FC Cologne vs RB Leipzig, 2020-21 German Bundesliga
· German BundesligaRB Leipzig title hopes in tatters after shock defeat in Cologne
RB Leipzig suffered a shock 2-1 loss at lowly Cologne on Tuesday to all but bury their hopes of the Bundesliga title with four matches left.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt missed. Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Christopher Nkunku.
- 2': Attempt blocked. Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Amadou Haidara with a headed pass.
- 2': Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 2': Foul by Kingsley Ehizibue (1. FC Köln).
- 3': Attempt missed. Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alexander Sørloth.
- 4': Attempt blocked. Marcel Halstenberg (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 7': Attempt saved. Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lukas Klostermann.
- 9': Foul by Elvis Rexhbecaj (1. FC Köln).
- 9': Tyler Adams (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 10': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Kingsley Ehizibue.
- 13': Foul by Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig).
- 13': Ondrej Duda (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Foul by Kevin Kampl (RB Leipzig).
- 17': Ondrej Duda (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Attempt blocked. Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nordi Mukiele with a headed pass.
- 21': Attempt blocked. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexander Sørloth.
- 21': Foul by Alexander Sørloth (RB Leipzig).
- 21': Sebastiaan Bornauw (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 22': Foul by Kingsley Ehizibue (1. FC Köln).
- 23': Kingsley Ehizibue (1. FC Köln) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 23': Attempt missed. Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marcel Halstenberg with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 24': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Dominick Drexler.
- 25': Attempt saved. Jonas Hector (1. FC Köln) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Elvis Rexhbecaj.
- 26': Attempt missed. Alexander Sørloth (RB Leipzig) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marcel Halstenberg with a cross.
- 29': Alexander Sørloth (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 29': Foul by Ellyes Skhiri (1. FC Köln).
- 30': Attempt missed. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
- 32': Foul by Elvis Rexhbecaj (1. FC Köln).
- 32': Tyler Adams (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 35': Attempt missed. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Emil Forsberg.
- 36': Attempt blocked. Kevin Kampl (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcel Halstenberg.
- 36': Attempt missed. Nordi Mukiele (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Amadou Haidara.
- 37': Foul by Tyler Adams (RB Leipzig).
- 37': Jonas Hector (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Attempt missed. Ondrej Duda (1. FC Köln) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ellyes Skhiri with a cross.
- 40': Foul by Nordi Mukiele (RB Leipzig).
- 40': Jannes Horn (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 41': Attempt saved. Alexander Sørloth (RB Leipzig) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcel Halstenberg with a cross.
- 41': Foul by Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig).
- 41': Kingsley Ehizibue (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Foul by Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig).
- 44': Jonas Hector (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45': Attempt missed. Kingsley Ehizibue (1. FC Köln) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, 1. FC Köln 0, RB Leipzig 0.
- 45': Second Half begins 1. FC Köln 0, RB Leipzig 0.
- 46': Goal! 1. FC Köln 1, RB Leipzig 0. Jonas Hector (1. FC Köln) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jannes Horn with a cross.
- 49': Attempt blocked. Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Amadou Haidara.
- 50': Foul by Kevin Kampl (RB Leipzig).
- 50': Ondrej Duda (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Jannes Horn.
- 54': Attempt missed. Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Emil Forsberg with a cross following a corner.
- 55': Dominick Drexler (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 55': Foul by Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig).
- 55': Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 59': Goal! 1. FC Köln 1, RB Leipzig 1. Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Marcel Halstenberg.
- 60': Goal! 1. FC Köln 2, RB Leipzig 1. Jonas Hector (1. FC Köln) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ondrej Duda.
- 61': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Angeliño replaces Tyler Adams.
- 61': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Dani Olmo replaces Emil Forsberg.
- 66': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Justin Kluivert replaces Marcel Halstenberg.
- 66': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Florian Kainz replaces Marius Wolf.
- 68': Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 68': Foul by Ellyes Skhiri (1. FC Köln).
- 71': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Kingsley Ehizibue.
