Bayern make two changes to the side that defeated Dortmund in the Supercup during the week. Stanisic makes way for Kouassi, while Kingsley Coman is replaced by Sane.
SUBS: Salih Ozcan, Louis Schaub, Tomas Ostrak, Tim Lemperle, Jonas Urbig, Ondrej Duda, Sebastian Andersson, Kingsley Schindler, Benno Schmitz.
COLOGNE (4-3-1-2): Timo Horn; Kingsley Ehizibue, Jorge Mere, Rafael Czichos, Jonas Hector; Jan Thielmann, Ellyes Skhiri, Florian Kainz; Dejan Ljubicic; Mark Uth, Anthony Modeste.
SUBS: Jamal Musiala, Corentin Tolisso, Chris Richards, Omar Richards, Josip Stanisic, Bouna Sarr, Malik Tillman, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Sven Ulreich.
BAYERN MUNICH (4-2-3-1): Manuel Neuer; Niklas Sule, Dayot Upamecano, Tanguy Kouassi, Alphonso Davies; Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka; Leroy Sane, Thomas Muller, Serge Gnabry; Robert Lewandowski.
Cologne, meanwhile, started the season with a solid 3-1 victory over Hertha. They’ll be hoping to take the confidence from this and get a shock result against Bayern today.
Hello and welcome to live commentary of this Bundesliga fixture between Bayern Munich and Cologne. It was a slow start to the season last time out for Bayern: they drew 1-1 with Borussia Monchengladbach and they’ll be looking to get their first win of the campaign today.
