FC Cologne vs Bayer Leverkusen

9 November 2022 · Bundesliga · 2022/23 · Referee Tobias Stieler

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

  • Benno Schmitz 30’
  • Nadiem Amiri 65’
  • Moussa Diaby 71’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen came from behind to win 2-1 away at FC Cologne. FC Cologne led 1-0 at half-time.

Benno Schmitz put FC Cologne ahead in the 30th minute, set up by Sargis Adamyan, Nadiem Amiri equalised with a direct free kick in the 65th minute, and Moussa Diaby won it in the 71st minute, set up by Jeremie Frimpong.

FC Cologne can feel hard done by, creating 1.38 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Bayer Leverkusen's 1.04 from 10.

Match stats

FC Cologne Bayer Leverkusen
17 Shots 10
7 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.38 xG 1.04
1.38 Non-penalty xG 1.04
11 Deep Completions 1

Key events

FC Cologne Bayer Leverkusen
Kick-off
Benno Schmitz
Assist: Sargis Adamyan1-0 (FC Cologne)
30’
Half-time1-0
65’
Nadiem Amiri1-1 (Bayer Leverkusen)
71’
Moussa Diaby
Assist: Jeremie Frimpong1-2 (Bayer Leverkusen)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

FC Cologne
  • Jan Thielmann
Bayer Leverkusen
  • Robert Andrich
  • Kerem Demirbay

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 1.38 1.04 30’ Benno Schmitz (FC Cologne), 1-0 30’ 65’ Nadiem Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-1 65’ 71’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-2 71’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.38 1.04 30’ Benno Schmitz (FC Cologne), 1-0 Schmitz 30’ 65’ Nadiem Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-1 Amiri 65’ 71’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-2 Diaby 71’
FC Cologne 1.38 xGBayer Leverkusen 1.04 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bayer Leverkusen attacking FC Cologne attacking 
71’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 82’ Steffen Tigges (FC Cologne), open play, 0.39 xG, hit the woodwork 8’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 49’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 49’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 65’ Nadiem Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, goal 66’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 90+4’ Nikola Soldo (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 8’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 63’ Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 6’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 25’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 28’ Ellyes Skhiri (FC Cologne), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 39’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 46’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 28’ Denis Huseinbasic (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 27’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 63’ Odilon Kossounou (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 50’ Ellyes Skhiri (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 30’ Benno Schmitz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 53’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 63’ Nadiem Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 72’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 14’ Adam Hlozek (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 49’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 50’ Nikola Soldo (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 77’ Eric Martel (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 45’ Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Nikola Soldo (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 71’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 82’ Steffen Tigges (FC Cologne), open play, 0.39 xG, hit the woodwork 8’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 49’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 49’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 65’ Nadiem Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, goal 66’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 90+4’ Nikola Soldo (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 8’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 63’ Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 6’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 25’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 46’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 28’ Ellyes Skhiri (FC Cologne), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 39’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 28’ Denis Huseinbasic (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 27’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 63’ Odilon Kossounou (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 50’ Ellyes Skhiri (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 30’ Benno Schmitz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 63’ Nadiem Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 72’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 14’ Adam Hlozek (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Nikola Soldo (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 53’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 49’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 77’ Eric Martel (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 45’ Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Nikola Soldo (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
Marvin Schwäbe GK900 0.000.000
Benno Schmitz DEF6311 0.030.000
Nikola Soldo DEF903 0.120.021
Luca Kilian DEF900 0.000.091
Jonas Hector DEF902 0.100.000
Eric Martel MID901 0.020.000
Ellyes Skhiri MID902 0.080.021
Linton Maina MID762 0.200.082
Denis Huseinbasic MID901 0.040.283
Florian Kainz MID761 0.050.112
Sargis Adamyan FWD8215 0.340.031
Kingsley Schindler Sub270 0.000.391
Jan Thielmann Sub140 0.000.000
Steffen Tigges Sub141 0.390.000
Ondrej Duda Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

FC Cologne win 31% Avg odds 3.08
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.61
Bayer Leverkusen win 42% Avg odds 2.27

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

Form going into the game

FC Cologne LWLDL
Bayer Leverkusen WLDLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 0-1 FC Cologne, 13 Mar 22 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 1-2 FC Cologne, 05 May 23  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.