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Borussia Dortmund vs 1. FC Köln — match prediction
· Kicks off in 5498h 34m
Home advantage: Borussia Dortmund
One-sided
The prediction
Win probability
Full-time / regulation result. Sums to 100%.
Borussia Dortmund 68%, draw 19%, 1. FC Köln 13%.
Model comparison
2.30Expected goals0.92
72%Projected control28%
Expected goals and control are derived estimates from the model's ratings — indicative leans, not measured match stats.
Goals lean
Over 2.5 goals: 62% · Under 2.5: 38%.
At a glance
- Tempo
- high
- Confidence
- High
Why this number
Why this number
- Elo ratings: Borussia Dortmund 1604 vs 1. FC Köln 1429 (gap ~175).
- Borussia Dortmund gets a home-venue bump.
- high data quality — Borussia Dortmund 106 matches of history, 1. FC Köln 72. Both clubs have a full record in this competition, so the ratings are well-established. The result is still inherently uncertain.
- Built from locked pre-match data: long-run team ratings, nudged only within tight caps by real, confirmed factors (never a guess) — see every one below.
Tactical read
Tactical read
AI-generatedDortmund come in as clear favourites with a commanding edge in quality and control. Köln will need to be ruthlessly efficient on the break, but the weight of possession and attacking threat tilts sharply toward home. Dortmund's job is simply to impose their rhythm.
Key matchup
Dortmund's attacking output against Köln's vulnerability to sustained pressure in open play.
Biggest factor
The gulf in Elo and expected attacking output — Dortmund's firepower is a league above.
AI-generated context based on a statistical model. Full-time/regulation result only. Not betting advice; no specific current team-news is used.
Context
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Confirmed lineups
via FlashscoreContext only — these confirmed lineups are not used in the prediction above. By kick-off, public team news is already reflected in any market line.
Lineups not available. We only show a confirmed starting XI when we can match this exact fixture to a Flashscore event — we never guess or invent one.
Venue
Venue not available. We only show a stadium when it comes from a source we can tie to this exact fixture — our scheduled-venue data, the club's registered home ground, or a matched Flashscore event. We never guess one.
Venue is shown for information only and is not used in the prediction.
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Sources & freshness
- Fixtures: football-data.org (live)
- Model: Elo + margin-of-victory, chronological replay with season boundary (re-centre, regress, league-changer shrink) — club-tuned FairPlay model
- Ratings generated: 2026-09-21
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- Scope: full-time / regulation
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