Wolfsburg vs FC Cologne

27 January 2024 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Sören Storks

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Kevin Paredes 40’
  • Faride Alidou 38’

Match summary

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

Faride Alidou put FC Cologne ahead with a header in the 38th minute and Kevin Paredes equalised in the 40th minute, set up by Joakim Maehle.

Wolfsburg had the better of the chances, with 2.17 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to FC Cologne's 0.37 from 6.

Match stats

Wolfsburg FC Cologne
12 Shots 6
5 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 3
5 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.14 xG 0.37
2.14 Non-penalty xG 0.37
8 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Wolfsburg FC Cologne
Kick-off
38’
Faride Alidou0-1 (FC Cologne)
Kevin Paredes
Assist: Joakim Maehle1-1 (Wolfsburg)
40’
Half-time1-1
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Wolfsburg
  • Joakim Maehle
  • Maxence Lacroix
  • Mattias Svanberg
  • Kevin Paredes
  • Dzenan Pejcinovic
FC Cologne
  • Benno Schmitz
  • Denis Huseinbasic
  • 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 2.17 0.37 38’ Faride Alidou (FC Cologne), 0-1 38’ 40’ Kevin Paredes (Wolfsburg), 1-1 40’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.17 0.37 38’ Faride Alidou (FC Cologne), 0-1 Alidou 38’ 40’ Kevin Paredes (Wolfsburg), 1-1 Paredes 40’
Wolfsburg 2.17 xGFC Cologne 0.37 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 FC Cologne attacking Wolfsburg attacking 
40’ Kevin Paredes (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.61 xG, goal 89’ Kevin Paredes (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.54 xG, saved 78’ Moritz Jenz (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.27 xG, off target 66’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 2’ Mattias Svanberg (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 11’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 90’ Tiago Tomás (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.10 xG, saved 7’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90’ Tiago Tomás (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 48’ Mattias Svanberg (Wolfsburg), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 48’ Moritz Jenz (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 88’ Tiago Tomás (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 29’ Mattias Svanberg (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 82’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 66’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 38’ Faride Alidou (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.05 xG, goal 90’ Moritz Jenz (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 58’ Max Finkgrafe (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 60’ Benno Schmitz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 88’ Tiago Tomás (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 40’ Kevin Paredes (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.61 xG, goal 89’ Kevin Paredes (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.54 xG, saved 78’ Moritz Jenz (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.27 xG, off target 66’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 2’ Mattias Svanberg (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 90’ Tiago Tomás (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.10 xG, saved 11’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 7’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90’ Tiago Tomás (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 48’ Moritz Jenz (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 48’ Mattias Svanberg (Wolfsburg), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 88’ Tiago Tomás (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 29’ Mattias Svanberg (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 82’ Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 66’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 38’ Faride Alidou (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.05 xG, goal 90’ Moritz Jenz (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 60’ Benno Schmitz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 58’ Max Finkgrafe (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 88’ Tiago Tomás (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Koen Casteels GK900 0.000.000
Joakim Maehle DEF9010 0.000.611
Maxence Lacroix DEF900 0.000.000
Moritz Jenz DEF903 0.370.000
Rogerio DEF900 0.000.061
Aster Vranckx MID900 0.000.000
Mattias Svanberg MID903 0.240.384
Václav Cerny MID860 0.000.121
Lovro Majer MID860 0.000.000
Kevin Paredes MID9012 1.150.000
Jonas Wind FWD902 0.150.061
Bote Baku Sub40 0.000.000
Tiago Tomás Sub44 0.250.541
Kilian Fischer Sub10 0.000.000
Dzenan Pejcinovic Sub10 0.000.081

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolfsburg win 56% Avg odds 1.72
Draw 24% Avg odds 3.95
FC Cologne win 20% Avg odds 4.83

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

Form going into the game

Wolfsburg LWLDD
FC Cologne DLLDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: FC Cologne 1-2 Wolfsburg, 26 Aug 23 Next meeting: Wolfsburg 3-3 FC Cologne, 13 Sep 25  All Wolfsburg 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.