FC Cologne vs Union Berlin

22 November 2020 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Tobias Stieler

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Ellyes Skhiri 36’
  • Taiwo Awoniyi 27’
  • Max Kruse 72’

Match summary

Union Berlin took a 2-1 win at FC Cologne. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Taiwo Awoniyi put Union Berlin ahead in the 27th minute, Ellyes Skhiri equalised with a header in the 36th minute, set up by Ondrej Duda, and Max Kruse won it in the 72nd minute.

The chances backed that up: Union Berlin created 2.31 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to FC Cologne's 1.08 from 10. Max Kruse had a penalty saved for Union Berlin.

Match stats

FC Cologne Union Berlin
10 Shots 10
4 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.08 xG 1.89
1.08 Non-penalty xG 1.00
2 Deep Completions 4

Key events

FC Cologne Union Berlin
Kick-off
27’
Taiwo Awoniyi0-1 (Union Berlin)
Ellyes Skhiri
Assist: Ondrej Duda1-1 (FC Cologne)
36’
Half-time1-1
72’
Max Kruse1-2 (Union Berlin)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

FC Cologne
  • Ondrej Duda
Union Berlin
  • Marcus Ingvartsen
  • Niko Gießelmann

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 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.08 2.31 27’ Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin), 0-1 27’ 36’ Ellyes Skhiri (FC Cologne), 1-1 36’ 72’ Max Kruse (Union Berlin), 1-2 72’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.08 2.31 27’ Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin), 0-1 Awoniyi 27’ 36’ Ellyes Skhiri (FC Cologne), 1-1 Skhiri 36’ 72’ Max Kruse (Union Berlin), 1-2 Kruse 72’
FC Cologne 1.08 xGUnion Berlin 2.31 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Union Berlin attacking FC Cologne attacking 
72’ Max Kruse (Union Berlin), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 36’ Ellyes Skhiri (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.67 xG, goal 72’ Max Kruse (Union Berlin), set piece, 0.55 xG, goal 9’ Marcus Ingvartsen (Union Berlin), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 27’ Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 66’ Marcus Ingvartsen (Union Berlin), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 75’ Max Kruse (Union Berlin), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 82’ Rafael Czichos (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 44’ Salih Özcan (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 14’ Sebastian Andersson (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 62’ Grischa Prömel (Union Berlin), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+4’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 81’ Cedric Teuchert (Union Berlin), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 79’ Rafael Czichos (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 23’ Ismail Jakobs (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 16’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 40’ Marvin Friedrich (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 55’ Noah Katterbach (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 81’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 72’ Max Kruse (Union Berlin), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 36’ Ellyes Skhiri (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.67 xG, goal 72’ Max Kruse (Union Berlin), set piece, 0.55 xG, goal 27’ Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 9’ Marcus Ingvartsen (Union Berlin), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 66’ Marcus Ingvartsen (Union Berlin), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 75’ Max Kruse (Union Berlin), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 82’ Rafael Czichos (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 44’ Salih Özcan (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 14’ Sebastian Andersson (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 62’ Grischa Prömel (Union Berlin), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+4’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 81’ Cedric Teuchert (Union Berlin), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 79’ Rafael Czichos (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 23’ Ismail Jakobs (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 16’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 40’ Marvin Friedrich (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 81’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Noah Katterbach (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Timo Horn GK900 0.000.000
Marius Wolf DEF800 0.000.000
Rafael Czichos DEF902 0.120.000
Jorge Meré DEF900 0.000.041
Noah Katterbach DEF801 0.010.000
Ellyes Skhiri MID9011 0.670.000
Dominick Drexler MID660 0.000.000
Salih Özcan MID841 0.070.000
Ondrej Duda MID6611 0.020.875
Ismail Jakobs MID901 0.030.000
Sebastian Andersson FWD901 0.070.021
Elvis Rexhbecaj Sub242 0.070.081
Dimitris Limnios Sub240 0.000.021
Kingsley Ehizibue Sub100 0.000.000
Jan Thielmann Sub100 0.000.000
Tolu Arokodare Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

FC Cologne win 31% Avg odds 3.10
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.28
Union Berlin win 40% Avg odds 2.38

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

Form going into the game

FC Cologne LDDLD
Union Berlin WDDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: FC Cologne 1-2 Union Berlin, 13 Jun 20 Next meeting: Union Berlin 2-1 FC Cologne, 13 Mar 21  All FC Cologne vs Union Berlin 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.