Freiburg vs FC Cologne

9 January 2021 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Robert Schröder

Full time 5 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

Ermedin Demirovic 18’
Nicolas Höfler 39’
Roland Sallai 59’
Philipp Lienhart 69’
Lucas Höler 79’

Match summary

Freiburg won comfortably, 5-0 at home to FC Cologne. Freiburg led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ermedin Demirovic put Freiburg ahead with a header in the 18th minute and Nicolas Höfler made it 2-0 in the 39th minute. In the second half, Roland Sallai made it 3-0 in the 59th minute, set up by Ermedin Demirovic, Philipp Lienhart made it 4-0 with a header in the 69th minute, set up by Ermedin Demirovic, and Lucas Höler made it 5-0 in the 79th minute, set up by Christian Günter.

The chances backed that up: Freiburg created 2.97 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to FC Cologne's 0.14 from 5.

Match stats

12 Shots 5

6 Shots on Target 2

1 Corners 3

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

2.92 xG 0.14

2.92 Non-penalty xG 0.14

4 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Freiburg FC Cologne

Kick-off

Ermedin Demirovic

1-0

18’

Nicolas Höfler

2-0

39’

Half-time2-0

Roland Sallai
Assist: Ermedin Demirovic

3-0

59’

Philipp Lienhart
Assist: Ermedin Demirovic

4-0

69’

Lucas Höler
Assist: Christian Günter

5-0

79’

Full-time5-0

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.

Freiburg 2.97 xGFC Cologne 0.14 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

FC Cologne attacking Freiburg attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Florian Müller	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lukas Kübler	DEF	75			0	0.00	0.06	1
Philipp Lienhart	DEF	90	1		1	0.56	0.00	0
Manuel Gulde	DEF	80			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Günter	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.61	2
Keven Schlotterbeck	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolas Höfler	MID	90	1		1	0.38	0.02	1
Roland Sallai	MID	66	1		3	0.66	0.00	0
Baptiste Santamaria	MID	90			2	0.07	0.07	1
Vincenzo Grifo	MID	75			1	0.07	0.21	3
Ermedin Demirovic	FWD	75	1	2	3	0.58	1.09	2
Lucas Höler	Sub	24	1		2	0.64	0.00	0
Lino Tempelmann	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nils Petersen	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Woo-Yeong Jeong	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dominique Heintz	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Timo Horn	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Benno Schmitz	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Sebastiaan Bornauw	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jorge Meré	DEF	57	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonas Hector	DEF	90	1	0.01	0.04	1
Ellyes Skhiri	MID	90	0	0.00	0.03	1
Salih Özcan	MID	46	0	0.00	0.00	0
Marius Wolf	MID	90	4	0.13	0.00	0
Ondrej Duda	MID	46	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ismail Jakobs	MID	82	0	0.00	0.00	0
Anthony Modeste	FWD	70	0	0.00	0.00	0
Elvis Rexhbecaj	Sub	44	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jan Thielmann	Sub	44	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jannes Horn	Sub	33	0	0.00	0.00	0
Tolu Arokodare	Sub	20	0	0.00	0.01	1
Rafael Czichos	Sub	8	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Freiburg win 46% Avg odds 2.06

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.43

FC Cologne win 26% Avg odds 3.68

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

Form going into the game

Freiburg D W W W W

FC Cologne D W L D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: FC Cologne 4-0 Freiburg, 02 Feb 20 Next meeting: FC Cologne 1-4 Freiburg, 09 May 21 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.