Borussia Dortmund vs FC Cologne

19 August 2023 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Deniz Aytekin

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Donyell Malen 88’

Match summary

Borussia Dortmund beat FC Cologne 1-0, with a late winner. It was goalless at half-time.

Donyell Malen put Borussia Dortmund ahead from a corner in the 88th minute, set up by Felix Nmecha.

There was little between the sides on chances: Borussia Dortmund created 1.74 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, FC Cologne 1.51 from 11.

Match stats

Borussia Dortmund FC Cologne
12 Shots 11
2 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1.72 xG 1.51
1.72 Non-penalty xG 1.51
5 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Borussia Dortmund FC Cologne
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Donyell Malen
Assist: Felix Nmecha1-0 (Borussia Dortmund)
88’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Borussia Dortmund
  • Donyell Malen

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.74 1.51 88’ Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund), 1-0 88’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.74 1.51 88’ Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund), 1-0 Malen 88’
Borussia Dortmund 1.74 xGFC Cologne 1.51 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 FC Cologne attacking Borussia Dortmund attacking 
55’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.74 xG, saved 63’ Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), set piece, 0.61 xG, off target 31’ Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), from a corner, 0.52 xG, off target 78’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 88’ Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund), from a corner, 0.13 xG, goal 51’ Eric Martel (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 31’ Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 17’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 88’ Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 30’ Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 75’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+7’ Max Finkgrafe (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 18’ Julian Chabot (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 30’ Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 54’ Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Niklas Süle (Borussia Dortmund), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 82’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 31’ Sébastien Haller (Borussia Dortmund), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 2’ Leart Paqarada (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 31’ Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 36’ Eric Martel (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 40’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 10’ Marcel Sabitzer (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 22’ Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 55’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.74 xG, saved 63’ Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), set piece, 0.61 xG, off target 31’ Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), from a corner, 0.52 xG, off target 78’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 51’ Eric Martel (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 88’ Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund), from a corner, 0.13 xG, goal 31’ Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 17’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 88’ Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 30’ Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 75’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+7’ Max Finkgrafe (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 18’ Julian Chabot (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 30’ Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 54’ Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Niklas Süle (Borussia Dortmund), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 82’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 31’ Sébastien Haller (Borussia Dortmund), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 2’ Leart Paqarada (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 31’ Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 36’ Eric Martel (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 40’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 10’ Marcel Sabitzer (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 22’ Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Gregor Kobel GK900 0.000.000
Julian Ryerson DEF860 0.000.000
Niklas Süle DEF901 0.030.000
Mats Hummels DEF904 1.180.000
Ramy Bensebaini DEF860 0.000.000
Marcel Sabitzer MID901 0.010.000
Emre Can MID611 0.020.081
Donyell Malen MID9011 0.130.000
Marco Reus MID721 0.120.583
Julian Brandt MID902 0.120.916
Sébastien Haller FWD611 0.020.000
Youssoufa Moukoko Sub290 0.000.000
Felix Nmecha Sub2911 0.090.131
Karim Adeyemi Sub180 0.000.000
Thorgan Hazard Sub40 0.000.000
Marius Wolf Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Borussia Dortmund win 66% Avg odds 1.46
Draw 19% Avg odds 4.95
FC Cologne win 15% Avg odds 6.33

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

Form going into the game

Borussia Dortmund DWWWD
FC Cologne LWWDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Borussia Dortmund 6-1 FC Cologne, 18 Mar 23 Next meeting: FC Cologne 0-4 Borussia Dortmund, 20 Jan 24  All Borussia Dortmund 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.