How Bayern want to finish off Bundesliga season against Köln

How Bayern want to finish off Bundesliga season against Köln FC Bayern conclude the 2025/26 Bundesliga season at home to 1. FC Köln on Saturday (15:30 CET). The meeting rounds off a record-breaking campaign for the Munich men, against an Effzeh side who secured survival with the minimum number of points.

The two teams have met 101 times in the Bundesliga, with 54 wins for Bayern, 23 Köln victories and 24 draws. Köln topped the all-time Bundesliga table before FCB took over in the mid 1980s. Bayern on record course Bayern are unbeaten in 22 matches against Köln since a 3-2 defeat in Cologne in February 2011 (W20, D2) – only against VfL Wolfsburg are they currently on a longer unbeaten run (25 games).

Regardless of this match-up, the German record champions are enjoying the third-best Bundesliga season in the club’s history with 86 points after 33 matches. Victory on Saturday would mean 89 points and the third-highest final points tally after the 2012/13 (91) and 2023/14 (90) campaigns. Bayern also have the chance to finish a league season with just one defeat for the third time after 1986/87 and 2012/13, The Reds’ attacking numbers are also sensational: 117 goals is already the most in a single Bundesliga campaign.

In fact, in the top five European leagues, only Real Madrid have surpassed this tally in this millennium: 121 in 2011/12 and 118 in 2014/15. FCB have also gained 29 points from losing positions this term, equalling the Bundesliga season record set by Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 1999/2000. Another record could be broken on Saturday.