Borussia Dortmund had the slightly better chances with an xG of 1.3-1.0, but overall they really struggled against a hard-running and tough-tackling Köln side. FC won 54% of the direct challenges and ran 123.2 kilometres. The match facts.
BVB equal Schalke’s record: Donyell Malen scored the late winner, which was his 10th goal of 2023. That means that 128 BVB matches in a row have not ended goalless – a run that equals Schalke’s record from the 1970s.
Home force: The Black & Yellows have not lost any of their last 16 Bundesliga home games, winning an outstanding 14 of them. The last time they put together such a successful run in front of their own fans was six years ago.
Good start: Borussia Dortmund have won the opening match in each of the past 09 seasons (eight of them at home).
Scoring run: The Black & Yellows scored at least one goal for the 52nd Bundesliga home game in a row and extended the club record in the process. Only FC Bayern have previously surpassed this.
Ball magnet: Mats Hummels touched the ball 164 times, Niklas Süle 147 – a personal high for both players in a Bundesliga game. Süle won every challenge!
Turbo: Not necessarily known as a sprinter in his Mönchengladbach days, Borussia Dortmund’s new left-back Ramy Bensebaini completed the most sprints of any player (32).
Debut: Felix Nmecha came on as a substitute and set up a goal on his first Bundesliga appearance for Dortmund.
Aging BVB: The average age of the Dortmund starting XI was 28.8 years; the last time it was that old was over 15 years ago in a 2-1 extra-time defeat to Bayern Munich in the cup final on 19 April 2008.
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