FC Cologne vs Stuttgart

20 February 2021 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Benjamin Cortus

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Sasa Kalajdzic 49’

Match summary

Stuttgart beat FC Cologne 1-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Sasa Kalajdzic put Stuttgart ahead with a header in the 49th minute, set up by Borna Sosa.

There was little between the sides on chances: FC Cologne created 0.65 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots, Stuttgart 0.61 from 9.

Match stats

FC Cologne Stuttgart
9 Shots 9
0 Shots on Target 3
0 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.65 xG 0.61
0.65 Non-penalty xG 0.61
5 Deep Completions 6

Key events

FC Cologne Stuttgart
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
49’
Sasa Kalajdzic
Assist: Borna Sosa0-1 (Stuttgart)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

FC Cologne
  • Rafael Czichos
  • Sava-Arangel Cestic
Stuttgart
  • Marc-Oliver Kempf

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.65 0.61 49’ Sasa Kalajdzic (Stuttgart), 0-1 49’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.65 0.61 49’ Sasa Kalajdzic (Stuttgart), 0-1 Kalajdzic 49’
FC Cologne 0.65 xGStuttgart 0.61 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Stuttgart attacking FC Cologne attacking 
69’ Emmanuel Dennis (FC Cologne), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 74’ Philipp Förster (Stuttgart), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 60’ Gonzalo Castro (Stuttgart), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 17’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 49’ Sasa Kalajdzic (Stuttgart), set piece, 0.09 xG, goal 54’ Silas Wamangituka (Stuttgart), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 90+2’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 45’ Konstantinos Mavropanos (Stuttgart), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 68’ Dominick Drexler (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 65’ Silas Wamangituka (Stuttgart), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 81’ Ismail Jakobs (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 80’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 77’ Salih Özcan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 75’ Erik Thommy (Stuttgart), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 89’ Ismail Jakobs (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 44’ Sasa Kalajdzic (Stuttgart), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 68’ Erik Thommy (Stuttgart), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 58’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 69’ Emmanuel Dennis (FC Cologne), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 74’ Philipp Förster (Stuttgart), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 60’ Gonzalo Castro (Stuttgart), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 17’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 49’ Sasa Kalajdzic (Stuttgart), set piece, 0.09 xG, goal 90+2’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 54’ Silas Wamangituka (Stuttgart), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 45’ Konstantinos Mavropanos (Stuttgart), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 68’ Dominick Drexler (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 65’ Silas Wamangituka (Stuttgart), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 81’ Ismail Jakobs (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 80’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 75’ Erik Thommy (Stuttgart), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 77’ Salih Özcan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 89’ Ismail Jakobs (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 44’ Sasa Kalajdzic (Stuttgart), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 68’ Erik Thommy (Stuttgart), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 58’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Timo Horn GK900 0.000.000
Kingsley Ehizibue DEF690 0.000.000
Rafael Czichos DEF900 0.000.000
Jorge Meré DEF900 0.000.000
Sava-Arangel Cestic DEF610 0.000.000
Ismail Jakobs DEF902 0.070.031
Marius Wolf MID900 0.000.000
Elvis Rexhbecaj MID903 0.130.031
Ellyes Skhiri MID900 0.000.091
Emmanuel Dennis FWD901 0.270.061
Ondrej Duda FWD691 0.090.011
Dominick Drexler Sub291 0.060.041
Max Meyer Sub210 0.000.271
Salih Özcan Sub211 0.030.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

FC Cologne win 26% Avg odds 3.71
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.56
Stuttgart win 47% Avg odds 2.00

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

Form going into the game

FC Cologne WLWWL
Stuttgart LLWLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Stuttgart 1-1 FC Cologne, 23 Oct 20 Next meeting: FC Cologne 1-0 Stuttgart, 19 Dec 21  All FC Cologne vs Stuttgart 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.