German Bundesliga

Hoffenheim vs Cologne 2021-22 German Bundesliga

  • 31': Ihlas Bebou
  • 49': Ihlas Bebou
  • 51': Christoph Baumgartner
  • 74': Dennis Geiger
  • 87': Stefan Posch
FT
5 - 0

Bebou shines as Hoffenheim destroy Cologne

Ihlas Bebou scored a double to inspire Hoffenheim to a 5-0 home demolition of Cologne to lift them up to eighth in the Bundesliga standings.

Match Commentary

  • 31': Goal! TSG Hoffenheim 1, 1. FC Köln 0. Ihlas Bebou (TSG Hoffenheim) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrej Kramaric with a through ball.
  • 33': Pavel Kaderábek (TSG Hoffenheim) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 36': Substitution, TSG Hoffenheim. Chris Richards replaces Pavel Kaderábek because of an injury.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, TSG Hoffenheim 1, 1. FC Köln 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins TSG Hoffenheim 1, 1. FC Köln 0.
  • 49': Goal! TSG Hoffenheim 2, 1. FC Köln 0. Ihlas Bebou (TSG Hoffenheim) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  • 51': Goal! TSG Hoffenheim 3, 1. FC Köln 0. Christoph Baumgartner (TSG Hoffenheim) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Raum following a fast break.
  • 56': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Luca Kilian replaces Jorge Meré.
  • 56': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Louis Schaub replaces Florian Kainz.
  • 56': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Ondrej Duda replaces Sebastian Andersson.
  • 73': Substitution, TSG Hoffenheim. Georginio Rutter replaces Ihlas Bebou.
  • 73': Substitution, TSG Hoffenheim. Sebastian Rudy replaces Christoph Baumgartner.
  • 74': Goal! TSG Hoffenheim 4, 1. FC Köln 0. Dennis Geiger (TSG Hoffenheim) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  • 75': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Noah Katterbach replaces Kingsley Ehizibue.
  • 79': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Tim Lemperle replaces Jan Thielmann.
  • 80': Rafael Czichos (1. FC Köln) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 81': Substitution, TSG Hoffenheim. Jacob Bruun Larsen replaces Dennis Geiger.
  • 81': Substitution, TSG Hoffenheim. Robert Skov replaces David Raum.
  • 87': Goal! TSG Hoffenheim 5, 1. FC Köln 0. Stefan Posch (TSG Hoffenheim) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Andrej Kramaric with a cross following a corner.

Game Information

Competition: German Bundesliga

Venue: PreZero Arena
Location: Sinsheim, Germany
Attendance: 14,309

German Bundesliga Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
0 VfL Wolfsburg 0 0 0
0 RB Leipzig 0 0 0
0 TSG Hoffenheim 0 0 0
0 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 0 0 0
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Statistics

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8 Fouls 13
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 2
3 Corner Kicks 3
3 Saves 0
48.7 Possession 51.3
10 SHOTS 14
0 ON GOAL 8
0.0 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
310 Accurate Passes 336
406 Passes 430
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
5 Accurate Crosses 3
16 Crosses 12
0.3 Cross % 0.3
62 Long Balls 65
32 Accurate Long Balls 30
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
1 Blocked Shots 3
7 Effective Tackles 13
12 Tackles 16
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
16 Interceptions 7
13 Effective Clearances 14
13 Clearances 14

Line-Ups

TSG TSG Hoffenheim (3-4-1-2)

No. Name
1 Oliver Baumann (GK)
11 Florian Grillitsch
25 Kevin Akpoguma
38 Stefan Posch
8 Dennis Geiger
18 Diadie Samassekou
14 Christoph Baumgartner
17 David Raum
3 Pavel Kaderábek Yellow Card
27 Andrej Kramaric
9 Ihlas Bebou

KOE FC Cologne (4-1-3-2)

No. Name
1 Timo Horn (GK)
5 Rafael Czichos Yellow Card
22 Jorge Meré
6 Salih Özcan
19 Kingsley Ehizibue
2 Benno Schmitz
13 Mark Uth
11 Florian Kainz
29 Jan Thielmann
9 Sebastian Andersson
27 Anthony Modeste

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