FC Cologne vs Eintracht Frankfurt

3 February 2024 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Timo Gerach

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Faride Alidou 67’
  • Jan Thielmann 80’

Match summary

FC Cologne saw off Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Faride Alidou put FC Cologne ahead in the 67th minute, set up by Dejan Ljubicic and Jan Thielmann made it 2-0 in the 80th minute, set up by Dejan Ljubicic.

The chances backed that up: FC Cologne created 2.17 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Eintracht Frankfurt's 1.16 from 11. Eintracht Frankfurt had 2 players sent off.

Match stats

FC Cologne Eintracht Frankfurt
14 Shots 11
4 Shots on Target 4
7 Corners 7
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 2
2.10 xG 1.16
2.10 Non-penalty xG 1.16
2 Deep Completions 5

Key events

FC Cologne Eintracht Frankfurt
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Faride Alidou
Assist: Dejan Ljubicic1-0 (FC Cologne)
67’
Jan Thielmann
Assist: Dejan Ljubicic2-0 (FC Cologne)
80’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

FC Cologne
  • Denis Huseinbasic
Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Tuta
  • Niels Nkounkou

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 2.17 1.16 67’ Faride Alidou (FC Cologne), 1-0 67’ 80’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), 2-0 80’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.17 1.16 67’ Faride Alidou (FC Cologne), 1-0 Alidou 67’ 80’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), 2-0 Thielmann 80’
FC Cologne 2.17 xGEintracht Frankfurt 1.16 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Eintracht Frankfurt attacking FC Cologne attacking 
67’ Faride Alidou (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.96 xG, goal 28’ Robin Koch (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.48 xG, off target 90+3’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 14’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 40’ Ellyes Skhiri (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 5’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 67’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 75’ Sasa Kalajdzic (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 80’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 39’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 54’ Tuta (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 82’ Robin Koch (Eintracht Frankfurt), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 74’ Tuta (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 52’ Farès Chaïbi (Eintracht Frankfurt), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 72’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 20’ Ellyes Skhiri (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 54’ Hugo Larsson (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 63’ Denis Huseinbasic (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 64’ Faride Alidou (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 56’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 45’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Niels Nkounkou (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 73’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 15’ Timo Hübers (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Niels Nkounkou (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 60’ Benno Schmitz (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 67’ Faride Alidou (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.96 xG, goal 28’ Robin Koch (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.48 xG, off target 90+3’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 14’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 40’ Ellyes Skhiri (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 5’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 67’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 75’ Sasa Kalajdzic (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 80’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 39’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 82’ Robin Koch (Eintracht Frankfurt), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 54’ Tuta (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 74’ Tuta (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 52’ Farès Chaïbi (Eintracht Frankfurt), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 72’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 20’ Ellyes Skhiri (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 54’ Hugo Larsson (Eintracht Frankfurt), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 63’ Denis Huseinbasic (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 64’ Faride Alidou (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 56’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 45’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Niels Nkounkou (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 73’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 15’ Timo Hübers (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Niels Nkounkou (Eintracht Frankfurt), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 60’ Benno Schmitz (FC Cologne), from a corner, 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 DEF891 0.010.021
Timo Hübers DEF901 0.020.000
Julian Chabot DEF900 0.000.000
Max Finkgrafe DEF890 0.000.071
Eric Martel MID900 0.000.000
Denis Huseinbasic MID891 0.040.000
Faride Alidou MID7312 0.990.091
Florian Kainz MID792 0.060.042
Dejan Ljubicic MID9024 0.261.423
Jan Thielmann FWD9013 0.410.000
Sargis Adamyan Sub170 0.000.000
Linton Maina Sub111 0.390.000
Rasmus Carstensen Sub10 0.000.000
Dominique Heintz Sub10 0.000.000
Jacob Christensen Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

FC Cologne win 32% Avg odds 2.97
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.28
Eintracht Frankfurt win 39% Avg odds 2.48

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

Form going into the game

FC Cologne LLDLD
Eintracht Frankfurt LWWDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 FC Cologne, 03 Sep 23 Next meeting: FC Cologne 3-4 Eintracht Frankfurt, 22 Nov 25  All FC Cologne vs Eintracht Frankfurt 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.