Wolfsburg vs Cologne 2022-23 German Bundesliga

VfL Wolfsburg

2': Lukas Nmecha
79': Lukas Nmecha

FT
2 - 4

FC Cologne

22': Dejan Ljubicic
31': Paulo Otávio (OG)
45'+2': Florian Kainz (P)
81': Sargis Adamyan

Introduction

VfL Wolfsburg are hosting FC Cologne at Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Germany, starting on . The match is a part of the German Bundesliga.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
2': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, 1. FC Köln 0. Lukas Nmecha (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bartol Franjic.
22': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, 1. FC Köln 1. Dejan Ljubicic (1. FC Köln) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florian Kainz with a through ball.
31': Own Goal by Paulo Otávio, VfL Wolfsburg. VfL Wolfsburg 1, 1. FC Köln 2.
38': Micky van de Ven (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+2': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, 1. FC Köln 3. Florian Kainz (1. FC Köln) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
45': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Omar Marmoush replaces Sebastiaan Bornauw.
61': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Kevin Paredes replaces Luca Waldschmidt.
63': Ondrej Duda (1. FC Köln) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
65': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Linton Maina replaces Ondrej Duda.
65': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Sargis Adamyan replaces Jan Thielmann.
74': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Felix Nmecha replaces Bartol Franjic.
75': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Jakub Kaminski replaces Paulo Otávio.
75': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Mattias Svanberg replaces Maximilian Arnold.
79': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 2, 1. FC Köln 3. Lukas Nmecha (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mattias Svanberg.
80': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Tim Lemperle replaces Steffen Tigges.
81': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 2, 1. FC Köln 4. Sargis Adamyan (1. FC Köln) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Kainz with a through ball following a fast break.
82': Omar Marmoush (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
88': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Denis Huseinbasic replaces Florian Kainz.
88': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Eric Martel replaces Dejan Ljubicic.

Game Information

Competition: German Bundesliga

Venue: Volkswagen Arena
Location: Wolfsburg, Germany
Attendance: 25,654

German Bundesliga Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+55	Bayer Leverkusen	30	80	0
+50	Bayern Munich	30	66	6
+32	VfB Stuttgart	30	63	7
+35	RB Leipzig	30	59	7

Full Table

Statistics

KOE		WOB
14	Fouls	13
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
4	Offsides	2
4	Corner Kicks	5
1	Saves	2
49.4	Possession	50.6
18	SHOTS	9
5	ON GOAL	3
0.3	On Target %	0.3
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
307	Accurate Passes	299
384	Passes	387
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
5	Accurate Crosses	8
15	Crosses	24
0.3	Cross %	0.3
63	Long Balls	85
25	Accurate Long Balls	49
0.4	Long Balls %	0.6
6	Blocked Shots	2
13	Effective Tackles	11
19	Tackles	18
0.7	Tackle %	0.6
10	Interceptions	11
18	Effective Clearances	12
18	Clearances	12

Line-Ups

VfL Wolfsburg (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Koen Casteels (GK)
29	Josuha Guilavogui
5	Micky van de Ven
3	Sebastiaan Bornauw
27	Maximilian Arnold
38	Bartol Franjic
9	Max Kruse
6	Paulo Otávio
20	Ridle Baku
10	Lukas Nmecha
7	Luca Waldschmidt

Substitutes:

Maxence Lacroix, Pavao Pervan, Omar Marmoush, Mattias Svanberg, Jakub Kaminski, Kilian Fischer, Felix Nmecha, Josip Brekalo, Kevin Paredes.

FC Cologne (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
20	Marvin Schwäbe (GK)
4	Timo Hübers
15	Luca Kilian
14	Jonas Hector
17	Kingsley Schindler
18	Ondrej Duda
28	Ellyes Skhiri
7	Dejan Ljubicic
21	Steffen Tigges
11	Florian Kainz
29	Jan Thielmann