Pre-Match Report
Countdown to Köln: referee, kits, broadcast
Referee: Siebert with the whistle
Daniel Siebert, a 41-year-old teacher from Berlin, will referee the match. Jan Seidel and Rafael Foltyn will assist on the sidelines. Lars Erbst will be the fourth official. Benjamin Cortus will monitor the match as VAR. Siebert has been a FIFA referee since 2014 and cites sport and travel as his main interests. He refereed BVB for the first time on 12 September 2015, when Borussia won 4-2 in Hanover. He has refereed a total of 35 matches involving BVB (24 wins, five draws, six defeats). He last refereed BVB this season for their home match against Bremen (3-0).
Weather: mostly sunny and warm
The weather forecast for Saturday: the thermometer will rise to 17 degrees on a generally sunny day. By the final whistle, it will have cooled down to 12 degrees. The probability of rain is given as zero percent.
Live broadcast: Sky and Netradio
The match will be broadcast live on Sky. Pre-match coverage begins at 17:30 CET. Sebastian Hellmann will host the programme. Tabea Kemme and Lothar Matthäus will be on hand as experts. Wolff Fuss will provide commentary for the match. BVB Netradio will be reporting through the usual Black & Yellow lens. The reporters are Boris Rupert and Stephan Gabele. BVB Netradio will begin broadcasting 15 minutes before kick-off. It can be accessed by everyone on the homepage and in the BVB app on iPhone and Android devices. A summary of the match, as well as the press conference and comments on the game, will be available on BVB-TV, among other places.
Kits: BVB in black and yellow
Borussia Dortmund will be wearing yellow shirts with black shorts and yellow socks (get your home kit now!). Köln will be wearing white shirts, red shorts and white socks.
Live ticker: over to the app
BVB's digital channels operate at full throttle on matchday. And that's not only the case during the match, but throughout the matchday too – starting at 09:09 CET, of course. In “Matchday Mode”, the BVB app (download) offers news, pictures, posts, videos, statistics and plenty more match info besides. The live ticker starts at kick-off and updates you on all the important moments. In addition to the live ticker, there will be full match highlights, statistics and first-hand info on our WhatsApp, X, Facebook and Instagram social media channels. The match report plus reactions and facts will follow on the website and on the app after the final whistle.