In this 19th week match, on Saturday Jan 15th, Bayern München will travel to Cologne to battle Köln in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 6th placed Köln is fresh off their 3-1 win against Hertha BSC. Anthony Modeste scored the first goal for Köln in the 30th minute, then Ondrej Duda added another in the 32nd minute. Köln is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while bayern München is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Borussia M’gladbach. Robert Lewandowski scored the first goal for Bayern München in the 18th minute, then Florian Neuhaus tied it up for Borussia M’gladbach in the 27th minute But luckily in the 31st minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Stefan Lainer. Bayern München is on a hot streak lately, with only 2 loss in their last 10 matches.
On the 22nd of August, Bayern München hosted Köln at the Allianz Arena in their last match together. Bayern München was victorious by a score of 3 to 2 in front of almost 20000 jubilant fans. Robert Lewandowski scored the first goal for Bayern München in the 50th minute, then Serge Gnabry added another in the 59th minute.
Robert Lewandowski has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Bayern München. Köln is glad to have Anthony Modeste in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals
Steffen Baumgart’s Köln squad will be without Ellyes Skhiri and Timo Horn, while Bayern München will be without Leroy Sané, Alphonso Davies, Leon Goretzka, Kingsley Coman, Lucas Hernández, Joshua Kimmich, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Corentin Tolisso, Niklas Süle and Manuel Neuer.