FC Köln 1-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 3 October 2020

Result

FC Köln 1-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach

Bundesliga · Saturday 3 October 2020, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

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FC Köln 1-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach: match report

FC Köln lost to Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 3 October 2020. The half-time score was 0-2.

Alassane Plea opened the scoring in the 14th minute. FC Köln's goal came from Elvis Rexhbecaj (84'). Borussia Mönchengladbach scored through Alassane Plea (14'), Stefan Lainer (16') and Lars Stindl (56', penalty).

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

Going into the game FC Köln were 16th on 0 points from 2 and Borussia Mönchengladbach 15th on 1 point from 2. FC Köln went on to finish that season 16th with 33 points, and Borussia Mönchengladbach 8th with 49.

FC Köln lined up in a 3-5-2 and Borussia Mönchengladbach in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lars Stindl of Borussia Mönchengladbach (8.2), ahead of Alassane Pléa (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Köln wins, 1 draw and 6 for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

14'Goal · Alassane PleaBorussia Mönchengladbach · 0-1
16'Goal · Stefan LainerBorussia Mönchengladbach · 0-2
31'Yellow card · Ramy BensebainiBorussia Mönchengladbach
31'Yellow card · Kingsley EhizibueFC Köln
35'Yellow card · Elvis RexhbecajFC Köln
56'Penalty goal · Lars StindlBorussia Mönchengladbach · 0-3
82'Yellow card · Patrick HerrmannBorussia Mönchengladbach
84'Goal · Elvis RexhbecajFC Köln · 1-3
90'Yellow card · Frederik SörensenFC Köln
90+2'Yellow card · Stefan LainerBorussia Mönchengladbach

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Köln 3, draws 1, Borussia Mönchengladbach 6.

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Team news

Unavailable

Andreas PoulsenBorussia Mönchengladbach · injury (Shoulder Injury)
Ismail JakobsFC Köln · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Denis ZakariaBorussia Mönchengladbach · injury (Knee Injury)
László BénesBorussia Mönchengladbach · injury (Ankle Injury)
Florian KainzFC Köln · injury (Knee Surgery)
Jordan BeyerBorussia Mönchengladbach · injury (COVID 19)
Anthony ModesteFC Köln · injury (Knee Problems)
Jonas HectorFC Köln · injury (Neck Injury)
Valentino LazaroBorussia Mönchengladbach · injury (Torn Muscle Bundle)

FC Köln line-up (3-5-2)

Timo Horn, Frederik Sørensen, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Rafael Czichos, Kingsley Ehizibue, Ondrej Duda, Ellyes Skhiri, Elvis Rexhbecaj, Jannes Horn, Dominick Drexler, Sebastian Andersson

Borussia Mönchengladbach line-up (4-2-3-1)

Yann Sommer, Stefan Lainer, Matthias Ginter, Nico Elvedi, Ramy Bensebaini, Christoph Kramer, Florian Neuhaus, Jonas Hofmann, Lars Stindl, Marcus Thuram, Alassane Pléa