Borussia Dortmund 6-1 FC Köln: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 18 March 2023

Result

Borussia Dortmund 6-1 FC Köln

Bundesliga · Saturday 18 March 2023, 17:30 UTC · half-time 4-1

Borussia Dortmund · FC Köln · Bundesliga predictions

Borussia Dortmund 6-1 FC Köln: match report

Borussia Dortmund defeated FC Köln 6-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 18 March 2023. The half-time score was 4-1.

Raphaël Guerreiro opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from Raphaël Guerreiro (15'), Sébastien Haller (17'), Marco Reus (32'), D. Malen (36'), Sébastien Haller (69') and Marco Reus (70'). FC Köln scored through Davie Selke (42').

Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card; FC Köln received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Borussia Dortmund were 2nd on 50 points from 24 and FC Köln 13th on 27 points from 24. Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 2nd with 71 points, and FC Köln 11th with 42.

Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Köln in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Raphaël Guerreiro of Borussia Dortmund (9.1), ahead of Donyell Malen (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Borussia Dortmund wins, 3 draws and 2 for FC Köln.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Raphaël GuerreiroBorussia Dortmund · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · Sébastien HallerBorussia Dortmund · 2-0
  • 32'Goal · Marco ReusBorussia Dortmund · 3-0
  • 36'Goal · D. MalenBorussia Dortmund · 4-0
  • 42'Goal · Davie SelkeFC Köln · 4-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Mahmoud DahoudBorussia Dortmund
  • 69'Goal · Sébastien HallerBorussia Dortmund · 5-1
  • 70'Goal · Marco ReusBorussia Dortmund · 6-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Borussia Dortmund 5, draws 3, FC Köln 2.

Team news

Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alexander Meyer, Marius Wolf, Niklas Süle, Nico Schlotterbeck, Julian Ryerson, Jude Bellingham, Mahmoud Dahoud, Raphaël Guerreiro, Donyell Malen, Sébastien Haller, Marco Reus

FC Köln line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marvin Schwäbe, Benno Schmitz, Timo Hübers, Jeff Chabot, Jonas Hector, Ellyes Skhiri, Mathias Olesen, Dejan Ljubicic, Florian Kainz, Sargis Adamyan, Davie Selke