RB Leipzig vs FC Cologne

13 August 2022 · Bundesliga · 2022/23 · Referee Benjamin Brand

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Timo Werner 36’
Christopher Nkunku 56’

Florian Dietz 40’
Josko Gvardiol 72’ (og)

Match summary

RB Leipzig and FC Cologne shared the points in a 2-2 draw. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Timo Werner put RB Leipzig ahead in the 36th minute, set up by Benjamin Henrichs and Florian Dietz equalised in the 40th minute, set up by Florian Kainz. In the second half, Christopher Nkunku put RB Leipzig back in front in the 56th minute, set up by Dani Olmo and Gvardiol's own goal equalised from a corner in the 72nd minute.

FC Cologne had the better of the chances, with 1.52 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to RB Leipzig's 1.18 from 9. RB Leipzig had a player sent off.

Match stats

9 Shots 12

5 Shots on Target 3

2 Corners 7

1 Yellow Cards 4

1 Red Cards 0

1.18 xG 1.52

1.18 Non-penalty xG 1.52

3 Deep Completions 8

Key events

RB Leipzig FC Cologne

Kick-off

Timo Werner
Assist: Benjamin Henrichs

1-0

36’

40’

Florian Dietz
Assist: Florian Kainz

1-1

Half-time1-1

Christopher Nkunku
Assist: Dani Olmo

2-1

56’

72’

Josko Gvardiol
Own goal

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

RB Leipzig

Dominik Szoboszlai
Benjamin Henrichs

FC Cologne

Timo Hübers
Jan Thielmann
Florian Kainz
Sargis Adamyan

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 1.18 xGFC Cologne 1.52 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
Péter Gulácsi	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Willi Orban	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
Mohamed Simakan	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Marcel Halstenberg	DEF	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Benjamin Henrichs	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.02	1
Hugo Novoa Ramos	MID	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dani Olmo	MID	89		1	0	0.00	0.91	2
Dominik Szoboszlai	MID	45			1	0.03	0.00	0
David Raum	MID	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Christopher Nkunku	FWD	90	1		3	0.95	0.03	1
Timo Werner	FWD	69	1		1	0.02	0.00	0
Josko Gvardiol	Sub	42			2	0.06	0.00	0
Kevin Kampl	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.00	0
André Silva	Sub	21			1	0.08	0.00	0
Amadou Haidara	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marvin Schwäbe	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kingsley Ehizibue	DEF	64			1	0.01	0.00	0
Luca Kilian	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Timo Hübers	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonas Hector	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Ellyes Skhiri	MID	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Eric Martel	MID	64			1	0.02	0.01	1
Jan Thielmann	MID	64			1	0.45	0.02	1
Dejan Ljubicic	MID	75			1	0.07	0.05	1
Florian Kainz	MID	90		1	2	0.03	1.21	5
Florian Dietz	FWD	75	1		4	0.81	0.00	0
Benno Schmitz	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.00	0
Linton Maina	Sub	26			1	0.06	0.04	1
Ondrej Duda	Sub	26			2	0.06	0.02	1
Sargis Adamyan	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tim Lemperle	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

RB Leipzig win 67% Avg odds 1.44

Draw 19% Avg odds 4.98

FC Cologne win 14% Avg odds 6.78

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

Form going into the game

RB Leipzig L L W D D

FC Cologne W W L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: RB Leipzig 3-1 FC Cologne, 11 Feb 22 Next meeting: FC Cologne 0-0 RB Leipzig, 04 Feb 23 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.