Professionals, 22. October 2020
1
Coach Markus Gisdol’s men collected their first point of this season last Sunday, drawing 1-1 at home to Eintracht Frankfurt.
3
Köln have come away empty-handed from their last three meetings with VfB. The last time ‘FC’ managed to get a result in this fixture was just over five years ago, with a 3-1 away win in the opening game of the 2015/16 campaign.
50
Friday night will be the 50th time that Köln visit Stuttgart for a competitive match. The record from the Billy Goats’ point of view reads: 14 wins, 10 draws and 25 defeats.
61.6
Köln midfielder Ellyes Skhiri has got through more running than any other player in the Bundesliga so far this season. The Tunisia international has already made 405 intensive runs and covered 61.6 kilometres over the first four matchdays.
90+4
On their last visit to the Mercedes-Benz Arena, the cathedral city club suffered last-minute heartache when Chadrac Akolo scored in injury time to earn a 2-1 win for VfB.
585
Köln are currently top of the Bundesliga in the running stats. Their 585 kilometres covered, 1,116 sprints and 3,655 intensive runs are all league bests.