FC Köln 3-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 21 March 2026

Result

FC Köln 3-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach

Bundesliga · Saturday 21 March 2026, 14:30 UTC · half-time 2-2

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FC Köln 3-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach: match report

FC Köln drew with Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 21 March 2026. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Jens Castrop opened the scoring in the 1st minute. FC Köln's goals came from Said El Mala (4'), Ragnar Ache (7') and Eric Martel (84'). Borussia Mönchengladbach scored through Jens Castrop (1'), Philipp Sander (20') and Jens Castrop (60').

Discipline: FC Köln received 7 yellow cards and 1 red card; Borussia Mönchengladbach received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Köln were 14th on 25 points from 26 and Borussia Mönchengladbach 12th on 28 points from 26. FC Köln went on to finish that season 14th with 32 points, and Borussia Mönchengladbach 12th with 38.

FC Köln lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Borussia Mönchengladbach in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jens Castrop of Borussia Mönchengladbach (8.8), ahead of Jakub Kamiński (8.1).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Jens CastropBorussia Mönchengladbach · 0-1
  • 4'Goal · Said El MalaFC Köln · 1-1
  • 7'Goal · Ragnar AcheFC Köln · 2-1
  • 20'Goal · Philipp SanderBorussia Mönchengladbach · 2-2
  • 38'Yellow card · Ísak JóhannessonFC Köln
  • 52'Yellow card · Marvin SchwäbeFC Köln
  • 60'Goal · Jens CastropBorussia Mönchengladbach · 2-3
  • 61'Yellow card · Jakub KamińskiFC Köln
  • 71'Yellow card · Cenk ÖzkacarFC Köln
  • 71'Yellow card · Haris TabakovicBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 73'Yellow card · Eric MartelFC Köln
  • 76'Yellow card · Jan ThielmannFC Köln
  • 84'Goal · Eric MartelFC Köln · 3-3
  • 86'Second yellow · Eric MartelFC Köln
  • 90'Yellow card · Rocco ReitzBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Florian KainzFC Köln

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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FC Köln line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marvin Schwäbe, Cenny Neumann, Rav van den Berg, Cenk Özkacar, Kristoffer Lund, Ísak Jóhannesson, Eric Martel, Linton Maina, Jakub Kamiński, Saïd El Mala, Ragnar Ache

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

Moritz Nicolas, Philipp Sander, Nico Elvedi, Kevin Diks, Joe Scally, Rocco Reitz, Yannik Engelhardt, Jens Castrop, Franck Honorat, Kevin Stöger, Haris Tabakovic