Bayern at full strength against Köln? Kompany gives squad update | OneFootball

Before the cup duel in Cologne, Vincent Kompany talks about the personnel situation. The coach has good news for Bayern fans.

At the press conference before the 2nd round of the DFB-Pokal at 1. FC Köln, the coach explained: “Things are looking good, we have Raphaël Guerreiro fully fit again, Josip Stanišić and Serge Gnabry are also back. The squad is as it needs to be to go into the next three games.”

Almost all players are available. Only the long-term injured Alphonso Davies, Jamal Musiala, and Hiroki Ito are still working on their comeback.

For Kompany, this is a welcome situation: After the intense last few weeks, the 39-year-old can almost fully draw on his personnel again. Especially Gnabry and Stanišić had recently struggled with injuries and are now fully fit again.

Bayern with a strong series against Cologne

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Both already celebrated their comeback in the 3-0 victory in Mönchengladbach. Gnabry was substituted in for Jackson in the 59th minute, and Stanišić came on shortly before the end for Tom Bischof. After these minutes of play, both could now be considered for the starting lineup in Cologne.

The statistics also clearly favor Munich. Since the 2-3 defeat in February 2011, FC Bayern has won each of its ten away games in Cologne. The last duel in November 2023 was decided by a goal from Harry Kane. Overall, Bayern has been unbeaten in 20 competitive matches against FC and wants to continue this series on Wednesday. If Bayern wins this game as well, it would be the 14th victory in the 14th competitive match of the current season.

In the cup, the record champion also has the upper hand historically: Five of the previous six duels went to Bayern, only in 1971/72 did they lose in the return match. With an almost complete lineup and high confidence, this should not happen again this time.

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