Bundesliga: RB Leipzig tops FC Köln 3-1

LEIPZIG. RB Leipzig prevails over FC Köln 3-1.

LEIPZIG. RB Leipzig conquers FC Köln 3-1. RB Leipzig was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with C. Nkunku (26′), D. Olmo (54′) and Angelino (57′). FC Köln reduced the distance with a goal (90′ + 1′) by T. Lemperle, but there was not much to do for them.

The match was played at the Red Bull Arena stadium in Leipzig on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Florian Badstübner with the assistance of Markus Schüller and Eduard Beitinger. The 4th official was Florian Lechner. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 2.8 degrees Celsius or 37.11 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 84%.​

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  RB Leipzig

  3

  

  FC Köln

  1

  

  11 Feb 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

The ball possession was identical with both team possessing the ball for 50% of the time.

There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. RB Leipzig was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. FC Köln that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

RB Leipzig was more aggressive with 37 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 4 were on target. Which is one of the reasons RB Leipzig won the match.

RB Leipzig shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, FC Köln shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

RB Leipzig received 1 yellow card (J. Gvardiol). On the other side, FC Köln received 2 yellow cards (J. Thielmann and T. Hubers).

After this match, RB Leipzig will have 31 points like TSG Hoffenheim and Eintracht Frankfurt to stay in the 7th place. On the opposite side, FC Köln will stay with 32 points to stay in the 6th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming Bundesliga match, RB Leipzig will play away against Hertha BSC on the 20th of February with a 9-1 head to head in favor of RB Leipzig (1 draw).

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  Hertha BSC

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  RB Leipzig

  6

  20 Feb 2022 Full time

FC Köln will host Eintracht Frankfurt on the 19th of February with a 7-7 head to head stats.

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  FC Köln

  1

  

  Eintracht Frankfurt

  0

  19 Feb 2022 Full time

RB Leipzig: Formation and Lineups

RB Leipzig started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Domenico Tedesco chose to play with the following team: Péter Gulácsi (6.8), Lukas Klostermann (7.2), Willi Orbán (6.7), Joško Gvardiol (7.4), Benjamin Henrichs (6.5), Konrad Laimer (7.2), Amadou Haidara (7.2), Angeliño (7.4), Dani Olmo (7.5), André Silva (6.5) and Christopher Nkunku (7.0).

Substitutes

RB Leipzig made 5 changes: A. Silva for Y. Poulsen (64′), D. Olmo for E. Forsberg (64′), K. Laimer for D. Szoboszlai (70′), L. Klostermann for M. Simakan (70′) and Angelino for N. Mukiele (78′).

Top player: Dani Olmo

The player who no doubt impressed RB Leipzig the most was Dani Olmo.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 19 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 12.

FC Köln: Formation and Lineups

FC Köln started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Steffen Baumgart played with: Marvin Schwäbe (6.0), Benno Schmitz (7.4), Luca Kilian (6.4), Timo Hübers (6.7), Jonas Hector (6.3), Ellyes Skhiri (7.4), Salih Özcan (6.3), Jan Thielmann (6.0), Ondrej Duda (5.9), Florian Kainz (6.1) and Sebastian Andersson (5.9).

Substitutes

FC Köln made 5 changes: O. Duda for M. Uth (62′), F. Kainz for D. Ljubicic (62′), J. Thielmann for K. Schindler (63′), E. Skhiri for T. Ostrak (85′) and S. Andersson for T. Lemperle (85′).

Top player: Benno Schmitz

The player who no doubt impressed FC Köln the most was Benno Schmitz.

His rating is (7.4) with 45 passes (60% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 4. He performed 2 crosses.