Union Berlin vs FC Cologne

13 March 2021 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Deniz Aytekin

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Max Kruse 48’ (pen)
  • Christopher Trimmel 67’
  • Ondrej Duda 45+2’ (pen)

Match summary

Union Berlin came from behind to win 2-1 at home to FC Cologne. FC Cologne led 1-0 at half-time.

Ondrej Duda put FC Cologne ahead from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time, Max Kruse equalised from the penalty spot in the 48th minute, and Christopher Trimmel won it in the 67th minute.

The chances backed that up: Union Berlin created 2.38 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to FC Cologne's 1.05 from 9.

Match stats

Union Berlin FC Cologne
13 Shots 9
8 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.38 xG 1.05
1.62 Non-penalty xG 0.30
3 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Union Berlin FC Cologne
Kick-off
45+2’
Ondrej Duda
Penalty0-1 (FC Cologne)
Half-time0-1
Max Kruse
Penalty1-1 (Union Berlin)
48’
Christopher Trimmel2-1 (Union Berlin)
67’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Union Berlin
  • Robert Andrich
  • Petar Musa
FC Cologne
  • Jannes Horn
  • Ellyes Skhiri
  • Salih Özcan

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 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.38 1.05 45+2’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), 0-1 45+2’ 48’ Max Kruse (Union Berlin), 1-1 48’ 67’ Christopher Trimmel (Union Berlin), 2-1 67’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.38 1.05 45+2’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), 0-1 Duda 45+2’ 48’ Max Kruse (Union Berlin), 1-1 Kruse 48’ 67’ Christopher Trimmel (Union Berlin), 2-1 Trimmel 67’
Union Berlin 2.38 xGFC Cologne 1.05 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 FC Cologne attacking Union Berlin attacking 
47’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 48’ Max Kruse (Union Berlin), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 9’ Petar Musa (Union Berlin), open play, 0.39 xG, off target 77’ Joel Pohjanpalo (Union Berlin), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 4’ Grischa Prömel (Union Berlin), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 78’ Nico Schlotterbeck (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 23’ Salih Özcan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 44’ Nico Schlotterbeck (Union Berlin), set piece, 0.10 xG, saved 14’ Max Kruse (Union Berlin), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 26’ Nico Schlotterbeck (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 67’ Christopher Trimmel (Union Berlin), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 26’ Grischa Prömel (Union Berlin), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 28’ Nico Schlotterbeck (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 5’ Salih Özcan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 6’ Petar Musa (Union Berlin), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 72’ Marius Wolf (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 25’ Max Kruse (Union Berlin), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 12’ Nico Schlotterbeck (Union Berlin), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 43’ Noah Katterbach (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 69’ Noah Katterbach (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 57’ Jorge Meré (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+3’ Kingsley Ehizibue (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 42’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 47’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 48’ Max Kruse (Union Berlin), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 9’ Petar Musa (Union Berlin), open play, 0.39 xG, off target 77’ Joel Pohjanpalo (Union Berlin), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 4’ Grischa Prömel (Union Berlin), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 78’ Nico Schlotterbeck (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 23’ Salih Özcan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 44’ Nico Schlotterbeck (Union Berlin), set piece, 0.10 xG, saved 14’ Max Kruse (Union Berlin), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 26’ Nico Schlotterbeck (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 26’ Grischa Prömel (Union Berlin), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 28’ Nico Schlotterbeck (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 67’ Christopher Trimmel (Union Berlin), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 6’ Petar Musa (Union Berlin), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 5’ Salih Özcan (FC Cologne), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 72’ Marius Wolf (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 25’ Max Kruse (Union Berlin), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 12’ Nico Schlotterbeck (Union Berlin), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 43’ Noah Katterbach (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 69’ Noah Katterbach (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 90+3’ Kingsley Ehizibue (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 57’ Jorge Meré (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 42’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Andreas Luthe GK900 0.000.000
Marvin Friedrich DEF900 0.000.121
Nico Schlotterbeck DEF905 0.400.121
Robin Knoche DEF900 0.000.000
Christopher Trimmel MID9011 0.080.112
Julian Ryerson MID900 0.000.000
Robert Andrich MID900 0.000.051
Grischa Prömel MID752 0.200.000
Keita Endo MID630 0.000.472
Max Kruse FWD9013 0.900.523
Petar Musa FWD752 0.470.000
Marcus Ingvartsen Sub270 0.000.000
Joel Pohjanpalo Sub151 0.340.000
Christian Gentner Sub150 0.000.000
Marius Bülter Sub10 0.000.000
Sebastian Griesbeck Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Union Berlin win 47% Avg odds 2.03
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.24
FC Cologne win 23% Avg odds 4.07

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

Form going into the game

Union Berlin LDWDD
FC Cologne WLLLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: FC Cologne 1-2 Union Berlin, 22 Nov 20 Next meeting: FC Cologne 2-2 Union Berlin, 07 Nov 21  All Union Berlin 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.