Borussia Monchengladbach vs FC Cologne

9 March 2024 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Felix Zwayer

Full time 3 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

Franck Honorat 32’
Robin Hack 71’, 73’

Faride Alidou 7’, 64’
Damion Downs 79’

Match summary

Borussia Monchengladbach and FC Cologne drew 3-3. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Faride Alidou put FC Cologne ahead in the 7th minute, set up by Florian Kainz and Franck Honorat equalised in the 32nd minute, set up by Florian Neuhaus. In the second half, Alidou put FC Cologne back in front with a header in the 64th minute, set up by Florian Kainz, Robin Hack equalised with a header in the 71st minute, set up by Stefan Lainer, Hack put Borussia Monchengladbach in front from a corner in the 73rd minute, set up by Joe Scally, and Damion Downs equalised in the 79th minute, set up by Denis Huseinbasic.

Borussia Monchengladbach had the better of the chances, with 2.55 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to FC Cologne's 0.92 from 12.

Match stats

16 Shots 12

5 Shots on Target 5

8 Corners 3

3 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

2.55 xG 0.92

2.55 Non-penalty xG 0.92

12 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Borussia Monchengladbach FC Cologne

Kick-off

7’

Faride Alidou
Assist: Florian Kainz

0-1

Franck Honorat
Assist: Florian Neuhaus

1-1

32’

Half-time1-1

64’

Faride Alidou
Assist: Florian Kainz

1-2

Robin Hack
Assist: Stefan Lainer

2-2

71’

Robin Hack
Assist: Joe Scally

3-2

73’

79’

Damion Downs
Assist: Denis Huseinbasic

3-3

Full-time3-3

Bookings

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

Borussia Monchengladbach

Julian Weigl
Florian Neuhaus
Jordan Siebatcheu

FC Cologne

Timo Hübers
Julian Chabot
Max Finkgrafe
Eric Martel

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.

Borussia Monchengladbach 2.55 xGFC Cologne 0.92 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

FC Cologne attacking Borussia Monchengladbach 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
Moritz Nicolas	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Scally	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.18	2
Nico Elvedi	DEF	90			1	0.11	0.00	0
Maximilian Wöber	DEF	74			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luca Netz	DEF	64			0	0.00	0.00	0
Julian Weigl	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kouadio Kone	MID	72			0	0.00	0.09	2
Franck Honorat	MID	90	1		4	0.44	0.23	3
Florian Neuhaus	MID	90		1	6	0.93	0.37	2
Nathan N'Goumou Minpol	MID	72			2	0.38	0.46	1
Jordan Siebatcheu	FWD	90			1	0.46	0.69	1
Stefan Lainer	Sub	26		1	0	0.00	0.05	1
Rocco Reitz	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.07	1
Robin Hack	Sub	18	2		3	0.23	0.00	0
Ko Itakura	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marvin Schwäbe	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rasmus Carstensen	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
Timo Hübers	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Julian Chabot	DEF	90			2	0.07	0.05	1
Max Finkgrafe	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Eric Martel	MID	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Denis Huseinbasic	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.05	1
Faride Alidou	MID	77	2		2	0.43	0.00	0
Florian Kainz	MID	77		2	1	0.04	0.52	4
Linton Maina	MID	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sargis Adamyan	FWD	89			4	0.25	0.00	0
Leart Paqarada	Sub	22			1	0.05	0.01	1
Damion Downs	Sub	13	1		1	0.05	0.00	0
Davie Selke	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Steffen Tigges	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Borussia Monchengladbach win 52% Avg odds 1.83

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.74

FC Cologne win 22% Avg odds 4.34

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

Form going into the game

Borussia Monchengladbach L D L W D

FC Cologne W D L D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: FC Cologne 3-1 Borussia Monchengladbach, 22 Oct 23 Next meeting: Borussia Monchengladbach 3-1 FC Cologne, 08 Nov 25 All Borussia Monchengladbach 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.