Freiburg vs FC Cologne

17 December 2023 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Harm Osmers

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Michael Gregoritsch 72’
  • Roland Sallai 90+5’

Match summary

Freiburg saw off FC Cologne 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Michael Gregoritsch put Freiburg ahead in the 72nd minute and Roland Sallai made it 2-0 with a header in stoppage time, set up by Michael Gregoritsch.

The chances backed that up: Freiburg created 3.84 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to FC Cologne's 1.25 from 7. FC Cologne had a player sent off.

Match stats

Freiburg FC Cologne
23 Shots 7
7 Shots on Target 1
5 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 1
3.47 xG 1.25
3.47 Non-penalty xG 1.25
10 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Freiburg FC Cologne
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Michael Gregoritsch1-0 (Freiburg)
72’
Roland Sallai
Assist: Michael Gregoritsch2-0 (Freiburg)
90+5’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Freiburg
  • Nicolas Höfler
FC Cologne
  • Julian Chabot
  • Dejan Ljubicic
  • Florian Kainz

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 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.84 1.25 72’ Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg), 1-0 72’ 90+5’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), 2-0 90+5’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.84 1.25 72’ Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg), 1-0 Gregoritsch 72’ 90+5’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), 2-0 Sallai 90+5’
Freiburg 3.84 xGFC Cologne 1.25 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 FC Cologne attacking Freiburg attacking 
72’ Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg), open play, 0.73 xG, goal 68’ Mark Uth (FC Cologne), open play, 0.62 xG, off target 86’ Merlin Röhl (Freiburg), open play, 0.55 xG, off target 90+2’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.47 xG, saved 72’ Merlin Röhl (Freiburg), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 86’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 10’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 79’ Merlin Röhl (Freiburg), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 82’ Merlin Röhl (Freiburg), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 90’ Merlin Röhl (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.12 xG, blocked 85’ Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 90+2’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 50’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 4’ Ritsu Doan (Freiburg), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 30’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90’ Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 89’ Merlin Röhl (Freiburg), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90’ Maximilian Eggestein (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 50’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+5’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 37’ Nicolas Höfler (Freiburg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 89’ Maximilian Eggestein (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 33’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 26’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 59’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 11’ Merlin Röhl (Freiburg), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 29’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 47’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 20’ Ritsu Doan (Freiburg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 72’ Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg), open play, 0.73 xG, goal 68’ Mark Uth (FC Cologne), open play, 0.62 xG, off target 86’ Merlin Röhl (Freiburg), open play, 0.55 xG, off target 90+2’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.47 xG, saved 72’ Merlin Röhl (Freiburg), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 86’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 10’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 79’ Merlin Röhl (Freiburg), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 82’ Merlin Röhl (Freiburg), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 90’ Merlin Röhl (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.12 xG, blocked 90+2’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 85’ Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 50’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 30’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 4’ Ritsu Doan (Freiburg), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90’ Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 89’ Merlin Röhl (Freiburg), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90’ Maximilian Eggestein (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 50’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+5’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 37’ Nicolas Höfler (Freiburg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 89’ Maximilian Eggestein (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 33’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 26’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 59’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 11’ Merlin Röhl (Freiburg), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 29’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 47’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 20’ Ritsu Doan (Freiburg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Noah Atubolu GK900 0.000.000
Kiliann Sildillia DEF810 0.000.000
Manuel Gulde DEF900 0.000.000
Matthias Ginter DEF900 0.000.000
Jordy Makengo DEF810 0.000.000
Maximilian Eggestein MID902 0.120.431
Nicolas Höfler MID901 0.050.031
Ritsu Doan MID902 0.090.000
Merlin Röhl MID907 1.480.112
Vincenzo Grifo MID723 0.140.031
Lucas Höler FWD720 0.000.122
Michael Gregoritsch Sub18113 0.900.061
Roland Sallai Sub1814 1.050.562
Lukas Kübler Sub90 0.000.000
Noah Weißhaupt Sub90 0.000.252
Junior Adamu Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Freiburg win 51% Avg odds 1.90
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.68
FC Cologne win 23% Avg odds 4.13

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

Form going into the game

Freiburg DLDWW
FC Cologne DDLWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: FC Cologne 0-1 Freiburg, 29 Apr 23 Next meeting: FC Cologne 0-0 Freiburg, 04 May 24  All Freiburg vs FC Cologne 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.