FC Cologne vs Wolfsburg

5 December 2020 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Sven Jablonski

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

  • Jan Thielmann 18’
  • Ondrej Duda 43’
  • Maximilian Arnold 29’
  • Wout Weghorst 47’

Match summary

FC Cologne and Wolfsburg drew 2-2. FC Cologne led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Jan Thielmann put FC Cologne ahead in the 18th minute, set up by Salih Özcan, Maximilian Arnold equalised with a direct free kick in the 29th minute, and Ondrej Duda put FC Cologne back in front in the 43rd minute, set up by Elvis Rexhbecaj. In the second half, Wout Weghorst equalised with a header in the 47th minute, set up by Renato Steffen.

Wolfsburg had the better of the chances, with 1.91 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to FC Cologne's 1.09 from 6.

Match stats

FC Cologne Wolfsburg
6 Shots 16
3 Shots on Target 6
3 Corners 8
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.09 xG 1.91
1.09 Non-penalty xG 1.91
7 Deep Completions 13

Key events

FC Cologne Wolfsburg
Kick-off
Jan Thielmann
Assist: Salih Özcan1-0 (FC Cologne)
18’
29’
Maximilian Arnold1-1 (Wolfsburg)
Ondrej Duda
Assist: Elvis Rexhbecaj2-1 (FC Cologne)
43’
Half-time2-1
47’
Wout Weghorst
Assist: Renato Steffen2-2 (Wolfsburg)
Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Wolfsburg
  • Paulo Otávio

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.09 1.91 18’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), 1-0 18’ 29’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), 1-1 29’ 43’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), 2-1 43’ 47’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), 2-2 47’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.09 1.91 18’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), 1-0 Thielmann 18’ 29’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), 1-1 Arnold 29’ 43’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), 2-1 Duda 43’ 47’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), 2-2 Weghorst 47’
FC Cologne 1.09 xGWolfsburg 1.91 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolfsburg attacking FC Cologne attacking 
18’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 47’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 43’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 53’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.46 xG, off target 11’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 22’ Maximilian Philipp (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 29’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, goal 82’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 36’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 76’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 74’ Sebastiaan Bornauw (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 68’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 17’ Ismail Jakobs (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+3’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 9’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 23’ Salih Özcan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 62’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Daniel Ginczek (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 6’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 58’ Jérôme Roussillon (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 58’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 47’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 18’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 43’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 53’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.46 xG, off target 11’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 22’ Maximilian Philipp (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 29’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, goal 82’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 76’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 36’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 74’ Sebastiaan Bornauw (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 68’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 17’ Ismail Jakobs (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+3’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 9’ Elvis Rexhbecaj (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 23’ Salih Özcan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 62’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Daniel Ginczek (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Jérôme Roussillon (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 6’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 58’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Timo Horn GK900 0.000.000
Sebastiaan Bornauw DEF901 0.050.000
Jannes Horn DEF900 0.000.000
Sava-Arangel Cestic DEF900 0.000.041
Ellyes Skhiri MID900 0.000.000
Marius Wolf MID900 0.000.031
Elvis Rexhbecaj MID9011 0.030.461
Salih Özcan MID3811 0.030.471
Ismail Jakobs MID901 0.040.000
Ondrej Duda FWD9011 0.460.051
Jan Thielmann FWD9011 0.470.031
Dominick Drexler Sub520 0.000.000
Benno Schmitz Sub10 0.000.000
Sebastian Andersson Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

FC Cologne win 26% Avg odds 3.70
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.54
Wolfsburg win 47% Avg odds 2.01

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

Form going into the game

FC Cologne DLDLW
Wolfsburg WDWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: FC Cologne 3-1 Wolfsburg, 18 Jan 20 Next meeting: Wolfsburg 1-0 FC Cologne, 03 Apr 21  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.