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Cologne vs Gladbach: match report

FC Cologne hosted Borussia Mönchengladbach at RheinEnergieStadion on Sunday 11 October 2026, in the Bundesliga (round 5). Cologne are without 1 player (Thijs Dallinga); Gladbach are missing 1 (Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn). Florian Badstübner is the referee, averaging 2.5 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Cologne 2-1 Gladbach. Goals: Ísak Jóhannesson 26' for Cologne; Joe Scally 39' for Gladbach; Said El Mala 67' for Cologne. Attendance: 50,000.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 14' Yellow card: Marius Bulter (Cologne)
  • 24' Yellow card: Jan Leszczynski (Gladbach)
  • 26' Goal: Ísak Jóhannesson (Cologne) 1-0
  • 39' Goal: Joe Scally (Gladbach) 1-1
  • 67' Goal: Said El Mala (Cologne) 2-1
  • 81' Yellow card: Zento Uno (Gladbach)
  • 90'+6' Yellow card: Shuto Machino (Gladbach)
Match stats (contains the result)
47.6%Possession52.4%
20Shots16
7Shots on target7
6Corners6
8Fouls17
1Offsides1
6Saves5
1Yellow cards3
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Cologne 4-3-1-2

Coach: Rene Wagner

  1. 1 Marvin Schwäbe GK
  2. 28 Sebastian Sebulonsen DEF
  3. 22 Jahmai Simpson-Pusey DEF
  4. 24 Luka Lochoshvili DEF
  5. 3 Borna Sosa MID
  6. 8 Ísak Jóhannesson MID
  7. 6 Ellyes Skhiri MID
  8. 37 Linton Maina MID
  9. 47 Mikey Moore FWD
  10. 30 Marius Bülter FWD
  11. 10 Saïd El Mala FWD

Bench

  • 5 Tom Krauß MID
  • 2 Joël Schmied DEF
  • 29 Jan Thielmann MID
  • 15 Imad Rondić FWD
  • 7 Gian-Luca Waldschmidt FWD
  • 20 Ron-Robert Zieler GK
  • 14 Gideon Mensah DEF
  • 23 Paul Okon-Engstler MID
  • 11 Reigan Heskey FWD

Gladbach 3-4-2-1

Coach: Alexander Blessin

  1. 1 Moritz Nicolas GK
  2. 14 Daiki Hashioka DEF
  3. 4 Kevin Diks DEF
  4. 5 Jan Leszczyński DEF
  5. 29 Joseph Scally MID
  6. 16 Philipp Sander DEF
  7. 10 Florian Neuhaus MID
  8. 26 Lukas Ullrich DEF
  9. 38 Hugo Bolin MID
  10. 25 Robin Hack FWD
  11. 3 Isac Lidberg FWD

Bench

  • 36 Wael Mohya MID
  • 18 Shuto Machino FWD
  • 47 Zento Uno MID
  • 2 Fabio Chiarodia DEF
  • 27 Fritz Fleck MID
  • 33 Daniel Batz GK
  • 20 David Herold DEF
  • 22 Yukhym Konoplya DEF
  • 34 Mathieu Nguefack MID

Injuries and suspensions

Cologne

  • Thijs Dallinga injury, back Late June 2027

Gladbach

  • Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn injury, back Late October 2026
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 21 March 2026: FC Cologne 3-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach
  • Saturday 8 November 2025: Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 FC Cologne
  • Saturday 9 March 2024: Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-3 FC Cologne
  • Sunday 22 October 2023: FC Cologne 3-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
  • Sunday 2 April 2023: FC Cologne 0-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach