste 7', 86' · Ryerson 9' · Prömel 45+1' before our records
  • 13 Mar 2021Bundesliga FC Union Berlin2:1FC Köln Zekic 48' (k) · Trimmel 67' · Duda 45+2' (k) before our records

Expected lineups

The data provider's expected XI.

Official around 14:30, Sun 1 Nov

FC Union BerlinFC Köln

When the clubs announce the official lineups (usually an hour before kick-off), they replace the expected ones.

Out

FC Union Berlin: Felix Uduokhai, Andrej Ilic, Andrik Markgraf, Robert Skov, Stanley NsokiFC Köln: Ellyes Skhiri, Imad Rondic, Ragnar Ache, Rav van den Berg, Thijs Dallinga, Timo Hübers

Coaches

Mauro LustrinelliFC Union Berlin René WagnerFC Köln

Full squads (39 players)

FC Union Berlin

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

FC Köln

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Player intelligence

Player comparison

Who wins?

The data provider's forecast, not GolVolt's. It says how often a match like this ends each way.

44%FC Union Berlin
27%draw
30%FC Köln

Out of 20 matches like this, FC Union Berlin win 9, 5 end level and FC Köln win 6.

FC Union Berlin have the higher chance, mostly thanks to playing at home. By Volt (strength from league results) the clubs are nearly level: 43.6 and 41.7.

Likeliest scores

The five likeliest from the score grid.

  1. 1:012%
  2. 1:111%
  3. 0:09%
  4. 2:08%
  5. 2:18%

How many goals?

The forecast, and under it what happened in each club's last 10 matches.

  • 2+ goals71% FC Union Berlin 8 of 10 · FC Köln 8 of 10
  • 3+ goals48% FC Union Berlin 7 of 10 · FC Köln 7 of 10
  • 4+ goals28% FC Union Berlin 7 of 10 · FC Köln 4 of 10
  • 5+ goals16% FC Union Berlin 4 of 10 · FC Köln 4 of 10
Goals at both ends

Chance that each side scores: 51%.

What this match changes in the season

Relegation risk after each result.

Club today after a defeat after a draw after a win
FC Union Berlin today 27%
after a defeat
36%
after a draw
29%
after a win
21%
FC Köln today 27%
after a defeat
34%
after a draw
27%
after a win
19%

FC Union Berlin: 15 percentage points of relegation risk between a win and a defeat.

From 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season. How we count

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Volt matchup

43.6 41.7
FC Union BerlinFC Köln
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Match sheet

Kick-off
Sunday 1 November, 15:30Your time · in 16 h 3 min
Where to watch
ESPN Select, ESPN+, Fandango (Stream) USA · change country
Stadium
Stadion An der Alten Försterei Berlin · show map
Referee
Richard Hempel 🇩🇪 4.6 yellow cards per match · All seasons on record · 50 matches
Rest
FC Union Berlin 5 days · FC Köln 5 days Both last played: DFB Pokal
Table
17. FC Union Berlin (6 pts) and 12. FC Köln (8 pts) Matchday 8 of 34
Weather
9°Covercastwind 10 km/h
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