After a run of three games at home at the FC Bayern Campus, FC Bayern Women are back on the road as Alexander Straus's team travel to Cologne on Matchday 13 in the Google Pixel Bundesliga. Bayern are out to defend top spot in the table. See what their chances are in the stats and facts ahead of visiting Köln .
1. 30 Bundesliga games unbeaten?
Bayern are unbeaten in their last 29 Bundesliga games (25 wins, four draws). If the Reds get a result at Köln then that would be their third-longest unbeaten run in their time in the Bundesliga. The record is 40 Bundesliga matches without defeat. Back then, Bayern didn't once taste defeat from a 1-1 draw with Turbine Potsdam on Matchday 22 in the 2013/14 season up to and including a 3-0 win away to Freiburg on Matchday 17 in the 2015/16 campaign. The second-longest run covered 33 games from Matchday 7 in 2019/20 (a 3-1 win against Potsdam) up to Matchday 16 in 2020/21 (a 6-0 victory at Duisburg).
2. Fair play
Bayern are the fairest team in the current Bundesliga campaign with just 96 fouls in the first 12 games, followed in second by Köln with 110. The league average is 122 fouls. The Cologne club did pick up a red card in their game against RB Leipzig on Matchday 1.
3. Clean sheets
Mala Grohs has nine clean sheets this season.
Mala Grohs and Co. have not conceded in nine games out of 12, the keeper only being beaten four times all term. The Munich ladies not only have the most clean sheets in the league but have also conceded the fewest goals. In contrast, Köln have let in at least one goal in all 12 games with a total of 22 conceded to date.
4. Winning the ball
The fairness of these two teams does not mean shirking duels. Both teams have high numbers in terms of winning the ball, with Köln coming out on top in 53% of their challenges this season. Bayern come in at 52%. The clubs are third and fourth in those rankings. The Cologne side make an average of 99 challenges per game (fourth place); Straus's team contest the third least in the league with 90.
5. Winning run
Pernille Harder set Bayern on course for the their 11th victory against Köln in the previous meeting with her first goal for the FC Bayern Women.
Bayern have played Köln 11 times before and left the pitch as winners every time. The Munich women only have a better record against Werder Bremen (13 wins in 13 games). The goal difference in the 11 games is 45 for and two against. Bayern have not conceded in the last five encounters and have scored 25 along the way. Pernille Harder netted her first Bundesliga goal for Bayern in the 2-0 win in the previous meeting.
The schedule for Matchdays 15 to 17 in the Google Pixel Women's Bundesliga have been confirmed:
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