German Bundesliga

FT Sunday, November 22, 2020
1. FC Union Berlin WDDWW 2
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FC Cologne LDDLD 1
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FCU112
KOE101
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Match Report

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Impressive Union beat Cologne 2-1 to climb to fifth place

Union Berlin's Max Kruse scored a second-half winner as they snatched a 2-1 victory at Cologne on Sunday to stretch their club-record unbeaten run.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
1
50.7
Possession
49.3
9
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
381
Accurate Passes
360
475
Passes
463
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
6
22
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.4
60
Long Balls
51
28
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
7
10
Tackles
10
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
15
Interceptions
13
17
Effective Clearances
18
17
Clearances
18

Head to Head

FCU leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

KOE · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Timo HornG
  2. 5Rafael CzichosCD-L
  3. 22Jorge MeréCD-R
  4. 28Ellyes SkhiriDM
  5. 3Noah KatterbachLB
  6. 31Marius WolfRB
  7. 21Salih ÖzcanCM-L
  8. 18Ondrej DudaCM-R
  9. 8Ismail JakobsLM
  10. 24Dominick DrexlerRM
  11. 9Sebastian AnderssonF

FCU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Andreas LutheG
  2. 31Robin KnocheCD-L
  3. 5Marvin FriedrichCD-R
  4. 25Christopher LenzLB
  5. 28Christopher TrimmelRB
  6. 10Max KruseAM
  7. 33Sebastian GriesbeckLM
  8. 30Robert AndrichRM
  9. 14Taiwo AwoniyiF
  10. 32Marcus IngvartsenAM-L
  11. 27Sheraldo BeckerAM-R

Timeline

  1. 27' Goal! 1. FC Köln 0, 1. FC Union Berlin 1. Taiwo Awoniyi (1. FC Union Berlin) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 30' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Grischa Prömel replaces Sebastian Griesbeck because of an injury.
  3. 31' Ondrej Duda (1. FC Köln) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 35' Marcus Ingvartsen (1. FC Union Berlin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 36' Goal! 1. FC Köln 1, 1. FC Union Berlin 1. Ellyes Skhiri (1. FC Köln) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ondrej Duda with a cross following a set piece situation.
  6. 65' Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Dimitris Limnios replaces Dominick Drexler.
  7. 65' Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Elvis Rexhbecaj replaces Ondrej Duda.
  8. 72' Penalty saved! Max Kruse (1. FC Union Berlin) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  9. 72' Goal! 1. FC Köln 1, 1. FC Union Berlin 2. Max Kruse (1. FC Union Berlin) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  10. 73' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Cedric Teuchert replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.
  11. 73' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Akaki Gogia replaces Marcus Ingvartsen.
  12. 79' Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Kingsley Ehizibue replaces Marius Wolf.
  13. 79' Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Jan Thielmann replaces Noah Katterbach.
  14. 83' Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Tolu Arokodare replaces Salih Özcan.
  15. 84' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Julian Ryerson replaces Robert Andrich.
  16. 85' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Niko Gießelmann replaces Sheraldo Becker.
  17. 90'+3' Niko Gießelmann (1. FC Union Berlin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Bundesliga News

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