FC Cologne vs Wolfsburg

25 February 2023 · Bundesliga · 2022/23 · Referee Frank Willenborg

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Yannick Gerhardt 4’
  • Maximilian Arnold 68’ (pen)

Match summary

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

Yannick Gerhardt put Wolfsburg ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Omar Marmoush and Maximilian Arnold made it 0-2 from the penalty spot in the 68th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: FC Cologne created 1.04 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, Wolfsburg 1.00 from 7.

Match stats

FC Cologne Wolfsburg
11 Shots 6
5 Shots on Target 4
10 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.03 xG 1.00
1.03 Non-penalty xG 0.24
3 Deep Completions 7

Key events

FC Cologne Wolfsburg
Kick-off
4’
Yannick Gerhardt
Assist: Omar Marmoush0-1 (Wolfsburg)
Half-time0-1
68’
Maximilian Arnold
Penalty0-2 (Wolfsburg)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

FC Cologne
  • Jonas Hector
Wolfsburg
  • Mattias Svanberg
  • Felix Nmecha

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.04 1.00 4’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), 0-1 4’ 68’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), 0-2 68’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.04 1.00 4’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), 0-1 Gerhardt 4’ 68’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), 0-2 Arnold 68’
FC Cologne 1.04 xGWolfsburg 1.00 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolfsburg attacking FC Cologne attacking 
68’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 63’ Steffen Tigges (FC Cologne), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 89’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 89’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 4’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 90+1’ Timo Hübers (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 21’ Patrick Wimmer (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 50’ Steffen Tigges (FC Cologne), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 45’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 49’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+1’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 34’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+1’ Julian Chabot (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 37’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 80’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 45’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 73’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 40’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 58’ Timo Hübers (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 68’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 63’ Steffen Tigges (FC Cologne), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 89’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 89’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 4’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 90+1’ Timo Hübers (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 21’ Patrick Wimmer (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 50’ Steffen Tigges (FC Cologne), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 45’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+1’ Sargis Adamyan (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 34’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 49’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+1’ Julian Chabot (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 37’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 80’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 45’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 73’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Timo Hübers (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 40’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Marvin Schwäbe GK900 0.000.000
Kingsley Schindler DEF900 0.000.000
Timo Hübers DEF902 0.090.000
Julian Chabot DEF901 0.030.000
Jonas Hector DEF902 0.130.093
Dejan Ljubicic MID901 0.020.142
Ellyes Skhiri MID900 0.000.031
Mathias Olesen MID740 0.000.000
Linton Maina MID850 0.000.032
Davie Selke FWD904 0.380.021
Steffen Tigges FWD792 0.360.000
Sargis Adamyan Sub161 0.030.000
Tim Lemperle Sub110 0.000.301
Justin Diehl Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

FC Cologne win 41% Avg odds 2.36
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.42
Wolfsburg win 31% Avg odds 3.06

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

Form going into the game

FC Cologne DDDWL
Wolfsburg WLLDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Wolfsburg 2-4 FC Cologne, 03 Sep 22 Next meeting: FC Cologne 1-2 Wolfsburg, 26 Aug 23  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.