FC Cologne vs Bayer Leverkusen

16 December 2020 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Tobias Stieler

Full time 0 – 4

Half-time: 0–2

  • Mitchell Weiser 8’
  • Moussa Diaby 10’
  • Patrik Schick 54’
  • Florian Wirtz 59’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen won comfortably, 4-0 away at FC Cologne. Bayer Leverkusen led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Mitchell Weiser put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 8th minute and Moussa Diaby made it 0-2 in the 10th minute, set up by Nadiem Amiri. In the second half, Patrik Schick made it 0-3 in the 54th minute, set up by Moussa Diaby and Florian Wirtz made it 0-4 in the 59th minute, set up by Leon Bailey.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 1.93 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to FC Cologne's 0.25 from 7.

Match stats

FC Cologne Bayer Leverkusen
7 Shots 14
1 Shots on Target 7
2 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.25 xG 1.93
0.25 Non-penalty xG 1.93
1 Deep Completions 11

Key events

FC Cologne Bayer Leverkusen
Kick-off
8’
Mitchell Weiser0-1 (Bayer Leverkusen)
10’
Moussa Diaby
Assist: Nadiem Amiri0-2 (Bayer Leverkusen)
Half-time0-2
54’
Patrik Schick
Assist: Moussa Diaby0-3 (Bayer Leverkusen)
59’
Florian Wirtz
Assist: Leon Bailey0-4 (Bayer Leverkusen)
Full-time0-4

Bookings

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

FC Cologne
  • Jannes Horn
Bayer Leverkusen
  • Aleksandar Dragovic

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 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.25 1.93 8’ Mitchell Weiser (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-1 8’ 10’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-2 10’ 54’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-3 54’ 59’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-4 59’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.25 1.93 8’ Mitchell Weiser (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-1 Weiser 8’ 10’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-2 Diaby 10’ 54’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-3 Schick 54’ 59’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-4 Wirtz 59’
FC Cologne 0.25 xGBayer Leverkusen 1.93 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bayer Leverkusen attacking FC Cologne attacking 
59’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 73’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.47 xG, hit the woodwork 54’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 58’ Dimitris Limnios (FC Cologne), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 76’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 37’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 8’ Mitchell Weiser (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.06 xG, goal 86’ Ismail Jakobs (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 2’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 30’ Sebastiaan Bornauw (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 3’ Nadiem Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 7’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 28’ Nadiem Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 56’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 10’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 28’ Aleksandar Dragovic (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 61’ Marius Wolf (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Ellyes Skhiri (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 72’ Anthony Modeste (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 84’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 45’ Marius Wolf (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 59’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 73’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.47 xG, hit the woodwork 54’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 58’ Dimitris Limnios (FC Cologne), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 76’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 37’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 8’ Mitchell Weiser (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.06 xG, goal 30’ Sebastiaan Bornauw (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 86’ Ismail Jakobs (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 2’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 3’ Nadiem Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 28’ Nadiem Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 56’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 10’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 28’ Aleksandar Dragovic (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 61’ Marius Wolf (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 72’ Anthony Modeste (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 84’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 61’ Ellyes Skhiri (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 45’ Marius Wolf (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
Timo Horn GK900 0.000.000
Sebastiaan Bornauw DEF901 0.060.000
Sava-Arangel Cestic DEF900 0.000.000
Jannes Horn DEF410 0.000.000
Ellyes Skhiri MID661 0.010.000
Marius Wolf MID902 0.030.000
Salih Özcan MID900 0.000.011
Elvis Rexhbecaj MID660 0.000.153
Ismail Jakobs MID901 0.060.000
Sebastian Andersson FWD660 0.000.000
Jan Thielmann FWD470 0.000.000
Dimitris Limnios Sub491 0.080.000
Kingsley Ehizibue Sub430 0.000.061
Anthony Modeste Sub241 0.010.000
Jonas Hector Sub240 0.000.000
Jorge Meré Sub240 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

FC Cologne win 19% Avg odds 5.07
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.27
Bayer Leverkusen win 59% Avg odds 1.61

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

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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.