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Jonas Hector and his Cologne teammates have been working hard ahead of the real and the virtual Rheinderby. - © © DFL DEUTSCHE FUSSBALL LIGA / Lukas Schulze/Getty Images
Jonas Hector and his Cologne teammates have been working hard ahead of the real and the virtual Rheinderby. - © © DFL DEUTSCHE FUSSBALL LIGA / Lukas Schulze/Getty Images

FIFA 18 Rheinderby: Cologne and Gladbach do virtual battle!

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If Sunday's Rheinderby is as hard-fought on the pitch as it was off it - when Cologne and Borussia Mönchengladbach players simulated the game on FIFA 18 - then we're in for a treat.

To arrange who would represent each side in the virtual derby, both clubs played an internal final. On the Cologne side, Dominique Heintz and Jonas Hector went head to head with Thomas Kessler and Leonardo Bittencourt; for Gladbach, Nico Elvedi and Laszlo Benes took on Michael Cuisance and Denis Zakaria.

Click play on the videos below to find out who wins...

Cologne final: Heintz & Hector vs. Kessler & Bittencourt

Gladbach final: Elvedi & Benes vs. Cuisance & Zakaria

Final: to be released on Thursday, 11 January at 18:00 CET

Click here for the Cologne vs. Gladbach MatchCentre!