FC Cologne vs Union Berlin

13 June 2020 · Bundesliga · 2019/20 · Referee Martin Petersen

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Jhon Córdoba 90+2’
  • Marvin Friedrich 39’
  • Christian Gentner 67’

Match summary

Union Berlin beat FC Cologne 2-1 on the road. Union Berlin led 1-0 at half-time.

Marvin Friedrich put Union Berlin ahead with a header in the 39th minute, set up by Christopher Trimmel, Christian Gentner made it 0-2 from a corner in the 67th minute, set up by Marius Bülter, and Jhon Córdoba pulled one back to make it 1-2 in stoppage time, set up by Mark Uth.

FC Cologne can feel hard done by, creating 1.34 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Union Berlin's 0.53 from 6.

Match stats

FC Cologne Union Berlin
10 Shots 7
6 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 6
3 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1.34 xG 0.53
1.34 Non-penalty xG 0.53
7 Deep Completions 1

Key events

FC Cologne Union Berlin
Kick-off
39’
Marvin Friedrich
Assist: Christopher Trimmel0-1 (Union Berlin)
Half-time0-1
67’
Christian Gentner
Assist: Marius Bülter0-2 (Union Berlin)
Jhon Córdoba
Assist: Mark Uth1-2 (FC Cologne)
90+2’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

FC Cologne
  • Jonas Hector
  • Ellyes Skhiri
  • Toni Leistner

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.34 0.53 39’ Marvin Friedrich (Union Berlin), 0-1 39’ 67’ Christian Gentner (Union Berlin), 0-2 67’ 90+2’ Jhon Córdoba (FC Cologne), 1-2 90+2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.34 0.53 39’ Marvin Friedrich (Union Berlin), 0-1 Friedrich 39’ 67’ Christian Gentner (Union Berlin), 0-2 Gentner 67’ 90+2’ Jhon Córdoba (FC Cologne), 1-2 Córdoba 90+2’
FC Cologne 1.34 xGUnion Berlin 0.53 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Union Berlin attacking FC Cologne attacking 
24’ Rafael Czichos (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.55 xG, saved 90+2’ Jhon Córdoba (FC Cologne), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 61’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 67’ Christian Gentner (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.21 xG, goal 36’ Mark Uth (FC Cologne), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 38’ Yunus Malli (Union Berlin), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 5’ Marcus Ingvartsen (Union Berlin), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 39’ Marvin Friedrich (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.07 xG, goal 46’ Sebastian Andersson (Union Berlin), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 59’ Mark Uth (FC Cologne), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 81’ Felix Kroos (Union Berlin), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 47’ Jhon Córdoba (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 49’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 52’ Anthony Modeste (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Anthony Modeste (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 87’ Kingsley Schindler (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 24’ Rafael Czichos (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.55 xG, saved 90+2’ Jhon Córdoba (FC Cologne), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 61’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 67’ Christian Gentner (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.21 xG, goal 36’ Mark Uth (FC Cologne), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 38’ Yunus Malli (Union Berlin), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 5’ Marcus Ingvartsen (Union Berlin), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 39’ Marvin Friedrich (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.07 xG, goal 46’ Sebastian Andersson (Union Berlin), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 59’ Mark Uth (FC Cologne), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 81’ Felix Kroos (Union Berlin), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 47’ Jhon Córdoba (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 49’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Anthony Modeste (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 52’ Anthony Modeste (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 87’ Kingsley Schindler (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Timo Horn GK900 0.000.000
Kingsley Ehizibue DEF660 0.000.000
Sebastiaan Bornauw DEF900 0.000.000
Rafael Czichos DEF901 0.550.000
Benno Schmitz DEF490 0.000.000
Jonas Hector MID900 0.000.011
Ellyes Skhiri MID870 0.000.091
Dominick Drexler MID490 0.000.000
Mark Uth MID9012 0.140.572
Florian Kainz MID732 0.300.072
Jhon Córdoba FWD9012 0.310.021
Anthony Modeste Sub412 0.030.000
Toni Leistner Sub410 0.000.021
Kingsley Schindler Sub241 0.010.000
Elvis Rexhbecaj Sub170 0.000.000
Marco Höger Sub30 0.000.021

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

FC Cologne win 46% Avg odds 2.05
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.46
Union Berlin win 26% Avg odds 3.69

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

Form going into the game

FC Cologne DDLLD
Union Berlin LLDLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Union Berlin 2-0 FC Cologne, 08 Dec 19 Next meeting: FC Cologne 1-2 Union Berlin, 22 Nov 20  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.