FC Cologne vs Bayer Leverkusen

3 March 2024 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Tobias Stieler

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Jeremie Frimpong 37’
  • Álex Grimaldo 73’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen beat FC Cologne 2-0 on the road. Bayer Leverkusen led 1-0 at half-time.

Jeremie Frimpong put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 37th minute and Álex Grimaldo made it 0-2 in the 73rd minute, set up by Amine Adli.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 1.70 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to FC Cologne's 1.29 from 6. FC Cologne had a player sent off.

Match stats

FC Cologne Bayer Leverkusen
6 Shots 17
0 Shots on Target 6
1 Corners 9
2 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
1.29 xG 1.64
1.29 Non-penalty xG 1.64
0 Deep Completions 16

Key events

FC Cologne Bayer Leverkusen
Kick-off
37’
Jeremie Frimpong0-1 (Bayer Leverkusen)
Half-time0-1
73’
Álex Grimaldo
Assist: Amine Adli0-2 (Bayer Leverkusen)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

FC Cologne
  • Jan Thielmann
  • Dejan Ljubicic
  • Eric Martel
Bayer Leverkusen
  • Josip Stanisic
  • Jeremie Frimpong

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 1.29 1.70 37’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-1 37’ 73’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-2 73’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.29 1.70 37’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-1 Frimpong 37’ 73’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-2 Grimaldo 73’
FC Cologne 1.29 xGBayer Leverkusen 1.70 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bayer Leverkusen attacking FC Cologne attacking 
37’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.71 xG, goal 11’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 51’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.41 xG, hit the woodwork 49’ Faride Alidou (FC Cologne), open play, 0.26 xG, off target 73’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 25’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 3’ Jonas Hofmann (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 41’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 82’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 37’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 37’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 76’ Nathan Tella (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 35’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 31’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 22’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 77’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 44’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 84’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Timo Hübers (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 54’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 57’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 52’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 37’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.71 xG, goal 11’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 51’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.41 xG, hit the woodwork 49’ Faride Alidou (FC Cologne), open play, 0.26 xG, off target 73’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 25’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 82’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 3’ Jonas Hofmann (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 41’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 37’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 76’ Nathan Tella (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 37’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 35’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 31’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 22’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 77’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 84’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 44’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 49’ Timo Hübers (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 54’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 57’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 52’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Marvin Schwäbe GK900 0.000.000
Rasmus Carstensen DEF900 0.000.672
Timo Hübers DEF901 0.030.000
Julian Chabot DEF900 0.000.000
Max Finkgrafe DEF900 0.000.031
Faride Alidou MID851 0.260.102
Dejan Ljubicic MID901 0.500.000
Eric Martel MID860 0.000.000
Linton Maina MID860 0.000.501
Sargis Adamyan FWD683 0.510.000
Jan Thielmann FWD130 0.000.000
Leart Paqarada Sub180 0.000.000
Steffen Tigges Sub50 0.000.000
Denis Huseinbasic Sub40 0.000.000
Justin Diehl Sub40 0.000.000
Benno Schmitz Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

FC Cologne win 11% Avg odds 8.57
Draw 19% Avg odds 5.16
Bayer Leverkusen win 70% Avg odds 1.36

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 FC Cologne, 08 Oct 23 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 FC Cologne, 13 Dec 25  All FC Cologne vs Bayer Leverkusen 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.