COLOGNE. FC Köln was eventually too much to handle for Eintracht Frankfurt with the goal of Timo Hübers (49′), Ellyes Skhiri (71′) and Ellyes Skhiri (86′). Eintracht Frankfurt lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the RheinEnergieStadion stadium in Cologne on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In front of 50,000 spectators.​ The referee was Daniel Siebert with the support of Jan Seidel and Rafael Foltyn. The 4th official was Martin Thomsen. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.2 degrees Celsius or 48.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Eintracht Frankfurt had a strong ball possession 57% while FC Köln was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Eintracht Frankfurt was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 1 were on target. Notwithstanding, FC Köln was able to find the solution to win this match.​

FC Köln shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Eintracht Frankfurt shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

FC Köln received 3 yellow cards (E. Martel, Timo Hübers and Julian Chabot). On the other side, Eintracht Frankfurt received 2 yellow cards (Aurélio Buta  and Mario Götze).

Standings

After this match, FC Köln will have 26 points like Borussia Mönchengladbach and FSV Mainz 05 to remain in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Eintracht Frankfurt will stay with 35 points to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, FC Köln will play away with FC Union Berlin on the 4th of March with a 8-4 head to head in favor of FC Union Berlin (2 draws).

Eintracht Frankfurt will play away agasint VfL Wolfsburg on the 5th of March with a 15-6 head to head stats in favor of VfL Wolfsburg (13 draws).

FC Köln – Formation

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

The manager Steffen Baumgart decided to play with the following team: Marvin Schwäbe (7.0), Benno Schmitz (6.8), Timo Hübers (7.6), Julian Chabot (7.0), Jonas Hector (6.8), Eric Martel (6.8), Ellyes Skhiri (8.7), Linton Maina (6.9), Denis Huseinbašić (6.3), Florian Kainz (8.0) and Steffen Tigges (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Matthias Köbbing, Timo Horn, Nikola Soldo, Mathias Olesen (6.4), Sargis Adamyan (6.8), Justin Diehl, Tim Lemperle, Kingsley Schindler (6.2) and Jan Thielmann (7.0).

Substitutions

FC Köln made 5 changes: S. Tigges for Sargis Adamyan (67′), D. Huseinbašić for Mathias Olesen (67′), Florian Kainz for Jan Thielmann (80′), Linton Maina for Kingsley Schindler (80′) and E. Martel for Tim Lemperle (88′).

Best player: Ellyes Skhiri​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Köln was Ellyes Skhiri.

His rating is (8.7) with 2 goals, 45 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 8.

Eintracht Frankfurt – Formation

Eintracht Frankfurt started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Oliver Glasner played with: Kevin Trapp (6.0), Tuta (6.3), Makoto Hasebe (6.4), Evan Ndicka (7.1), Aurélio Buta (6.6), Daichi Kamada (6.4), Djibril Sow (6.6), Philipp Max (6.8), Jesper Lindstrøm (6.6), Mario Götze (6.3) and Randal Kolo Muani (6.4).

They had on the bench: Rafael Santos Borré (6.8), Sebastian Rode (6.4), Diant Ramaj, Lucas Alario (6.6), Christopher Lenz, Timothy Chandler, Kristijan Jakić, Hrvoje Smolčić and Ansgar Knauff (6.4).

Substitutions

Eintracht Frankfurt made 4 changes: Jesper Lindström for Rafael Santos Borré (65′), Aurélio Buta  for Ansgar Knauff (65′), Djibril Sow for Sebastian Rode (73′) and Ahmed Nagy for Lucas Alario (80′).

Best player: Evan Ndicka​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Eintracht Frankfurt was Evan Ndicka.

His rating is (7.1) with 78 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.​

• Hertha BSC – Borussia Mönchengladbach – 4-1
• FC Köln – Eintracht Frankfurt – 3-0