🇩🇪 1. FC Köln vs Borussia Mönchengladbach 🇩🇪 — Prediction
Bundesliga · Matchday 5 · Sun, 11 Oct 2026, 15:30 CEST · RheinEnergieSTADION, Cologne
Why we called it
Köln have four points from four games and lost 1-2 at Hamburg before the break, with Ragnar Ache scoring late as the starting striker and Thijs Dallinga the alternative up front, while the back line is stripped by injuries to Hübers, Kilian, Schmied and Castro-Montes. Gladbach are bottom with zero points and 16 goals conceded, have lost Tim Kleindienst, Hack, Friedrich and Ngoumou, and rely on Isac Lidberg, who scored in the 3-4 home defeat to Mainz. The bookmakers make Köln a clear but not overwhelming favourite, so the score market is the call with a one-goal margin: Köln's leaky, makeshift defence should concede, but Gladbach's winless, injury-hit side should lose again.