FC Bayern can no longer afford to slip up in the Bundesliga.
1. FC Köln will be visiting on Saturday.
The live ticker.
FC Bayern Munich - 1. FC Cologne -: - (- :-), Saturday, 3.30 p.m.
After the furious victory in the premier class, FC Bayern is back in the Bundesliga.
The German record champions want to defend the championship lead against Cologne.
We accompany the game in the live ticker.
Update from February 27, 12:36 p.m.:
The roles in Munich are clearly assigned.
As the front runner, FC Bayern receives the relegation-threatened outsider from Cologne.
For the FC there was nothing to gain in the Bundesliga at the guest games in Munich.
The last victory of 1. FC Köln at Bayern was almost exactly 12 years ago.
On February 21, 2009 the Rhinelander won 2-1 in Munich.
Since then, the results from Cologne's point of view have been devastating: In eight away games at FCB, the people of Domstadt score a measly two goals.
At least that was enough to draw three out of five defeats.
FC Bayern against Cologne in the live ticker: Mueller hopeful again
Update from February 27, 9:51 a.m.:
For FCB veteran Thomas Müller, the trip to the Club World Cup in Qatar turned into a farce.
The offensive player contracted the corona virus and had to be quarantined.
And without Müller it would not go in the Bundesliga for Bayern.
A 3: 3 against newly promoted Bielefeld was followed by a 1: 2 defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt.
But against 1. FC Köln on Saturday afternoon, coach Hansi Flick can count on Müller again.
Bavaria's guarantee of success is already in the squad.
Will it be enough for a lightning comeback in the starting XI?
FC Bayern against Cologne in the live ticker: Munich want to add to the CL gala
First report from February 26th, 10:36 p.m .:
Munich - After the gala in the Champions League, FC Bayern * is back to gray Bundesliga * everyday life.
1. FC Köln * is a guest at the Allianz Arena *.
FC Bayern presented themselves from their best side in the 4-1 at Lazio Rome in the premier class.
When the anthem of the Champions League sounds, the six-pack winners * are regularly in top form.
In the Bundesliga, Bayern often show a different face.
First there was only one draw in the snowstorm against newly promoted Bielefeld and finally a bitter defeat in Frankfurt.
Against relegation candidate Cologne, the record champions must now manage the balancing act between running shows on a large international stage and bread-and-butter business in the league.
It is high time, because the aspiring Leipzigers revolt.
FC Bayern are only two points ahead of Saxony.
FC Bayern against Cologne in the live ticker: can the record champions only beat themselves?
Hansi Flick * does not want to make any apologies before the game against Cologne.
“We go from game to game.
We stuck to the plan with discipline against Lazio.
We want to build on that against Cologne, I can feel the will, ”said the Bayern coach at the match day press conference * on Friday.
After the slip in the league, you might think that Bayern can only beat themselves on the way to the ninth championship in a row.
The 55-year-old sees it differently and praises it: “I have to give the team a huge compliment.
The mentality is outstanding.
I don't see us as opponents.
The team has exactly the attitude that you need to play a good season. ”Against Cologne, Flick can also fall back on Thomas Müller, who has ended the corona quarantine, and Serge Gnabry.
FC Bayern against Cologne in the live ticker: Lewandowski is better than Cologne
With the Cologne team, a clear favorite opponent comes to Munich.
From the last 13 Bundesliga games against FCB, the Domstadt team could only take one point.
There is no other Bundesliga club that the Rhinelanders are currently waiting for a win as long as they did against Bayern.
It is the 100th competitive duel between the two clubs.
The Cologne team is currently not bursting with self-confidence and is only three points ahead of the relegation place.
After the derby win in Mönchengladbach, the Effzeh lost in Frankfurt and against Stuttgart without scoring a goal.
The offensive is the billy goat's big problem, so far only 20 goals have been scored.
Robert Lewandowski alone scored 26 goals, a Bundesliga record after 22 matchdays, more than all of Cologne's combined.
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