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Borussia Dortmund would be looking for their second win in as many games when they visit Koln in this game.<\/p>\n

Lucien Favre boasts some of the best German talents and they look likely to build on their second-place finish from last season as they narrowly missed out on winning the league title.<\/p>\n

Julian Brandt and Thorgan Hazard have joined them this season among others, and they would most likely have no excuses if they don’t end this season with a trophy.<\/p>\n

They have already earned an early bragging right when they beat Bayern in the German Super Cup before the season opener. Jadon Sancho has also started this season well and may become their major threat in this game.<\/p>\n

Koln has made an immediate return to the Bundesliga after being relegated at the end of the 2017\/2018 season, they would be looking to build on the form that saw them qualify for the Europa League the last time they were in the top division.<\/p>\n

They are not on the best of form ahead of this match as they lost their opening league game 2-1 away, that was their 3rd loss in 4 games, they would have to be perfect to get even a point from this game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Borussia Dortmund would be looking for their second win in as many games when they visit Koln in this game. Lucien Favre boasts some of the best German talents and they look likely to build on their second-place finish from last season as they narrowly missed out on winning the league title. Julian Brandt and Thorgan Hazard have joined them this season among others, and they would most likely have no excuses if they don’t end this season with a trophy. They have already earned an early bragging right when they beat Bayern in the German Super Cup before the season opener. Jadon Sancho has also started this season well and may become their major threat in this game. Koln has made an immediate return to the Bundesliga after being relegated at the end of the 2017\/2018 season, they would be looking to build on the form that saw them qualify for the Europa League the last time they were in the top division. They are not on the best of form ahead of this match as they lost their opening league game 2-1 away, that was their 3rd loss in 4 games, they would have to be perfect to get even a point from this game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,13,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bundesliga","category-football","category-match-preview"],"yoast_head":"\nFC K\u00f6ln VS. 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