FC Cologne vs RB Leipzig

15 March 2024 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Florian Badstübner

Full time 1 – 5

Half-time: 1–1

Sargis Adamyan 18’

Xavi Simons 15’
Loïs Openda 63’, 67’
Amadou Haidara 70’
Yussuf Poulsen 82’

Match summary

RB Leipzig won comfortably, 5-1 away at FC Cologne. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Xavi Simons put RB Leipzig ahead in the 15th minute, set up by Benjamin Sesko and Sargis Adamyan equalised from a corner in the 18th minute, set up by Eric Martel. In the second half, Loïs Openda put RB Leipzig back in front in the 63rd minute, set up by Xavi Simons, Openda made it 1-3 with a header in the 67th minute, set up by David Raum, Amadou Haidara made it 1-4 from a corner in the 70th minute, and Yussuf Poulsen made it 1-5 in the 82nd minute, set up by Benjamin Henrichs.

The chances backed that up: RB Leipzig created 3.95 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to FC Cologne's 1.18 from 10.

Match stats

9 Shots 23

2 Shots on Target 7

3 Corners 6

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.18 xG 3.93

1.18 Non-penalty xG 3.93

2 Deep Completions 15

Key events

FC Cologne RB Leipzig

Kick-off

15’

Xavi Simons
Assist: Benjamin Sesko

0-1

Sargis Adamyan
Assist: Eric Martel

1-1

18’

Half-time1-1

63’

Loïs Openda
Assist: Xavi Simons

1-2

67’

Loïs Openda
Assist: David Raum

1-3

70’

Amadou Haidara

1-4

82’

Yussuf Poulsen
Assist: Benjamin Henrichs

1-5

Full-time1-5

Bookings

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

FC Cologne

Faride Alidou
Max Finkgrafe

RB Leipzig

Amadou Haidara
Xavi Simons

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.

FC Cologne 1.18 xGRB Leipzig 3.95 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

RB Leipzig attacking FC Cologne attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marvin Schwäbe	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rasmus Carstensen	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Julian Chabot	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
Luca Kilian	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leart Paqarada	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.10	1
Eric Martel	MID	90		1	1	0.05	0.62	1
Denis Huseinbasic	MID	84			0	0.00	0.00	0
Faride Alidou	MID	76			1	0.10	0.00	0
Florian Kainz	MID	76			2	0.19	0.05	1
Max Finkgrafe	MID	90			2	0.10	0.11	1
Sargis Adamyan	FWD	83	1		1	0.62	0.08	1
Damion Downs	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Davie Selke	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.04	1
Steffen Tigges	Sub	7			1	0.04	0.00	0
Jacob Christensen	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Benno Schmitz	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Péter Gulácsi	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Benjamin Henrichs	DEF	86		1	3	0.37	0.49	2
Willi Orban	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.14	2
Castello Lukeba	DEF	89			1	0.14	0.00	0
David Raum	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.48	4
Xaver Schlager	MID	90			1	0.02	0.02	1
Amadou Haidara	MID	86	1		1	0.04	0.00	0
Xavi Simons	MID	90	1	1	2	0.36	1.54	4
Dani Olmo	MID	90			5	0.18	0.11	1
Benjamin Sesko	FWD	78		1	2	0.52	0.34	1
Loïs Openda	FWD	78	2		4	1.64	0.03	1
Christoph Baumgartner	Sub	12			2	0.21	0.00	0
Yussuf Poulsen	Sub	12	1		1	0.47	0.00	0
Kevin Kampl	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohamed Simakan	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
El Chadaille Bitshiabu	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

FC Cologne win 15% Avg odds 6.53

Draw 20% Avg odds 4.77

RB Leipzig win 65% Avg odds 1.47

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

Form going into the game

FC Cologne D L D L D

RB Leipzig D W L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: RB Leipzig 6-0 FC Cologne, 28 Oct 23 Next meeting: RB Leipzig 3-1 FC Cologne, 20 Sep 25 All FC Cologne vs RB Leipzig 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.