- 72': Angeliño (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 72': Foul by Kingsley Ehizibue (1. FC Köln).
- 73': Attempt saved. Angeliño (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 73': Attempt saved. Lukas Klostermann (RB Leipzig) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexander Sørloth with a headed pass.
- 74': Foul by Nordi Mukiele (RB Leipzig).
- 74': Ondrej Duda (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Benno Schmitz replaces Kingsley Ehizibue.
- 76': Dominick Drexler (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 76': Foul by Angeliño (RB Leipzig).
- 77': Attempt missed. Nordi Mukiele (RB Leipzig) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Angeliño with a cross.
- 77': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Hwang Hee-Chan replaces Nordi Mukiele.
- 79': Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 79': Foul by Dominick Drexler (1. FC Köln).
- 80': Benno Schmitz (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Foul by Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig).
- 81': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Sebastiaan Bornauw.
- 82': Attempt blocked. Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christopher Nkunku with a cross.
- 82': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Sebastiaan Bornauw.
- 82': Attempt missed. Alexander Sørloth (RB Leipzig) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Christopher Nkunku with a cross following a corner.
- 83': Hand ball by Kevin Kampl (RB Leipzig).
- 83': Kevin Kampl (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card.
- 86': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Ondrej Duda.
- 87': Florian Kainz (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Foul by Hwang Hee-Chan (RB Leipzig).
- 88': Elvis Rexhbecaj (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 88': Foul by Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig).
- 89': Dominick Drexler (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 89': Foul by Angeliño (RB Leipzig).
- 90': Attempt missed. Justin Kluivert (RB Leipzig) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Dayot Upamecano with a headed pass.
- 90'+2': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Salih Özcan replaces Jonas Hector.
- 90'+2': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Max Meyer replaces Dominick Drexler.
- 90'+3': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Rafael Czichos.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Angeliño (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 90'+4': Angeliño (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Foul by Salih Özcan (1. FC Köln).
- 90'+4': Justin Kluivert (RB Leipzig) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
- 90'+5': Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+5': Rafael Czichos (1. FC Köln) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, 1. FC Köln 2, RB Leipzig 1.
- 0': Match ends, 1. FC Köln 2, RB Leipzig 1.
Statistics
 RBL |
KOE |
|
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Fouls | 9 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 0 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 0 |
| 1 | Saves | 6 |
| 71.5 | Possession | 28.5 |
| 25 | SHOTS | 5 |
| 6 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 561 | Accurate Passes | 171 |
| 642 | Passes | 255 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 10 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 25 | Crosses | 13 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 34 | Long Balls | 62 |
| 21 | Accurate Long Balls | 26 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 7 | Blocked Shots | 0 |
| 5 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 8 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 5 | Interceptions | 13 |
| 17 | Effective Clearances | 29 |
| 17 | Clearances | 29 |
Game Information
Competition: German Bundesliga
Venue: RheinEnergieStadion
Location: Cologne, Germany
Venue: RheinEnergieStadion
Location: Cologne, Germany
Bundesliga Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Augsburg | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bayern Munich | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Line-Ups
FC Cologne (4-4-1-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Timo Horn (GK) |
| 5 | Rafael Czichos  |
| 33 | Sebastiaan Bornauw |
| 23 | Jannes Horn |
| 19 | Kingsley Ehizibue |
| 20 | Elvis Rexhbecaj |
| 28 | Ellyes Skhiri |
| 24 | Dominick Drexler |
| 31 | Marius Wolf |
| 18 | Ondrej Duda |
| 14 | Jonas Hector |
RB Leipzig (4-2-2-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Péter Gulácsi (GK) |
| 5 | Dayot Upamecano |
| 16 | Lukas Klostermann |
| 23 | Marcel Halstenberg |
| 22 | Nordi Mukiele |
| 44 | Kevin Kampl |
| 14 | Tyler Adams |
| 19 | Alexander Sørloth |
| 10 | Emil Forsberg |
| 18 | Christopher Nkunku |
| 8 | Amadou Haidara |
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