FC Cologne vs RB Leipzig, 2021-22 German Bundesliga
· German BundesligaStruggling Leipzig rescue draw at Cologne with second-half equaliser
Amadou Haidara's second-half goal rescued a 1-1 draw for RB Leipzig at Cologne, helping the side avoid their third straight league defeat.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Corner, 1. FC Köln. Conceded by Mohamed Simakan.
- 2': Foul by Mark Uth (1. FC Köln).
- 2': Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Attempt missed. Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Christopher Nkunku.
- 5': Offside, RB Leipzig. André Silva tries a through ball, but Dominik Szoboszlai is caught offside.
- 8': Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box.
- 9': Offside, 1. FC Köln. Ellyes Skhiri tries a through ball, but Mark Uth is caught offside.
- 9': André Silva (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 9': Foul by Benno Schmitz (1. FC Köln).
- 11': Ondrej Duda (1. FC Köln) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Benno Schmitz.
- 13': Dejan Ljubicic (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 13': Foul by Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig).
- 13': Attempt blocked. Mark Uth (1. FC Köln) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 14': Attempt saved. Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin Kampl.
- 14': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Timo Horn.
- 16': Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 16': Foul by Rafael Czichos (1. FC Köln).
- 16': Rafael Czichos (1. FC Köln) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 17': Attempt saved. Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 18': Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Foul by Ondrej Duda (1. FC Köln).
- 20': Attempt blocked. Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christopher Nkunku with a cross.
- 20': Foul by Mark Uth (1. FC Köln).
- 20': Mohamed Simakan (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Foul by Rafael Czichos (1. FC Köln).
- 25': Attempt blocked. Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Kampl.
- 25': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Rafael Czichos.
- 30': Attempt saved. Anthony Modeste (1. FC Köln) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mark Uth with a through ball.
- 31': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Jorge Meré replaces Rafael Czichos.
- 32': Corner, 1. FC Köln. Conceded by Kevin Kampl.
- 36': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Jorge Meré.
- 37': Offside, 1. FC Köln. Ondrej Duda tries a through ball, but Anthony Modeste is caught offside.
- 39': Foul by Jan Thielmann (1. FC Köln).
- 39': Mohamed Simakan (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Foul by Anthony Modeste (1. FC Köln).
- 43': Willi Orban (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Attempt saved. Jonas Hector (1. FC Köln) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ondrej Duda.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Benno Schmitz (1. FC Köln) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, 1. FC Köln 0, RB Leipzig 0.
- 45': Second Half begins 1. FC Köln 0, RB Leipzig 0.
- 47': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Luca Kilian.
- 48': Attempt missed. Mohamed Simakan (RB Leipzig) header from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 48': Attempt missed. Lukas Klostermann (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Amadou Haidara following a corner.
- 48': Attempt saved. Ondrej Duda (1. FC Köln) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mark Uth.
- 48': Corner, 1. FC Köln. Conceded by Péter Gulácsi.
- 49': Attempt missed. Anthony Modeste (1. FC Köln) header from very close range is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mark Uth with a cross following a corner.
- 50': Offside, 1. FC Köln. Ondrej Duda tries a through ball, but Anthony Modeste is caught offside.
- 51': Benno Schmitz (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Foul by Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig).
- 52': Attempt missed. Mark Uth (1. FC Köln) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jan Thielmann.
- 53': Goal! 1. FC Köln 1, RB Leipzig 0. Anthony Modeste (1. FC Köln) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
- 55': VAR Decision: Goal 1. FC Köln 1-0 RB Leipzig (Mark Uth).
- 57': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Emil Forsberg replaces Dani Olmo.
- 57': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Yussuf Poulsen replaces André Silva.
- 58': Foul by Anthony Modeste (1. FC Köln).
- 58': Lukas Klostermann (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Corner, 1. FC Köln. Conceded by Lukas Klostermann.
- 64': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Mark Uth.
- 64': Attempt missed. Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross following a corner.
- 64': Attempt saved. Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josko Gvardiol.
- 65': Attempt saved. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Amadou Haidara.
- 65': Attempt missed. Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Emil Forsberg.
- 66': Offside, RB Leipzig. Christopher Nkunku tries a through ball, but Emil Forsberg is caught offside.
- 67': VAR Decision: No Goal 1. FC Köln 1-0 RB Leipzig.
