1. FC Köln
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Nov 3, 2026
Seb Stafford-BloorGUEST
Hey, I've got another fun little bit before I go.
Seb Stafford-BloorGUEST
Do you want to hear about what the El Mala family did this weekend? Okay, so everyone knows Syed Al Mala, the wonderfully talented, dynamic Cologne winger.
Seb Stafford-BloorGUEST
He has a slightly older brother who throughout his career, Malik, has been, he's the less talented of the two.
Seb Stafford-BloorGUEST
He's typically played at regional legal level or at dritter legal level.
Seb Stafford-BloorGUEST
And Malik has been kind of, I mean, whenever Saeed is connected with moves to England, to the Premier League, there's been a suggestion that he'll come along and he'll be loaned down to a kind of a League Two team so that the brothers can stay together.
Seb Stafford-BloorGUEST
Anyway.
Seb Stafford-BloorGUEST
This weekend, Cologne 1-0 down at the Alte Forsterei against Union Berlin.
Seb Stafford-BloorGUEST
On comes Malik for his Österbundsliga debut.
JonHOST
Yeah, we said we wouldn't mention the Union game, Richard, but we do have to.
JonHOST
Union out of the cup after a 5-0 drubbing at the hands of Köln.
RichardHOST
There you go, I've mentioned it,
JonHOST
done.
JonHOST
I didn't see that one, so I couldn't really say much about it.
RichardHOST
I just thought that, yeah, Köln were just the better side.
RichardHOST
The atmosphere sounded really, really good.
RichardHOST
I thought the Cologne fans really turned up and made it a proper cup atmosphere.
Alex AlcazarHOST
Union Berlin deserved their halftime advantage.
Alex AlcazarHOST
Köln deserved the equalizer because they improved and continued pushing.
Alex AlcazarHOST
1-1 does not completely satisfy both teams.
Alex AlcazarHOST
But for Malik Almala, the afternoon could hardly have been more perfect.
Stefan BienkowskiHOST
But before that, we want to get to the game, which you obviously said you cycled to.
Stefan BienkowskiHOST
Union Berlin versus FC Köln, 1-1.
Stefan BienkowskiHOST
I was quite looking forward to actually talking about Union on the show tonight because I haven't really paid any attention to them this season.
Stefan BienkowskiHOST
Not out of any spite or vengeance, it's just I haven't really had an opportunity to catch their games.
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Stefan BienkowskiHOST
Gladbach are at home to Darmstadt.
Stefan BienkowskiHOST
Kaiserslautern are at home to Freiburg.
Stefan BienkowskiHOST
Holstein Kiel play FC Köln.
Stefan BienkowskiHOST
And then Bochum play Augsburg.
Victor Wachita MakloHOST
There are two games currently.
Victor Wachita MakloHOST
There's one game currently ongoing between FC Cologne and Union Berlin.
Victor Wachita MakloHOST
FC Cologne and Union Berlin.
Victor Wachita MakloHOST
That game is 1-1.
Victor Wachita MakloHOST
It's just about ending football.
Victor Wachita MakloHOST
As we speak, they're in stoppage time.
Victor Wachita MakloHOST
Third minutes of stoppage time, I believe.
Victor Wachita MakloHOST
Yannick Habra scored first for Union Berlin before Mala restored parity for FC Cologne.
JohnnyHOST
Okay.
JohnnyHOST
So side Delmarla is the one, if you've been following me, plays for FC Cologne.
JohnnyHOST
He had another fantastic game, man of the match, scored the goal the other day.
JohnnyHOST
Brilliant.
Alex WoodwardHOST
We'll talk about that game more in a bit.
Alex WoodwardHOST
Köln 5, Union Berlin 0.
Alex WoodwardHOST
And these two play each other again at the weekend.
Alex WoodwardHOST
So that's going to be interesting.
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Alex WoodwardHOST
I guess we'll just go in chronological order and hope we fit it all in.
Alex WoodwardHOST
Dinamo Dresden beating Schalke 2-0.
Alex WoodwardHOST
There's not too much that I want to... say about this game but again it is incredibly similar to the games we've already discussed where you know Dresden aren't exactly one of the better sides in the Svayta Bundesliga, Schalke aren't exactly hopeless in the Bundesliga though their performances recently have been worrying and the match finished 2-0 in favour of the Svayta Bundesliga side and I was concerned about Schalke following their 0-0 draw this weekend against Köln.
Alex WoodwardHOST
I know and I completely agree with the idea that others have put out there that this is a more concerning result for Köln than it was for Schalke.
Rory PetreHOST
It's kind of like that muscle memory, isn't it? If you just played a team a few days ago, and this will be exactly how I reflect the next game as well, it just gives you that front-footedness.
Rory PetreHOST
And Colne have been pretty bad on the road in general.
Rory PetreHOST
uh from a foreign point of view but if you get the likes of Elmala you know on the ball um going out Berlin uh in in that way that they can play linking up with minor and boulter and and Co then you know they've got a great chance so I I don't think it's gonna be five nil again but I will call a um two two one away win
Mark BroadhurstHOST
Yeah, in my eyes, they're not easy to tip, these ones, when teams play just a few days before, because often you end up getting big rotations for the next time, because especially from Unione, I expect to see a number of rotations, because I don't think he's going to risk that same 11 that showed up and got battered at Cologne midweek.
Chuck SmithHOST
The supercomputer has Bayern winning 2-1.
Chuck SmithHOST
Union Berlin and FC Köln.
Chuck SmithHOST
Not exactly the most marquee matchup of the weekend here.
Chuck SmithHOST
I look at Cullen and I can't get why they're not better.
Matt FordHOST
A local derby, if you will.
Matt FordHOST
took place between FC Köln and SC Fortuna Köln.
Matt FordHOST
That's not happened since.
Matt FordHOST
And indeed, Cologne haven't actually, as I said, they've not got past into third round more than once or twice in the past few years.
Matt FordHOST
They need to convert that.
Matt FordHOST
And they've got a perfect chance to do that this weekend in the Bundesliga away at, of all teams, Union Berlin.
Matt FordHOST
So two fixtures against Union Berlin for FC Köln this week.
Matt FordHOST
So that's a perfect chance for them.
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