Eintracht Frankfurt vs FC Cologne

3 September 2023 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Florian Badstübner

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Niels Nkounkou 87’
  • Florian Kainz 43’ (pen)

Match summary

Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Cologne shared the points in a 1-1 draw. FC Cologne led 1-0 at half-time.

Florian Kainz put FC Cologne ahead from the penalty spot in the 43rd minute and Niels Nkounkou equalised in the 87th minute, set up by Paxten Aaronson.

Eintracht Frankfurt had the better of the chances, with 1.28 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to FC Cologne's 0.93 from 7.

Match stats

Eintracht Frankfurt FC Cologne
12 Shots 6
4 Shots on Target 2
8 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.28 xG 0.93
1.28 Non-penalty xG 0.17
16 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Eintracht Frankfurt FC Cologne
Kick-off
43’
Florian Kainz
Penalty0-1 (FC Cologne)
Half-time0-1
Niels Nkounkou
Assist: Paxten Aaronson1-1 (Eintracht Frankfurt)
87’
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Omar Marmoush
FC Cologne
  • Benno Schmitz
  • Eric Martel
  • Dejan Ljubicic

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.28 0.93 43’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), 0-1 43’ 87’ Niels Nkounkou (Eintracht Frankfurt), 1-1 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.28 0.93 43’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), 0-1 Kainz 43’ 87’ Niels Nkounkou (Eintracht Frankfurt), 1-1 Nkounkou 87’
Eintracht Frankfurt 1.28 xGFC Cologne 0.93 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 FC Cologne attacking Eintracht Frankfurt attacking 
43’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 53’ Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.41 xG, blocked 54’ Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.16 xG, blocked 53’ Ellyes Skhiri (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.11 xG, blocked 29’ Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 54’ William Pacho (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 74’ Tuta (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 35’ Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 55’ Jens Petter Hauge (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 87’ Niels Nkounkou (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 41’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 24’ Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 77’ Jessic Ngankam (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 25’ Aurélio Buta (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 34’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 54’ Aurélio Buta (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 38’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 83’ Eric Martel (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 52’ Leart Paqarada (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Leart Paqarada (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 43’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 53’ Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.41 xG, blocked 54’ Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.16 xG, blocked 53’ Ellyes Skhiri (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.11 xG, blocked 29’ Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 74’ Tuta (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 54’ William Pacho (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 35’ Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 55’ Jens Petter Hauge (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 87’ Niels Nkounkou (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 41’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 24’ Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 77’ Jessic Ngankam (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 25’ Aurélio Buta (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 54’ Aurélio Buta (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 34’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 38’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 83’ Eric Martel (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 52’ Leart Paqarada (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Leart Paqarada (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Kevin Trapp GK900 0.000.000
Tuta DEF901 0.090.000
William Pacho DEF901 0.090.000
Robin Koch DEF900 0.000.000
Aurélio Buta MID832 0.060.101
Philipp Max MID490 0.000.000
Ellyes Skhiri MID901 0.110.513
Hugo Larsson MID760 0.000.000
Mario Götze MID900 0.000.213
Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe MID764 0.370.031
Omar Marmoush FWD701 0.410.182
Jens Petter Hauge Sub411 0.070.031
Jessic Ngankam Sub201 0.030.000
Niels Nkounkou Sub1411 0.070.000
Sebastian Rode Sub140 0.000.000
Paxten Aaronson Sub710 0.000.071

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Eintracht Frankfurt win 44% Avg odds 2.17
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.38
FC Cologne win 28% Avg odds 3.46

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

Form going into the game

Eintracht Frankfurt WDWWD
FC Cologne WDLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: FC Cologne 3-0 Eintracht Frankfurt, 12 Feb 23 Next meeting: FC Cologne 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt, 03 Feb 24  All Eintracht Frankfurt 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.