FC Cologne vs Mainz

15 April 2023 · Bundesliga · 2022/23 · Referee Benjamin Cortus

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Dejan Ljubicic 51’
  • Ludovic Ajorque 17’

Match summary

The points were shared as FC Cologne and Mainz drew 1-1. Mainz led 1-0 at half-time.

Ludovic Ajorque put Mainz ahead in the 17th minute, set up by Silvan Widmer and Dejan Ljubicic equalised in the 51st minute, set up by Jonas Hector.

There was little between the sides on chances: FC Cologne created 0.94 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Mainz 0.76 from 5.

Match stats

FC Cologne Mainz
12 Shots 5
4 Shots on Target 1
3 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.94 xG 0.76
0.94 Non-penalty xG 0.76
7 Deep Completions 6

Key events

FC Cologne Mainz
Kick-off
17’
Ludovic Ajorque
Assist: Silvan Widmer0-1 (Mainz)
Half-time0-1
Dejan Ljubicic
Assist: Jonas Hector1-1 (FC Cologne)
51’
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

FC Cologne
  • Timo Hübers
  • Florian Kainz
  • Jan Thielmann
Mainz
  • Dominik Kohr
  • Ludovic Ajorque

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.94 0.76 17’ Ludovic Ajorque (Mainz), 0-1 17’ 51’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), 1-1 51’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.94 0.76 17’ Ludovic Ajorque (Mainz), 0-1 Ajorque 17’ 51’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), 1-1 Ljubicic 51’
FC Cologne 0.94 xGMainz 0.76 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Mainz attacking FC Cologne attacking 
17’ Ludovic Ajorque (Mainz), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 70’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 84’ Leandro Barreiro Martins (Mainz), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 47’ Julian Chabot (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 79’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 51’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 63’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 42’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 31’ Kingsley Schindler (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 45’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Anton Stach (Mainz), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 24’ Eric Martel (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 35’ Eric Martel (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 87’ Edimilson Fernandes (Mainz), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 25’ Dominik Kohr (Mainz), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 17’ Ludovic Ajorque (Mainz), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 70’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 84’ Leandro Barreiro Martins (Mainz), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 47’ Julian Chabot (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 79’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 51’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 63’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 42’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 31’ Kingsley Schindler (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 45’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Anton Stach (Mainz), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 24’ Eric Martel (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 35’ Eric Martel (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 87’ Edimilson Fernandes (Mainz), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 25’ Dominik Kohr (Mainz), 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 DEF900 0.000.000
Timo Hübers DEF900 0.000.000
Julian Chabot DEF901 0.120.000
Jonas Hector DEF9010 0.000.081
Dejan Ljubicic MID9012 0.100.000
Eric Martel MID902 0.050.000
Kingsley Schindler MID661 0.040.000
Florian Kainz MID871 0.060.204
Linton Maina MID872 0.430.021
Davie Selke FWD761 0.040.121
Jan Thielmann Sub241 0.090.000
Steffen Tigges Sub140 0.000.000
Sargis Adamyan Sub30 0.000.000
Denis Huseinbasic Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

FC Cologne win 35% Avg odds 2.72
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.24
Mainz win 35% Avg odds 2.75

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

Form going into the game

FC Cologne DLLDW
Mainz WDDWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Mainz 5-0 FC Cologne, 21 Oct 22 Next meeting: FC Cologne 0-0 Mainz, 10 Dec 23  All FC Cologne vs Mainz 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.