- 67': Foul by Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig).
- 67': Jonas Hector (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Kingsley Ehizibue replaces Mark Uth.
- 68': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Sebastian Andersson replaces Anthony Modeste.
- 69': Foul by Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig).
- 69': Jonas Hector (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Attempt saved. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Emil Forsberg.
- 71': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Timo Horn.
- 71': Goal! 1. FC Köln 1, RB Leipzig 1. Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross following a corner.
- 72': Attempt blocked. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Josko Gvardiol.
- 72': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Jorge Meré.
- 73': Foul by Benno Schmitz (1. FC Köln).
- 73': Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Foul by Lukas Klostermann (RB Leipzig).
- 76': Kingsley Ehizibue (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Lukas Klostermann (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 76': Jorge Meré (1. FC Köln) is shown the yellow card.
- 77': Foul by Ondrej Duda (1. FC Köln).
- 77': Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 78': Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 78': Foul by Benno Schmitz (1. FC Köln).
- 79': Benno Schmitz (1. FC Köln) is shown the yellow card.
- 79': Attempt saved. Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Amadou Haidara.
- 80': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Kingsley Ehizibue.
- 81': Attempt saved. Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Simakan with a headed pass.
- 81': Attempt missed. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 82': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Salih Özcan replaces Benno Schmitz.
- 82': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Kingsley Schindler replaces Jan Thielmann.
- 83': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Ellyes Skhiri.
- 85': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Tyler Adams replaces Amadou Haidara.
- 87': Attempt missed. Dejan Ljubicic (1. FC Köln) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ellyes Skhiri with a headed pass.
- 88': Attempt blocked. Salih Özcan (1. FC Köln) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 90': Attempt blocked. Salih Özcan (1. FC Köln) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dejan Ljubicic.
- 90'+1': Attempt saved. Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yussuf Poulsen with a through ball.
- 90'+1': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Timo Horn.
- 90'+1': Foul by Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig).
- 90'+1': Salih Özcan (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Konrad Laimer replaces Dominik Szoboszlai.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Sebastian Andersson (1. FC Köln) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Salih Özcan.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Ondrej Duda (1. FC Köln) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a fast break.
- 90'+4': Offside, RB Leipzig. Mohamed Simakan tries a through ball, but Emil Forsberg is caught offside.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, 1. FC Köln 1, RB Leipzig 1.
- 0': Match ends, 1. FC Köln 1, RB Leipzig 1.
Statistics
 RBL |
KOE |
|
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Fouls | 12 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 3 |
| 10 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 4 | Saves | 8 |
| 52.8 | Possession | 47.2 |
| 19 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 9 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 307 | Accurate Passes | 270 |
| 405 | Passes | 361 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 6 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 22 | Crosses | 17 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 59 | Long Balls | 64 |
| 33 | Accurate Long Balls | 32 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 12 |
| 17 | Tackles | 22 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 7 | Interceptions | 14 |
| 20 | Effective Clearances | 20 |
| 20 | Clearances | 20 |
Game Information
Competition: German Bundesliga
Venue: RheinEnergieStadion
Location: Cologne, Germany
Attendance: 25,000
Venue: RheinEnergieStadion
Location: Cologne, Germany
Attendance: 25,000
Bundesliga Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 26 | +68 | 67 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 26 | +29 | 58 |
| 3 | TSG Hoffenheim | 26 | +20 | 50 |
| 4 | VfB Stuttgart | 26 | +17 | 50 |
Line-Ups
FC Cologne (4-1-3-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Timo Horn (GK) |
| 5 | Rafael Czichos  |
| 15 | Luca Kilian |
| 28 | Ellyes Skhiri |
| 14 | Jonas Hector |
| 2 | Benno Schmitz |
| 18 | Ondrej Duda |
| 29 | Jan Thielmann |
| 7 | Dejan Ljubicic |
| 27 | Anthony Modeste |
| 13 | Mark Uth |
RB Leipzig (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Péter Gulácsi (GK) |
| 2 | Mohamed Simakan |
| 4 | Willi Orbán |
| 32 | Josko Gvardiol |
| 16 | Lukas Klostermann |
| 25 | Dani Olmo |
| 44 | Kevin Kampl |
| 8 | Amadou Haidara |
| 33 | André Silva |
| 17 | Dominik Szoboszlai |
| 18 | Christopher Nkunku |
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