Finally at the top of the Bundesliga table with eleven points from their five games, Bayern head north-west to the RheinEnergieStadion for a meeting with 1. FC Köln, back in the Bundesliga after a two-year hiatus in the 2. Bundesliga. While the meeting between these two clubs is no longer the big-power battle as it was in the 1980s, there is plenty of history there to guarantee a well-contested match – and when up against Bayern the club known as Die Geißböcke – the “Billy Goats” – have always been hard-working opponents.

The last meeting between the two teams would take place on the final week of the 2011/12 season, with Bayern running out 4-1 winners at the RheinEnergieStadion with goals from Thomas Müller (2), Arjen Robben and an own goal from Canadian Kevin McKenna. A repeat of that result will do nicely.