COLOGNE. Werder Bremen conquers FC Köln 1-0 after J. Njinmah scored just 1 goal (70′). FC Köln 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 Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. In front of 50,000 spectators.​ The referee was who had the assistance of Jan Seidel and Rafael Foltyn. The 4th official was Max Burda. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.47 degrees Celsius or 52.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

FC Köln had a strong ball possession 57% while Werder Bremen was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Köln had a more offensive attitude with 56 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Werder Bremen was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

FC Köln shot 13 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Werder Bremen shot 13 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

FC Köln received 5 yellow cards (Jan Thielmann, Denis Huseinbašić, Timo Schultz, Florian Kainz and Timo Hübers). On the other side, Werder Bremen received 3 yellow cards (Julián Malatini, Mitchell Weiser and Romano Schmid).

Standings

After playing this match, FC Köln stays with 16 points to sit in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Werder Bremen will has 29 points to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, FC Köln will play away with VfB Stuttgart on the 24th of February with a 12-8 head to head in favor of VfB Stuttgart (7 draws).

Werder Bremen will host Darmstadt 98 on the 24th of February with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Darmstadt 98 (2 draws).

FC Köln – Formation

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

The manager Timo Schultz decided to play with the following team: Faride Alidou, Marvin Schwäbe (7.0), Benno Schmitz (6.4), Luca Kilian (6.4), Timo Hübers (6.7), Max Finkgräfe (6.4), Eric Martel (6.4), Denis Huseinbašić (6.7), Linton Maina (6.3), Florian Kainz (7.0), Dejan Ljubičić (7.0) and Jan Thielmann (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Dominique Heintz, Leart Paqarada, Rasmus Carstensen, Philipp Pentke, Steffen Tigges (6.7), Jacob Christensen (6.7), Sargis Adamyan (7.0), Florian Dietz (6.8) and Justin Diehl (6.8).

Substitutions

FC Köln made 5 changes: Florian Kainz for Justin Diehl (68′), Linton Maina for Sargis Adamyan (74′), Eric Martel for Jacob Christensen (74′), Benno Schmitz for Florian Dietz (84′) and Dejan Ljubičić for Steffen Tigges (84′).

Player of the match: Jan Thielmann​

The most impressive player for FC Köln was Jan Thielmann.

His rating is 7.7 with 25 passes (72% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 16. He performed 6 crosses.

Werder Bremen – Formation

Werder Bremen started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Ole Werner played with: Michael Zetterer (7.7), Julián Malatini (7.5), Marco Friedl (8.1), Anthony Jung (6.7), Mitchell Weiser (7.3), Romano Schmid (7.0), Senne Lynen (7.3), Jens Stage (7.5), Felix Agu (7.0), Marvin Ducksch (8.1), Nick Woltemade (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Olivier Deman (7.0), Dawid Kownacki, Leonardo Bittencourt (6.7), Rafael Borré (6.6), I. Hansen-Aaröen, Skelly Alvero, Christian Groß, Eduardo Dos Santos Haesler and Justin Njinmah (7.3).

Substitutions

Werder Bremen made 5 changes: Romano Schmid for Leonardo Bittencourt (83′), Marvin Ducksch for Rafael Borré (83′), Mitchell Weiser for Olivier Deman (83′), Nick Woltemade for Justin Njinmah (66′) and Senne Lynen for Skelly Alvero (90′).

Player of the match: Marvin Ducksch​

The player that probably impressed the most for Werder Bremen was Marvin Ducksch even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 8.1 with 22 passes (64% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 5. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• FC Köln – Werder Bremen – 0-1