Union Berlin’s home record faces Köln’s winless away record
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Union Berlin’s home season split provides the clearest contrast with Köln’s away record, while the provisional table and seven-match form samples add context. Both teams also have several listed absences before Sunday’s Bundesliga fixture.
Before kickoff
Home record against away record
The key question before kickoff is whether Union Berlin can make their home setting count against 1. FC Köln’s poor away record. On the supplied season splits, Union have 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss at home, while Köln have 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses away. Union have scored 5 and conceded 6 at home; Köln have scored 2 and conceded 7 away.
Two different teams?
Home and away form for Union Berlin
- At Home
- Away
Union Berlin’s home record and 1. FC Köln’s away record in the current Bundesliga season Season data from the article’s source snapshot; this chart is not a statistic for this match alone.
Provisional table and seven-match form
The provisional Bundesliga table places Union Berlin at #17 with 6 points from 7 games, compared with Köln at #12 with 8 points from 7 games. Köln are 2 points ahead of Union Berlin. Bayern München lead with 17 points, leaving Union 11 points behind and Köln 9 points behind.
Both recent-form samples cover 7 games. Union’s most-recent-first sequence is Draw, Loss, Loss, Loss, Win, Draw, Draw. Köln’s is Win, Loss, Draw, Loss, Win, Loss, Draw. The table gap is narrow, but neither sequence establishes sustained momentum.
Listed absences
Union’s missing-fixture list includes A. Ilic through illness, A. Markgraf with a knee injury, S. Nsoki with a muscle injury, R. Skov through injury and F. Uduokhai following a red card. Köln list R. Ache with a thigh injury, T. Dallinga and T. Hubers with knee injuries, I. Rondic through injury, E. Skhiri with an ankle injury and R. van den Berg with a muscle injury.
At kickoff, will Union’s 5 home goals test a Köln side that has conceded 7 goals in its away games?
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
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| 1 | Bayern München | WWDWW | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 17 | |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | WDDWW | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 17 | |
| 3 | SC Freiburg | LLWDW | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 13 | |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | LWWWD | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 13 | |
| 5 | SV Elversberg | WLWLD | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 13 | |
| 6 | RB Leipzig | WLWLW | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 12 | |
| 7 | Werder Bremen | WDDWD | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 12 | |
| 8 | FSV Mainz 05 | LLWLW | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 10 | |
| 9 | FC Augsburg | DLDLD | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 9 | |
| 10 | 1899 Hoffenheim | WWLLW | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | |
| 11 | Hamburger SV | LWWWL | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 9 | |
| 12 | 1. FC Köln | DLWLD | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | |
| 13 | SC Paderborn 07 | WDLWL | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | LWLDW | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 8 | |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | LLWLL | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | |
| 16 | FC Schalke 04 | DLLDW | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | |
| 17 | Union Berlin | DDWLL | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 6 | |
| 18 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | WLLLL | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 3 |