Borussia Monchengladbach vs FC Cologne

6 February 2021 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Christian Dingert

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Florian Neuhaus 16’
  • Elvis Rexhbecaj 3’, 55’

Match summary

FC Cologne won 2-1 away at Borussia Monchengladbach. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Elvis Rexhbecaj put FC Cologne ahead in the 3rd minute, set up by Ondrej Duda, Florian Neuhaus equalised in the 16th minute, set up by Lars Stindl, and Rexhbecaj won it in the 55th minute.

The chances backed that up: FC Cologne created 0.82 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Borussia Monchengladbach's 0.43 from 10.

Match stats

Borussia Monchengladbach FC Cologne
10 Shots 7
2 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 1
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.43 xG 0.82
0.43 Non-penalty xG 0.82
5 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Borussia Monchengladbach FC Cologne
Kick-off
3’
Elvis Rexhbecaj
Assist: Ondrej Duda0-1 (FC Cologne)
Florian Neuhaus
Assist: Lars Stindl1-1 (Borussia Monchengladbach)
16’
Half-time1-1
55’
Elvis Rexhbecaj1-2 (FC Cologne)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Borussia Monchengladbach
  • Tony Jantschke
  • Florian Neuhaus
  • Patrick Herrmann
  • Lars Stindl
FC Cologne
  • Kingsley Ehizibue
  • Elvis Rexhbecaj

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.43 0.82 3’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), 0-1 3’ 16’ Florian Neuhaus (Borussia Monchengladbach), 1-1 16’ 55’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), 1-2 55’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.43 0.82 3’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), 0-1 Rexhbecaj 3’ 16’ Florian Neuhaus (Borussia Monchengladbach), 1-1 Neuhaus 16’ 55’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), 1-2 Rexhbecaj 55’
Borussia Monchengladbach 0.43 xGFC Cologne 0.82 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 FC Cologne attacking Borussia Monchengladbach attacking 
55’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 61’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 54’ Breel Embolo (Borussia Monchengladbach), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 54’ Tony Jantschke (Borussia Monchengladbach), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 72’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 3’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 9’ Breel Embolo (Borussia Monchengladbach), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 72’ Ismail Jakobs (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 78’ Lars Stindl (Borussia Monchengladbach), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 16’ Florian Neuhaus (Borussia Monchengladbach), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 84’ Florian Neuhaus (Borussia Monchengladbach), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+2’ Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Monchengladbach), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 81’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Lars Stindl (Borussia Monchengladbach), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 54’ Florian Neuhaus (Borussia Monchengladbach), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 20’ Breel Embolo (Borussia Monchengladbach), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 31’ Kingsley Ehizibue (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 55’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 61’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 54’ Breel Embolo (Borussia Monchengladbach), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 54’ Tony Jantschke (Borussia Monchengladbach), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 72’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 3’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 9’ Breel Embolo (Borussia Monchengladbach), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 72’ Ismail Jakobs (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 78’ Lars Stindl (Borussia Monchengladbach), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 16’ Florian Neuhaus (Borussia Monchengladbach), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 84’ Florian Neuhaus (Borussia Monchengladbach), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+2’ Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Monchengladbach), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 81’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Lars Stindl (Borussia Monchengladbach), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 54’ Florian Neuhaus (Borussia Monchengladbach), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 20’ Breel Embolo (Borussia Monchengladbach), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 31’ Kingsley Ehizibue (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Yann Sommer GK900 0.000.000
Stefan Lainer DEF900 0.000.102
Matthias Ginter DEF900 0.000.051
Tony Jantschke DEF901 0.080.000
Oscar Wendt DEF730 0.000.000
Florian Neuhaus MID9013 0.080.162
Denis Zakaria MID490 0.000.000
Patrick Herrmann MID590 0.000.000
Lars Stindl MID9012 0.070.052
Hannes Wolf MID590 0.000.000
Breel Embolo FWD593 0.160.000
Christoph Kramer Sub410 0.000.021
Alassane Pléa Sub310 0.000.000
Marcus Thuram Sub310 0.000.000
Jonas Hofmann Sub310 0.000.000
Ramy Bensebaini Sub171 0.030.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Borussia Monchengladbach win 61% Avg odds 1.57
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.15
FC Cologne win 16% Avg odds 5.88

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

Form going into the game

Borussia Monchengladbach WDWWD
FC Cologne LDWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: FC Cologne 1-3 Borussia Monchengladbach, 03 Oct 20 Next meeting: FC Cologne 4-1 Borussia Monchengladbach, 27 Nov 21  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.