FC Cologne vs Wolfsburg

26 August 2023 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Matthias Jöllenbeck

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Gian-Luca Waldschmidt 55’
  • Jonas Wind 62’, 72’

Match summary

Wolfsburg came from behind to win 2-1 away at FC Cologne. It was goalless at half-time.

Gian-Luca Waldschmidt put FC Cologne ahead in the 55th minute, set up by Sargis Adamyan, Jonas Wind equalised in the 62nd minute, set up by Mattias Svanberg, and Wind won it in the 72nd minute.

The chances backed that up: Wolfsburg created 2.82 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to FC Cologne's 0.64 from 13.

Match stats

FC Cologne Wolfsburg
14 Shots 9
2 Shots on Target 6
6 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 0
0.64 xG 2.27
0.64 Non-penalty xG 2.27
7 Deep Completions 7

Key events

FC Cologne Wolfsburg
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt
Assist: Sargis Adamyan1-0 (FC Cologne)
55’
62’
Jonas Wind
Assist: Mattias Svanberg1-1 (Wolfsburg)
72’
Jonas Wind1-2 (Wolfsburg)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

FC Cologne
  • Sargis Adamyan
Wolfsburg
  • Cédric Zesiger
  • Lovro Majer
  • Václav Cerny
  • Jonas Wind
  • Maximilian Arnold

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 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.64 2.82 55’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), 1-0 55’ 62’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), 1-1 62’ 72’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), 1-2 72’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.64 2.82 55’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), 1-0 Waldschmidt 55’ 62’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), 1-1 Wind 62’ 72’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), 1-2 Wind 72’
FC Cologne 0.64 xGWolfsburg 2.82 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolfsburg attacking FC Cologne attacking 
15’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.69 xG, saved 15’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.59 xG, saved 72’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 62’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 72’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 10’ Patrick Wimmer (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 78’ Timo Hübers (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.23 xG, saved 13’ Rasmus Carstensen (FC Cologne), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 52’ Rasmus Carstensen (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 90+4’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 55’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 78’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 9’ Joakim Maehle (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 60’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 70’ Mattias Svanberg (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 19’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 24’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 65’ Lovro Majer (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork 80’ Mathias Olesen (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 33’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 15’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.69 xG, saved 15’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.59 xG, saved 72’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 62’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 72’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 10’ Patrick Wimmer (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 78’ Timo Hübers (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.23 xG, saved 13’ Rasmus Carstensen (FC Cologne), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 52’ Rasmus Carstensen (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 90+4’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 55’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 78’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 9’ Joakim Maehle (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 60’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 70’ Mattias Svanberg (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 19’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 24’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Mathias Olesen (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 63’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 65’ Lovro Majer (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork 33’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
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 DEF901 0.230.000
Julian Chabot DEF900 0.000.000
Leart Paqarada DEF900 0.000.123
Dejan Ljubicic MID781 0.020.000
Eric Martel MID700 0.000.000
Rasmus Carstensen MID702 0.150.000
Florian Kainz MID790 0.000.021
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt MID9015 0.110.091
Davie Selke FWD271 0.020.021
Sargis Adamyan Sub6311 0.050.293
Mathias Olesen Sub201 0.010.000
Max Finkgrafe Sub200 0.000.000
Linton Maina Sub121 0.040.000
Denis Huseinbasic Sub110 0.000.021

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

FC Cologne win 45% Avg odds 2.16
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.64
Wolfsburg win 29% Avg odds 3.32

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

Form going into the game

FC Cologne WWDLL
Wolfsburg LWLLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: FC Cologne 0-2 Wolfsburg, 25 Feb 23 Next meeting: Wolfsburg 1-1 FC Cologne, 27 Jan 24  All FC Cologne vs Wolfsburg 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.