Cologne vs Union Berlin: preview, line-ups and kick-off time

FC Cologne host 1. FC Union Berlin at RheinEnergieStadion on Tuesday 27 October 2026, kick-off 19:45 UTC, in the DFB-Pokal (round 2). Cologne have had 11 days of rest since playing Frankfurt (Bundesliga); Union Berlin have had 10 after facing Dortmund and travel about 491 km. Cologne are without 7 players (Joël Schmied, Imad Rondić, Rav van den Berg and others); Union Berlin are missing 5 (Josip Juranović, Marvin Friedrich, Andrej Ilić and others). The forecast at kick-off is 15°C with rain.