FC Bayern face 1 FC Köln on matchday 17 of the Bundesliga. This is coach Vincent Kompany’s starting eleven
FC Bayern are away to 1. FC Köln on Wednesday evening on the 17th Bundesliga matchday. FCB coach Vincent Kompany will start the game with this starting eleven
Manuel Neuer will be in goal. Konrad Laimer will play on the right in the back four. Minjae Kim and Jonathan Tah will form the center of defense. Hiroki Ito will start on the left after Josip Stanisic is out due to injury and Alphonso Davies is not in the squad due to illness
Aleksandar Pavlovic and Leon Goretzka will line up in the center of midfield in Cologne, with Joshua Kimmich still missing with an ankle problem. In attack, Michael Olise, Serge Gnabry and Luis Diaz are expected to cause a stir behind center forward Harry Kane
FC Bayern’s starting XI at a glance: Neuer – Laimer, Kim, Tah, H. Ito – Pavlovic, Goretzka – Olise, Gnabry, Diaz – Kane
Kompany said at the pre-match press conference about the tense situation with opponents Cologne: „Everything can be an advantage or a disadvantage, you never know. My greatest confidence is that my lads are always keen to score goals. Of course, I always want to keep a clean sheet, but when we come into a stadium, I always have the feeling that the lads want to score goals. Even in difficult away games. That’s how we get the points.“
Bayern are already clearly on course for the title ahead of the final game of the first half of the season, but sporting director Christoph Freund wants to keep his cool: „We have to look at ourselves, we’re in good shape, playing good soccer, a really good season. But we also know it’s just the basis – no title has been won yet,“ said the Austrian at the press conference
1. FC Köln – FC Bayern: Broadcast, date and channel at a glance
Match: 1. FC Köln – FC Bayern
Competition: Bundesliga, Matchday 17
Date: Wednesday
Time: 8.30 pm
Venue: RheinEnergieSTADION, Cologne
TV: RTL, Sky
Livestream: Sky, WOW