Wolfsburg vs FC Cologne

3 April 2021 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Robert Hartmann

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Josip Brekalo 69’

Match summary

Wolfsburg won 1-0 at home to FC Cologne. It was goalless at half-time.

Josip Brekalo put Wolfsburg ahead in the 69th minute, set up by Wout Weghorst.

FC Cologne can feel hard done by, creating 1.21 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Wolfsburg's 0.73 from 12.

Match stats

Wolfsburg FC Cologne
13 Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 1
5 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.73 xG 1.21
0.73 Non-penalty xG 1.21
13 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Wolfsburg FC Cologne
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Josip Brekalo
Assist: Wout Weghorst1-0 (Wolfsburg)
69’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Wolfsburg
  • Kevin Mbabu
  • Yannick Gerhardt
FC Cologne
  • Florian Kainz

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.73 1.21 69’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), 1-0 69’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.73 1.21 69’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), 1-0 Brekalo 69’
Wolfsburg 0.73 xGFC Cologne 1.21 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 FC Cologne attacking Wolfsburg attacking 
90+5’ Ellyes Skhiri (FC Cologne), open play, 0.51 xG, off target 14’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), open play, 0.37 xG, hit the woodwork 17’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 18’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 49’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 62’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 69’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 8’ Rafael Czichos (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 33’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 43’ Dominick Drexler (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 76’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 6’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 74’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+2’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 57’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 34’ Ellyes Skhiri (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 45’ Dominick Drexler (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 16’ Jérôme Roussillon (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 34’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 90+5’ Ellyes Skhiri (FC Cologne), open play, 0.51 xG, off target 14’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), open play, 0.37 xG, hit the woodwork 49’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 17’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 18’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 62’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 69’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 8’ Rafael Czichos (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 33’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 43’ Dominick Drexler (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 76’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 6’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 74’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+2’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 57’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 34’ Ellyes Skhiri (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 45’ Dominick Drexler (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 16’ Jérôme Roussillon (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 34’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Ondrej Duda (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Koen Casteels GK900 0.000.000
Kevin Mbabu DEF900 0.000.204
Maxence Lacroix DEF900 0.000.000
John Brooks DEF900 0.000.041
Jérôme Roussillon DEF621 0.020.000
Xaver Schlager MID901 0.070.000
Maximilian Arnold MID900 0.000.152
Bote Baku MID900 0.000.000
Yannick Gerhardt MID903 0.190.021
Josip Brekalo MID7312 0.160.051
Wout Weghorst FWD9015 0.280.182
Maximilian Philipp Sub280 0.000.081
Joao Victor Sub170 0.000.000
Josuha Guilavogui Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolfsburg win 58% Avg odds 1.64
Draw 24% Avg odds 3.93
FC Cologne win 18% Avg odds 5.47

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

Form going into the game

Wolfsburg WWLWW
FC Cologne LLDLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: FC Cologne 2-2 Wolfsburg, 05 Dec 20 Next meeting: Wolfsburg 2-3 FC Cologne, 14 Dec 21  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.