RB Leipzig vs FC Cologne

11 February 2022 · Bundesliga · 2021/22 · Referee Florian Badstübner

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Christopher Nkunku 25’
  • Dani Olmo 54’
  • Angelino 57’
  • Tim Lemperle 90+1’

Match summary

RB Leipzig beat FC Cologne 3-1. RB Leipzig led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Christopher Nkunku put RB Leipzig ahead with a direct free kick in the 25th minute. In the second half, Dani Olmo made it 2-0 in the 54th minute, set up by Amadou Haidara, Angelino made it 3-0 in the 57th minute, set up by Dani Olmo, and Tim Lemperle pulled one back to make it 3-1 with a header in stoppage time, set up by Mark Uth.

There was little between the sides on chances: RB Leipzig created 0.85 expected goals (xG) from 6 shots, FC Cologne 0.79 from 9.

Match stats

RB Leipzig FC Cologne
6 Shots 9
4 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.85 xG 0.79
0.85 Non-penalty xG 0.79
6 Deep Completions 5

Key events

RB Leipzig FC Cologne
Kick-off
Christopher Nkunku1-0 (RB Leipzig)
25’
Half-time1-0
Dani Olmo
Assist: Amadou Haidara
2-0 (RB Leipzig)
54’
Angelino
Assist: Dani Olmo
3-0 (RB Leipzig)
57’
90+1’
Tim Lemperle
Assist: Mark Uth
3-1 (FC Cologne)
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

RB Leipzig
  • Josko Gvardiol
FC Cologne
  • Timo Hübers
  • Jan Thielmann

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.85 0.79 25’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), 1-0 25’ 54’ Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig), 2-0 54’ 57’ Angelino (RB Leipzig), 3-0 57’ 90+1’ Tim Lemperle (FC Cologne), 3-1 90+1’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.85 0.79 25’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), 1-0 Nkunku 25’ 54’ Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig), 2-0 Olmo 54’ 57’ Angelino (RB Leipzig), 3-0 Angelino 57’ 90+1’ Tim Lemperle (FC Cologne), 3-1 Lemperle 90+1’
RB Leipzig 0.85 xGFC Cologne 0.79 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 FC Cologne attacking RB Leipzig attacking 
57’ Angelino (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 67’ Sebastian Andersson (FC Cologne), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 90+1’ Tim Lemperle (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.15 xG, goal 25’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), direct free kick, 0.13 xG, goal 68’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 84’ Mark Uth (FC Cologne), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 87’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 88’ Nordi Mukiele (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 77’ Sebastian Andersson (FC Cologne), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 54’ Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 76’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 12’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Konrad Laimer (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Mark Uth (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+1’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 57’ Angelino (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 67’ Sebastian Andersson (FC Cologne), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 90+1’ Tim Lemperle (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.15 xG, goal 25’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), direct free kick, 0.13 xG, goal 68’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 84’ Mark Uth (FC Cologne), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 87’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 88’ Nordi Mukiele (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 77’ Sebastian Andersson (FC Cologne), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 54’ Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 76’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Konrad Laimer (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 12’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Mark Uth (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+1’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Péter Gulácsi GK900 0.000.000
Josko Gvardiol DEF900 0.000.000
Willi Orban DEF900 0.000.000
Lukas Klostermann DEF710 0.000.000
Benjamin Henrichs MID900 0.000.021
Amadou Haidara MID9010 0.000.031
Konrad Laimer MID711 0.020.111
Angelino MID8011 0.480.000
Dani Olmo MID65111 0.030.481
Christopher Nkunku FWD9012 0.240.000
André Silva FWD650 0.000.000
Yussuf Poulsen Sub250 0.000.000
Emil Forsberg Sub250 0.000.000
Dominik Szoboszlai Sub190 0.000.000
Mohamed Simakan Sub190 0.000.000
Nordi Mukiele Sub101 0.080.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

RB Leipzig win 67% Avg odds 1.43
Draw 19% Avg odds 5.00
FC Cologne win 14% Avg odds 6.89

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

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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.