Köln vs FC Union Berlin Bundesliga Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Köln have faced Union 10 times previously in all competitions. After winning five of the first six matches (L1), the Billy Goats are now winless in their last four against the Berliners (D1, L3).
The two sides met for the first time in the Bundesliga last season, with Union winning both matches (2-0 H, 2-1 A).
Köln won 7-0 at home in their first-ever meeting with Union. This remains Köln’s second-biggest win against a current top-flight side, after beating Schalke 8-0 at home in 1969/70.
Köln haven’t won any of their first seven Bundesliga games of a season for the fourth time. They’ve managed to stay up on two of the previous occasions however, only going down in 2017/18.
1. FC Köln are without a win in 17 Bundesliga games, spanning multiple seasons (D7, L10). This last happened in 2005/06, when they went 18 BL games without a win – they've never gone on a longer winless run in the league.
Köln are on an 18-game wait for a clean sheet in the Bundesliga – this has only happened once before for the club, back in 1974. They failed to record a shutout in 19 games back then.
Köln are without a win in their last nine Bundesliga home games (D4, L5), while 10 consecutive home defeats is their longest ever run, last happening in 2005/06.
Union Berlin won 5-0 against Arminia Bielefeld last time out, which is their biggest ever win in the Bundesliga. Union have won their last two games, and have only ever won three on the bounce once previously in the competition (in November 2019).
Union Berlin have taken 12 points from their first seven Bundesliga games this season – three times as many as they had at this stage in 2019/20. Union are currently in fifth, which is the highest position they have ever held in the competition.
Union Berlin’s Max Kruse scored a penalty in the 5-0 win against Bielefeld. He has now converted all 16 of the penalties he has taken, equalling the best 100% record previously held by Hans-Joachim Abel.
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