Werder Bremen vs FC Cologne

20 May 2023 · Bundesliga · 2022/23 · Referee Robert Hartmann

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Romano Schmid 73’
  • Steffen Tigges 36’

Match summary

Werder Bremen and FC Cologne shared the points in a 1-1 draw. FC Cologne led 1-0 at half-time.

Steffen Tigges put FC Cologne ahead with a header in the 36th minute, set up by Florian Kainz and Romano Schmid equalised in the 73rd minute, set up by Marvin Ducksch.

There was little between the sides on chances: Werder Bremen created 2.01 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots, FC Cologne 1.90 from 13.

Match stats

Werder Bremen FC Cologne
13 Shots 13
6 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 9
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.97 xG 1.86
1.97 Non-penalty xG 1.86
8 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Werder Bremen FC Cologne
Kick-off
36’
Steffen Tigges
Assist: Florian Kainz
0-1 (FC Cologne)
Half-time0-1
Romano Schmid
Assist: Marvin Ducksch
1-1 (Werder Bremen)
73’
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Werder Bremen
  • Mitchell Weiser
  • Jens Stage
  • Leonardo Bittencourt
  • Lee Buchanan
FC Cologne
  • Jonas Hector
  • Dejan Ljubicic

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.01 1.90 36’ Steffen Tigges (FC Cologne), 0-1 36’ 73’ Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen), 1-1 73’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.01 1.90 36’ Steffen Tigges (FC Cologne), 0-1 Tigges 36’ 73’ Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen), 1-1 Schmid 73’
Werder Bremen 2.01 xGFC Cologne 1.90 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 FC Cologne attacking Werder Bremen attacking 
73’ Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 84’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.59 xG, off target 36’ Steffen Tigges (FC Cologne), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 70’ Jens Stage (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 73’ Niclas Füllkrug (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 46’ Timo Hübers (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.28 xG, off target 44’ Ilia Gruev (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 8’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 9’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 84’ Julian Chabot (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 13’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 13’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 65’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 73’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 87’ Julian Chabot (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 57’ Benno Schmitz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 63’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 61’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 75’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90’ Marco Friedl (Werder Bremen), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 55’ Niklas Schmidt (Werder Bremen), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 9’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 50’ Niklas Schmidt (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 65’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+1’ Niklas Schmidt (Werder Bremen), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 80’ Dimitris Limnios (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 14’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 73’ Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 84’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.59 xG, off target 36’ Steffen Tigges (FC Cologne), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 70’ Jens Stage (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 73’ Niclas Füllkrug (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 46’ Timo Hübers (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.28 xG, off target 44’ Ilia Gruev (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 8’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 9’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 84’ Julian Chabot (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 13’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 13’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 65’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 87’ Julian Chabot (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 73’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 57’ Benno Schmitz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 63’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 61’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 75’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90’ Marco Friedl (Werder Bremen), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 55’ Niklas Schmidt (Werder Bremen), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Niklas Schmidt (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 9’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 65’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+1’ Niklas Schmidt (Werder Bremen), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 80’ Dimitris Limnios (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 14’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jiri Pavlenka GK900 0.000.000
Marco Friedl DEF901 0.030.000
Niklas Stark DEF900 0.000.000
Milos Veljkovic DEF900 0.000.121
Ilia Gruev MID481 0.120.000
Mitchell Weiser MID500 0.000.071
Jens Stage MID901 0.450.000
Leonardo Bittencourt MID480 0.000.000
Anthony Jung MID630 0.000.091
Niclas Füllkrug FWD901 0.320.482
Marvin Ducksch FWD9016 0.330.732
Romano Schmid Sub4211 0.700.000
Christian Groß Sub420 0.000.000
Niklas Schmidt Sub403 0.060.000
Lee Buchanan Sub270 0.000.382
Maximilian Philipp Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Werder Bremen win 38% Avg odds 2.49
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.73
FC Cologne win 36% Avg odds 2.69

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.