Match Report
Before the match
1. FC Köln: two wins, one draw and two defeats over five games; eight goals scored, ten conceded. Latest: a 2-1 defeat away to HSV on 19 September.
On 19 September, HSV faced 1. FC Köln in Bundesliga: 1. FC Köln lost 1-2 away from home, having scored one and conceded two. Bundesliga, 12 September brought a home meeting with Bremen; 1. FC Köln drew 1-1, a return of one goal scored and one conceded. 1. FC Köln visited Stuttgart on 4 September (Bundesliga) and lost 1-4; their goals totalled one, compared with four conceded. Hoffenheim travelled to face 1. FC Köln (Bundesliga) on 29 August. For 1. FC Köln, the score was 3-2: three goals scored, two allowed. 2-1 was 1. FC Köln's result against Würzburger Kickers on 24 August (DFB-Pokal), playing away from home; 1. FC Köln won, with two scored to one conceded.
Before kickoff, Bundesliga's results-based standings placed 1. FC Köln 14th after four matches and four points.
M'gladbach's previous five results comprised one win and four defeats. Their goal totals were 11 scored and 16 conceded. Latest: a 4-3 defeat at home to Mainz on 19 September; their biggest win in that spell was 5-0 away to Schott Mainz on 23 August.
M'gladbach hosted Mainz on 19 September (Bundesliga) and lost 3-4; their goals totalled three, compared with four conceded. Freiburg hosted M'gladbach (Bundesliga) on 12 September. For M'gladbach, the score was 0-5: zero goals scored, five allowed. 3-4 was M'gladbach's result against Elversberg on 5 September (Bundesliga), playing at home; M'gladbach lost, with three scored to four conceded. The 29 August fixture (Bundesliga) paired M'gladbach with RB Leipzig. M'gladbach lost 0-3 away from home, netting zero goals while conceding three. Playing away from home against Schott Mainz (DFB-Pokal), M'gladbach finished 5-0 on 23 August. Their score comprised five goals, against zero from the opposition.
zero points in four matches put M'gladbach 18th in the pre-match results-based Bundesliga standings.
The teams' recorded encounters ended in a 3-3 draw at 1. FC Köln on 21 March and a 3-1 home win for M'gladbach on 8 November 2025.
After the match
1. FC Köln edged past M'gladbach 2-1 on 11 October 2026. Ísak Jóhannesson opened the scoring in the 26th minute for 1. FC Köln to make it 1-0. Joseph Scally levelled it in the 39th minute for M'gladbach, set up by Lukas Ullrich, to make it 1-1. 1. FC Köln regained the lead through Said El Mala 67 minutes into the game, set up by Linton Maina, to make it 2-1. Marius Bülter (14'), Jan Leszczyński (24'), Zento Uno (81') and Shuto Machino (90') were booked. M'gladbach's current recorded form ends with 5 consecutive defeats in the 2025/26 Bundesliga, the 2026/27 DFB-Pokal and the 2026/27 Bundesliga. 1. FC Köln: one yellow card. five changes were recorded for 1. FC Köln. M'gladbach picked up three yellow cards. The substitution total for M'gladbach was five. After coming on for M'gladbach in minute 65, Shuto Machino was booked. Zento Uno was booked following entry for M'gladbach in the 68th minute.