Borussia Dortmund vs FC Koln Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 25th October 2025

Borussia Dortmund enjoy home advantage, when visitors FC Koln swing by on Saturday for a clash in the Bundesliga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Borussia Dortmund are placed fourth with 14 points after seven matches. FC Koln occupy a position as sixth in the league on 11 points.

Borussia Dortmund came away with three points from the latest encounter with FC Koln. It would be a surprise if they fail do to it again, when they face each other on Saturday.

Borussia Dortmund scored 2.4 goals on average in their past ten matches, hitting the target 24 times. They conceded eight goals, an average of 0.8 and pulled off six clean sheets.

FC Koln travel to their next away match this coming Saturday having performed a tolerable average of 1.6 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 16 goals, whilst shipping 16 goals against. An average of 1.6 goals against a game. They hung on to three clean sheets in this streak.

Borussia Dortmund go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 1-0 and 4-0 the last two times they played FC Koln.

Borussia Dortmund vs FC Koln Prediction

Borussia Dortmund Form

Borussia Dortmund hope for some consistency, as their fans saw their team win, lose and draw in their last three matches. A close game with RB Leipzig resulted in a 1-1 draw, followed by a 2-1 defeat against Bayern Munich, before beating FC Copenhagen by 2-4. Borussia Dortmund showed little mercy in their past six matches at the Signal Iduna Park, of which they won five and drew once. Going undefeated, they hit the target 15 times, while letting in three themselves.

They are one of only a few teams capable of taking the title in the Bundesliga, and Borussia Dortmund currently remain on course.

FC Koln Form

FC Koln claimed four points from a possible nine in their last three matches across all tournaments, which opened with a defeat 1-2 against VfB Stuttgart. A 0-1 win followed against Hoffenheim, before drawing 1-1 with Augsburg. FC Koln won twice, while also recording two draws, and two defeats in their last six away matches in the Bundesliga. The scoreline from these matches says 11 goals conceded and eight scored.

FC Koln have already squandered enough points to put themselves under pressure, if they are to challenge for the title seriously in the Bundesliga this season.

While we don't believe FC Koln are strong enough to prevent Borussia Dortmund from a home win, we believe they are capable of limiting the defeat to only a few goals.

Borussia Dortmund fought their way to zero wins and one points from their last two games against teams inside the top six. They were on target two times in these matches, but also let in three goals. In the last two games against teams in the top six, FC Koln claimed zero wins and zero points. They scored two and conceded five goals. Borussia Dortmund lost just once so far this season in the Bundesliga and after seven games played they recorded four wins and two draws FC Koln are looking at three wins, two draws and two defeats in the Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund vs FC Koln Squads

Borussia Dortmund Squad

Niko Kovac will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against FC Koln from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

Alexander Meyer (0/0), Gregor Kobel (0/7), Patrick Drewes (0/0), Silas Ostrzinski (0/0), Aaron Anselmino (0/1), Almugera Kabar (0/0), Daniel Svensson (1/7), Filippo Mane (0/2), Julian Ryerson (0/6), Nico Schlotterbeck (0/4), Niklas Suele (0/1), Ramy Bensebaini (0/7), Waldemar Anton (1/7), Yan Couto (1/5), Carney Chukwuemeka (0/4), Emre Can (0/0), Felix Nmecha (1/7), Jobe Bellingham (0/7), Julian Brandt (2/6), Marcel Sabitzer (0/6), Pascal Gross (0/6), Salih Oezcan (0/3), Cole Campbell (0/1), Fabio Silva (0/3), Julien Duranville (0/0), Karim Adeyemi (2/7), Maximilian Beier (1/6), Serhou Guirassy (4/6).

FC Koln Squad

Below is the full team squad of FC Koln. The manager Kwasniok will pick his starting XI against Borussia Dortmund from these players:

Marvin Schwaebe (0/7), Matthias Koebbing (0/0), Ron-Robert Zieler (0/0), Benno Schmitz (0/0), Cenk Ozkacar (0/2), Dominique Heintz (0/2), Emin Kujovic (0/0), Jan Thielmann (2/7), Joel Schmied (0/7), Jusuf Gazibegovic (0/1), Kristoffer Lund Hansen (0/6), Luca Kilian (0/0), Neo Telle (0/0), Rav van den Berg (0/2), Sebastian Sebulonsen (0/7), Timo Huebers (0/7), Alessio Castro-Montes (0/1), Denis Huseinbasic (0/5), Eric Martel (0/7), Fayssal Harchaoui (0/0), Florian Kainz (0/5), Isak Bergmann Johannesson (1/7), Said El Mala (3/7), Tom Krauss (0/5), Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (1/5), Jakub Kaminski (3/7), Linton Maina (0/3), Malek El Mala (0/0), Marius Buelter (2/5), Ragnar Ache (0/7).

Borussia Dortmund vs FC Koln Team News

Borussia Dortmund vs FC Koln Lineups

Borussia Dortmund vs FC Koln H2H

Borussia Dortmund go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 1-0 and 4-0 the last two times they played FC Koln. Borussia Dortmund had a decent reading on FC Koln lately, with a 6-2-2 advantage. They are going into this match with very fond memories of their latest meeting, in which Borussia Dortmund hammered their way to a 4-0 win. The bookmakers have the hosts to win this match at best price odds of 2/5.

Borussia Dortmund vs FC Koln Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Borussia Dortmund welcome FC Koln as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 4/9 with the bookies on Saturday.

Borussia Dortmund vs FC Koln Betting Tips

Jakub Kaminski shows decent form right now for FC Koln, as he scored three goals in his last six games in the Bundesliga. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Borussia Dortmund, who are strong favourites on Saturday. Siding with Serhou Guirassy also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six Bundesliga matches.

Borussia Dortmund won eight of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing one and losing one as well. FC Koln won five from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew three and lost two in this run. Borussia Dortmund kept visitors at Signal Iduna Park from scoring five times in their previous 10 matches on home soil. Meanwhile, FC Koln have been able to keep a clean sheet in two of their last 10 games away from home.

Over 3.5 goals happened six times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Borussia Dortmund managed an average of 2.7 goals, with FC Koln averaging 1.1 goals. Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Borussia Dortmund, who scored an average of 2.5 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for FC Koln, who scored 2.7 times on average in these matches.