FC Köln 2-3 Borussia Dortmund: result and report

Bundesliga · Friday 2 February 2018

Result

FC Köln 2-3 Borussia Dortmund

Bundesliga · Friday 2 February 2018, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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FC Köln 2-3 Borussia Dortmund: match report

FC Köln were beaten by Borussia Dortmund 2-3 in the Bundesliga on Friday 2 February 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Michy Batshuayi opened the scoring in the 35th minute. FC Köln's goals came from Simon Zoller (60') and Jorge Meré (69'). Borussia Dortmund scored through Michy Batshuayi (35'), Michy Batshuayi (62') and Andre Schürrle (84').

Discipline: FC Köln received 2 yellow cards; Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game FC Köln were 18th on 13 points from 20 and Borussia Dortmund 6th on 31 points from 20. FC Köln went on to finish that season 18th with 22 points, and Borussia Dortmund 4th with 55.

FC Köln lined up in a 4-4-2 and Borussia Dortmund in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Michy Batshuayi of Borussia Dortmund (8.6), level with Andre Schürrle (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 FC Köln win, 5 draws and 4 for Borussia Dortmund.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Yellow card · Mahmoud DahoudBorussia Dortmund
  • 35'Goal · Michy BatshuayiBorussia Dortmund · 0-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Miloš JojićFC Köln
  • 60'Goal · Simon ZollerFC Köln · 1-1
  • 62'Goal · Michy BatshuayiBorussia Dortmund · 1-2
  • 69'Goal · Jorge MeréFC Köln · 2-2
  • 84'Goal · Andre SchürrleBorussia Dortmund · 2-3
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Jonas HectorFC Köln

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Köln 1, draws 5, Borussia Dortmund 4.

Team news

FC Köln line-up (4-4-2)

Timo Horn, Frederik Sørensen, Jorge Meré, Dominique Heintz, Jonas Hector, Christian Clemens, Marco Höger, Salih Özcan, Milos Jojic, Simon Terodde, Serhou Guirassy

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

Roman Bürki, Łukasz Piszczek, Sokratis, Ömer Toprak, Jeremy Toljan, Mahmoud Dahoud, Julian Weigl, S. Kagawa, Christian Pulisic, Michy Batshuayi, Andre Schürrle