RB Leipzig vs FC Cologne

23 November 2019 · Bundesliga · 2019/20 · Referee Robert Schröder

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 3–1

Timo Werner 22’
Emil Forsberg 32’ (pen), 79’
Konrad Laimer 37’

Rafael Czichos 39’

Match summary

RB Leipzig won comfortably, 4-1 at home to FC Cologne. RB Leipzig led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Timo Werner put RB Leipzig ahead in the 22nd minute, set up by Christopher Nkunku, Emil Forsberg made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 32nd minute, Konrad Laimer made it 3-0 in the 37th minute, and Rafael Czichos pulled one back to make it 3-1 with a header in the 39th minute, set up by Birger Verstraete. In the second half, Forsberg made it 4-1 with a direct free kick in the 79th minute.

The chances backed that up: RB Leipzig created 2.57 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to FC Cologne's 0.89 from 6.

Match stats

20 Shots 6

8 Shots on Target 1

13 Corners 3

0 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.57 xG 0.89

1.81 Non-penalty xG 0.89

22 Deep Completions 3

Key events

RB Leipzig FC Cologne

Kick-off

Timo Werner
Assist: Christopher Nkunku

1-0

22’

Emil Forsberg
Penalty

2-0

32’

Konrad Laimer

3-0

37’

39’

Rafael Czichos
Assist: Birger Verstraete

3-1

Half-time3-1

Emil Forsberg

4-1

79’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

FC Cologne

Birger Verstraete
Florian Kainz
Simon Terodde

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 2.57 xGFC Cologne 0.89 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
Lukas Klostermann	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stefan Ilsanker	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.11	1
Dayotchanculle Upamecano	DEF	90			2	0.08	0.04	1
Marcel Halstenberg	DEF	83			2	0.09	0.18	3
Konrad Laimer	MID	90	1		1	0.10	0.00	0
Diego Demme	MID	90			1	0.02	0.12	2
Marcel Sabitzer	MID	90			4	0.33	0.34	3
Emil Forsberg	MID	81	2		4	0.93	0.13	1
Timo Werner	FWD	90	1		5	0.84	0.00	0
Christopher Nkunku	FWD	77		1	2	0.18	0.63	3
Patrik Schick	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Amadou Haidara	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcelo Saracchi	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Timo Horn	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kingsley Ehizibue	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sebastiaan Bornauw	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Rafael Czichos	DEF	90	1		1	0.44	0.00	0
Jonas Hector	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Birger Verstraete	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.57	4
Marco Höger	MID	71			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ellyes Skhiri	MID	47			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kingsley Schindler	FWD	60			0	0.00	0.00	0
Anthony Modeste	FWD	90			1	0.30	0.00	0
Ismail Jakobs	FWD	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Florian Kainz	Sub	43			1	0.08	0.00	0
Marcel Risse	Sub	30			0	0.00	0.31	2
Simon Terodde	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

RB Leipzig win 67% Avg odds 1.43

Draw 19% Avg odds 4.87

FC Cologne win 14% Avg odds 7.00

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

Form going into the game

RB Leipzig D D L W W

FC Cologne D W L L L

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Previous and next meeting

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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.