FC Cologne vs Arminia Bielefeld

31 January 2021 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Felix Zwayer

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Marius Wolf 9’, 28’
  • Elvis Rexhbecaj 62’
  • Sergio Córdova 72’

Match summary

FC Cologne won 3-1 at home to Arminia Bielefeld. FC Cologne led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Marius Wolf put FC Cologne ahead from a corner in the 9th minute and Wolf made it 2-0 in the 28th minute. In the second half, Elvis Rexhbecaj made it 3-0 in the 62nd minute, set up by Ellyes Skhiri and Sergio Córdova pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 72nd minute, set up by Fabian Klos.

The chances backed that up: FC Cologne created 1.54 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Arminia Bielefeld's 0.95 from 8.

Match stats

FC Cologne Arminia Bielefeld
14 Shots 9
7 Shots on Target 3
3 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.51 xG 0.95
1.51 Non-penalty xG 0.95
3 Deep Completions 8

Key events

FC Cologne Arminia Bielefeld
Kick-off
Marius Wolf1-0 (FC Cologne)
9’
Marius Wolf2-0 (FC Cologne)
28’
Half-time2-0
Elvis Rexhbecaj
Assist: Ellyes Skhiri3-0 (FC Cologne)
62’
72’
Sergio Córdova
Assist: Fabian Klos3-1 (Arminia Bielefeld)
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

FC Cologne
  • Ondrej Duda
  • Ismail Jakobs
Arminia Bielefeld
  • Cebio Soukou

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 1.54 0.95 9’ Marius Wolf (FC Cologne), 1-0 9’ 28’ Marius Wolf (FC Cologne), 2-0 28’ 62’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), 3-0 62’ 72’ Sergio Córdova (Arminia Bielefeld), 3-1 72’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.54 0.95 9’ Marius Wolf (FC Cologne), 1-0 Wolf 9’ 28’ Marius Wolf (FC Cologne), 2-0 Wolf 28’ 62’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), 3-0 Rexhbecaj 62’ 72’ Sergio Córdova (Arminia Bielefeld), 3-1 Córdova 72’
FC Cologne 1.54 xGArminia Bielefeld 0.95 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Arminia Bielefeld attacking FC Cologne attacking 
9’ Marius Wolf (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.59 xG, goal 72’ Sergio Córdova (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 62’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.27 xG, goal 22’ Sven Schipplock (Arminia Bielefeld), set piece, 0.19 xG, saved 50’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 90+3’ Max Meyer (FC Cologne), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 44’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 68’ Cebio Soukou (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 76’ Emmanuel Dennis (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 9’ Ellyes Skhiri (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 38’ Reinhold Yabo (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 76’ Rafael Czichos (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 37’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 90’ Fabian Klos (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 28’ Marius Wolf (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 89’ Cebio Soukou (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 34’ Ellyes Skhiri (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 12’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 6’ Ismail Jakobs (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 38’ Ritsu Doan (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 65’ Cebio Soukou (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 6’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ Marius Wolf (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.59 xG, goal 72’ Sergio Córdova (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 62’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.27 xG, goal 22’ Sven Schipplock (Arminia Bielefeld), set piece, 0.19 xG, saved 50’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 90+3’ Max Meyer (FC Cologne), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 44’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 68’ Cebio Soukou (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 9’ Ellyes Skhiri (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 38’ Reinhold Yabo (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 76’ Emmanuel Dennis (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 76’ Rafael Czichos (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 37’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 90’ Fabian Klos (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 28’ Marius Wolf (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 89’ Cebio Soukou (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 34’ Ellyes Skhiri (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 12’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 6’ Ismail Jakobs (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Cebio Soukou (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 6’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 38’ Ritsu Doan (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Timo Horn GK900 0.000.000
Rafael Czichos DEF901 0.060.000
Jannes Horn DEF900 0.000.000
Jorge Meré DEF900 0.000.061
Ellyes Skhiri MID9012 0.080.271
Marius Wolf MID9022 0.630.121
Noah Katterbach MID900 0.000.000
Elvis Rexhbecaj MID9013 0.420.091
Ondrej Duda FWD703 0.160.113
Emmanuel Dennis FWD831 0.060.131
Ismail Jakobs FWD841 0.020.000
Dominick Drexler Sub200 0.000.061
Jan Thielmann Sub70 0.000.000
Salih Özcan Sub60 0.000.000
Max Meyer Sub11 0.120.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

FC Cologne win 41% Avg odds 2.30
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.10
Arminia Bielefeld win 28% Avg odds 3.44

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

Form going into the game

FC Cologne LLDWL
Arminia Bielefeld LWDWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Arminia Bielefeld 1-0 FC Cologne, 26 Sep 20 Next meeting: Arminia Bielefeld 1-1 FC Cologne, 04 Dec 21  All FC Cologne vs Arminia Bielefeld 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.