Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 FC Köln: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 8 November 2025

Result

Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 FC Köln

Bundesliga · Saturday 8 November 2025, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 FC Köln: match report

Borussia Mönchengladbach beat FC Köln 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 8 November 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

Philipp Sander opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Borussia Mönchengladbach's goals came from Philipp Sander (45+2'), Kevin Diks (61', penalty) and Haris Tabakovic (64'). FC Köln scored through Luca Waldschmidt (90+2', penalty).

Discipline: Borussia Mönchengladbach received 2 yellow cards; FC Köln received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Borussia Mönchengladbach were 16th on 6 points from 9 and FC Köln 8th on 14 points from 9. Borussia Mönchengladbach went on to finish that season 12th with 38 points, and FC Köln 14th with 32.

Borussia Mönchengladbach lined up in a 5-3-2 and FC Köln in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Philipp Sander of Borussia Mönchengladbach (7.7), level with Haris Tabakovic (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Borussia Mönchengladbach wins, 2 draws and 4 for FC Köln.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Rocco ReitzBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 34'Yellow card · Denis HuseinbasicFC Köln
  • 45+2'Missed penalty · Haris TabakovicBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 45+2'Goal · Philipp SanderBorussia Mönchengladbach · 1-0
  • 61'Penalty goal · Kevin DiksBorussia Mönchengladbach · 2-0
  • 64'Goal · Haris TabakovicBorussia Mönchengladbach · 3-0
  • 75'Yellow card · Ragnar AcheFC Köln
  • 75'Yellow card · Kevin DiksBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 75'Yellow card · Sebastian SebulonsenFC Köln
  • 90+2'Penalty goal · Luca WaldschmidtFC Köln · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Borussia Mönchengladbach 4, draws 2, FC Köln 4.

Team news

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Borussia Mönchengladbach line-up (5-3-2)

Moritz Nicolas, Joe Scally, Philipp Sander, Nico Elvedi, Kevin Diks, Lukas Ullrich, Rocco Reitz, Yannik Engelhardt, Florian Neuhaus, Franck Honorat, Haris Tabakovic

FC Köln line-up (3-5-2)

Marvin Schwäbe, Joël Schmied, Eric Martel, Cenk Özkacar, Jakub Kamiński, Ísak Jóhannesson, Denis Huseinbasic, Florian Kainz, Kristoffer Lund, Marius Bülter, Saïd El Mala