DARMSTADT. FC Köln conquers Darmstadt 98 1-0 after D. Selke scored just 1 goal (60′).

The match was played at the Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor stadium in Darmstadt on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Patrick Ittrich who had the assistance of Sascha Thielert and Thomas Gorniak. The 4th official was Martin Petersen. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 1.61 degrees Celsius or 34.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

FC Köln was in firm control of the ball 55% while Darmstadt 98 was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Köln was more pushing with 41 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Köln won the match.​

Darmstadt 98 shot 11 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, FC Köln shot 12 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Darmstadt 98 received 2 yellow cards (Aaron Seydel and Torsten Lieberknecht). On the opposite side, FC Köln received 3 yellow cards (Davie Selke, Timo Hübers and Florian Kainz).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Darmstadt 98 will stay with 9 points like FC Köln to sit in the 16th place. Regarding the opposition, FC Köln will have 9 points like Darmstadt 98 to sit in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Darmstadt 98 will play away against Borussia Dortmund on the 18th of May with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Borussia Dortmund (1 draw).

FC Köln will play away agasint Heidenheim on the 18th of May with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of FC Köln (1 draw).

Darmstadt 98 – Formation

Darmstadt 98 started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Torsten Lieberknecht decided to play with the following team: Matthias Bader, Marcel Schuhen (7.5), Jannik Müller (6.7), Christoph Klarer (7.0), Matej Maglica (7.0), Fabian Holland (7.0), Tim Skarke (7.0), Klaus Gjasula (7.5), Fabian Nürnberger (6.6), Marvin Mehlem (7.0), Mathias Honsak (6.6) and Aaron Seydel (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Alexander Brunst, Thomas Isherwood, Fabian Schnellhardt, Filip Stojilković (6.7), Tobias Kempe (6.7), Emir Karić (7.0), Luca Pfeiffer (6.8), Bartol Franjić and Oscar Vilhelmsson (6.8).

Darmstadt 98 could not rely on the presence of Tobias Kempe (injured).

Substitutions

Darmstadt 98 made 5 changes: Aaron Seydel for Luca Pfeiffer (65′), Tim Skarke for Oscar Vilhelmsson (65′), Marvin Mehlem for Tobias Kempe (24′), Fabian Nürnberger for Filip Stojilković (82′) and Jannik Müller for Emir Karić (82′).

Player of the match: Marcel Schuhen​

The player that probably impressed the most for Darmstadt 98 was the goalkeeper: Marcel Schuhen. His rating is 7.45. He performed 5 saves.

FC Köln – Formation

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

Steffen Baumgart played with: Rasmus Carstensen, Marvin Schwäbe (7.5), Luca Kilian (7.1), Timo Hübers (7.3), Julian Chabot (7.7), Dominique Heintz (7.1), Dejan Ljubičić (7.0), Eric Martel (7.1), Jan Thielmann (7.3), Florian Kainz (6.7), Linton Maina (7.0) and Davie Selke (7.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Denis Huseinbašić, Mark Uth, Leart Paqarada, Luca Waldschmidt (7.7), Steffen Tigges (6.4), Florian Dietz, Max Finkgräfe (6.4), Matthias Köbbing and Mathias Olesen (6.8).

Substitutions

FC Köln made 5 changes: Florian Kainz for Luca Waldschmidt (46′), Luca Kilian for Max Finkgräfe (46′), Linton Maina for Mathias Olesen (85′), Dejan Ljubičić for Mark Uth (90′) and Davie Selke for Steffen Tigges (73′).

Player of the match: Julian Chabot​

The player that probably impressed the most for FC Köln was Julian Chabot even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 62 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Darmstadt 98 – FC Köln – 0-1