RB Leipzig vs FC Cologne

28 October 2023 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Benjamin Brand

Full time 6 – 0

Half-time: 4–0

Timo Werner 15’ (pen)
Loïs Openda 40’, 45+3’
David Raum 43’
Benjamin Sesko 88’
Christoph Baumgartner 90+1’

Match summary

RB Leipzig won comfortably, 6-0 at home to FC Cologne. RB Leipzig led 4-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Timo Werner put RB Leipzig ahead from the penalty spot in the 15th minute, Loïs Openda made it 2-0 in the 40th minute, set up by Xavi Simons, David Raum made it 3-0 with a header in the 43rd minute, set up by Benjamin Henrichs, and Openda made it 4-0 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Xavi Simons. In the second half, Benjamin Sesko made it 5-0 from a corner in the 88th minute and Christoph Baumgartner made it 6-0 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: RB Leipzig created 4.88 expected goals (xG) from 26 shots to FC Cologne's 1.37 from 6. FC Cologne had a player sent off.

Match stats

24 Shots 6

13 Shots on Target 1

11 Corners 1

2 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 1

4.86 xG 1.33

4.10 Non-penalty xG 1.33

12 Deep Completions 2

Key events

RB Leipzig FC Cologne

Kick-off

Timo Werner
Penalty

1-0

15’

Loïs Openda
Assist: Xavi Simons

2-0

40’

David Raum
Assist: Benjamin Henrichs

3-0

43’

Loïs Openda
Assist: Xavi Simons

4-0

45+3’

Half-time4-0

Benjamin Sesko

5-0

88’

Christoph Baumgartner

6-0

90+1’

Full-time6-0

Bookings

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

RB Leipzig

Lukas Klostermann
Mohamed Simakan

FC Cologne

Mathias Olesen
Julian Chabot
Luca Kilian

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.

RB Leipzig 4.88 xGFC Cologne 1.37 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

FC Cologne attacking RB Leipzig 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
Janis Blaswich	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Castello Lukeba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lukas Klostermann	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohamed Simakan	DEF	90			1	0.11	0.06	1
Benjamin Henrichs	MID	90		1	3	0.17	1.26	5
Xaver Schlager	MID	90			2	0.03	0.00	0
Amadou Haidara	MID	90			0	0.00	0.10	1
David Raum	MID	79	1		2	0.59	0.30	4
Xavi Simons	MID	67		2	4	0.31	0.88	2
Loïs Openda	FWD	79	2		6	1.65	0.15	2
Timo Werner	FWD	67	1		3	1.30	0.00	0
Christoph Baumgartner	Sub	23	1		2	0.07	0.00	0
Fabio Carvalho	Sub	16			1	0.11	0.09	1
Christopher Lenz	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.11	1
Benjamin Sesko	Sub	11	1		2	0.53	0.00	0
Dani Olmo	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marvin Schwäbe	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Rasmus Carstensen	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Timo Hübers	DEF	90	1	0.07	0.00	0
Julian Chabot	DEF	50	0	0.00	0.00	0
Leart Paqarada	DEF	90	2	0.09	0.07	1
Dejan Ljubicic	MID	90	0	0.00	0.67	1
Eric Martel	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Linton Maina	MID	50	0	0.00	0.09	1
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt	MID	74	2	0.55	0.00	0
Florian Kainz	MID	74	0	0.00	0.00	0
Davie Selke	FWD	81	1	0.67	0.00	0
Luca Kilian	Sub	40	0	0.00	0.00	0
Faride Alidou	Sub	40	0	0.00	0.00	0
Denis Huseinbasic	Sub	16	0	0.00	0.00	0
Mathias Olesen	Sub	10	0	0.00	0.00	0
Mark Uth	Sub	9	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

RB Leipzig win 65% Avg odds 1.48

Draw 20% Avg odds 4.73

FC Cologne win 15% Avg odds 6.58

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

Form going into the game

RB Leipzig W W D D W

FC Cologne L L L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: FC Cologne 0-0 RB Leipzig, 04 Feb 23 Next meeting: FC Cologne 1-5 RB Leipzig, 15 Mar 24 All RB Leipzig 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.