Bayern Munich vs FC Cologne

27 February 2021 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Martin Petersen

Full time 5 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting 18’
Robert Lewandowski 33’, 65’
Serge Gnabry 82’, 86’

Ellyes Skhiri 49’

Match summary

Bayern Munich won comfortably, 5-1 at home to FC Cologne. Bayern Munich led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting put Bayern Munich ahead with a header in the 18th minute, set up by Leon Goretzka and Robert Lewandowski made it 2-0 in the 33rd minute, set up by Leon Goretzka. In the second half, Ellyes Skhiri pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 49th minute, Lewandowski made it 3-1 in the 65th minute, set up by Thomas Müller, Serge Gnabry made it 4-1 in the 82nd minute, set up by Lucas Hernández, and Gnabry made it 5-1 with a header in the 86th minute, set up by Leon Goretzka.

The chances backed that up: Bayern Munich created 2.40 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to FC Cologne's 0.99 from 6.

Match stats

15 Shots 6

7 Shots on Target 3

4 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.40 xG 0.99

2.40 Non-penalty xG 0.99

7 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Bayern Munich FC Cologne

Kick-off

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
Assist: Leon Goretzka

1-0

18’

Robert Lewandowski
Assist: Leon Goretzka

2-0

33’

Half-time2-0

49’

Ellyes Skhiri

2-1

Robert Lewandowski
Assist: Thomas Müller

3-1

65’

Serge Gnabry
Assist: Lucas Hernández

4-1

82’

Serge Gnabry
Assist: Leon Goretzka

5-1

86’

Full-time5-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Bayern Munich

David Alaba
Leroy Sané

FC Cologne

Rafael Czichos

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Bayern Munich 2.40 xGFC Cologne 0.99 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

FC Cologne attacking Bayern Munich attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Manuel Neuer	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Niklas Süle	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.11	3
David Alaba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Jérôme Boateng	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alphonso Davies	DEF	73			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leon Goretzka	MID	90		3	2	0.08	1.40	3
Joshua Kimmich	MID	88			2	0.04	0.07	2
Leroy Sané	MID	88			2	0.07	0.00	0
Jamal Musiala	MID	65			1	0.05	0.00	0
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting	MID	65	1		1	0.55	0.02	1
Robert Lewandowski	FWD	90	2		3	0.52	0.00	0
Serge Gnabry	Sub	25	2		2	1.07	0.00	0
Thomas Müller	Sub	25		1	0	0.00	0.10	1
Lucas Hernández	Sub	17		1	0	0.00	0.58	1
Javi Martínez	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tiago Dantas	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Timo Horn	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jorge Meré	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Sava-Arangel Cestic	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.07	1
Rafael Czichos	DEF	47		0	0.00	0.00	0
Marius Wolf	MID	90		1	0.07	0.00	0
Ismail Jakobs	MID	86		0	0.00	0.08	1
Salih Özcan	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ellyes Skhiri	MID	90	1	1	0.38	0.00	0
Elvis Rexhbecaj	MID	72		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ondrej Duda	FWD	72		1	0.08	0.00	0
Emmanuel Dennis	FWD	47		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jannes Horn	Sub	43		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jan Thielmann	Sub	43		0	0.00	0.00	0
Dominick Drexler	Sub	18		1	0.26	0.10	1
Max Meyer	Sub	18		2	0.19	0.00	0
Noah Katterbach	Sub	4		0	0.00	0.09	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayern Munich win 79% Avg odds 1.21

Draw 13% Avg odds 7.07

FC Cologne win 8% Avg odds 12.37

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Bayern Munich W W W D L

FC Cologne L W W L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: FC Cologne 1-2 Bayern Munich, 31 Oct 20 Next meeting: Bayern Munich 3-2 FC Cologne, 22 Aug 21 All Bayern Munich vs FC Cologne meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.