MUNICH. FC Bayern München had a surprising win over FC Köln with a 2-0 win with a goal from R. Guerreiro (65′) and a goal from T. Müller (90′). FC Bayern München was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (69%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Allianz Arena stadium in Munich on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. In front of 75,000 spectators. The referee was Frank Willenborg with the assistance of Christof Günsch and Aarne Aarnink. The 4th official was Patrick Schwengers. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.89 degrees Celsius or 71.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 45%.
Match Statistics
- ! 69 Ball Possession 31
Shots
- 16 Total 11
- 6 On Target 5
- 9 Off Target 3
- 1 Shots blocked 3
- 136 Attack 69
- 82 Dangerous attack 39
- 95 Ball safe 70
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 5
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 3 Total 15
- 0 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
FC Bayern München had a strong ball possession 69% while FC Köln was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
FC Bayern München was more pushing with 82 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Bayern München won the match.
FC Bayern München shot 16 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, FC Köln shot 11 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
FC Bayern München didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, FC Köln received 3 yellow cards (Jacob Christensen, Sargis Adamyan and Linton Maina).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, FC Bayern München has 63 points like VfB Stuttgart to hold in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, FC Köln will stays with 22 points to sit in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Bundesliga, FC Bayern München will play away with FC Union Berlin on the 20th of April with a 6-0 head to head in favor of FC Bayern München (3 draws).
FC Köln will host Darmstadt 98 on the 20th of April with a 5-1 head to head in favor of FC Köln (1 draw).
FC Bayern München – Formation
FC Bayern München
61'
90'
FC Bayern München adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Thomas Tuchel decided to play with the following team: Manuel Neuer , Leroy Sané, Sven Ulreich , Joshua Kimmich , Matthijs de Ligt , Eric Dier , Noussair Mazraoui , Aleksandar Pavlović , Raphaël Guerreiro , Kingsley Coman , Thomas Müller , Mathys Tel and Harry Kane .
The home team had on the bench: Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting, Bryan Zaragoza, Daniel Peretz, Alphonso Davies , Konrad Laimer , Dayot Upamecano , Min-jae Kim, Leon Goretzka and Jamal Musiala .
FC Bayern München could not rely on the presence of Jamal Musiala (injured).
Substitutions
FC Bayern München made 5 changes: Kingsley Coman for Jamal Musiala (50′), Aleksandar Pavlović for Leon Goretzka (79′), Raphaël Guerreiro for Konrad Laimer (79′), Matthijs de Ligt for Alphonso Davies (61′) and Noussair Mazraoui for Dayot Upamecano (62′).
Player of the match: Joshua Kimmich
The most impressive player for FC Bayern München was Joshua Kimmich even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 93 passes (94% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 10 crosses.
FC Köln – Formation
FC Köln
30'
Also FC Köln adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Timo Schultz played with: Denis Huseinbasic, Marvin Schwäbe , Jan Thielmann , Timo Hübers , Julian Chabot , Max Finkgräfe , Faride Alidou , Dejan Ljubicic , Jacob Christensen , Florian Kainz , Sargis Adamyan , Linton Maina .
These were the players on the bench: Benno Schmitz , Dominique Heintz , Luca Waldschmidt , Leart Paçarada, Rasmus Carstensen, Philipp Pentke, Damion Downs , Matthias Köbbing and Steffen Tigges .
Substitutions
FC Köln made 5 changes: Florian Kainz for Luca Waldschmidt (54′), Faride Alidou for Damion Downs (76′), Jan Thielmann for Dominique Heintz (76′), Linton Maina for Benno Schmitz (67′) and Sargis Adamyan for Steffen Tigges (67′).
Player of the match: Max Finkgräfe
The player that probably impressed the most for FC Köln was Max Finkgräfe.
His rating is with 26 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 6 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.
- VfB Stuttgart – Eintracht Frankfurt – 3-0
- VfL Bochum 1848 – Heidenheim – 1-1
- Borussia Mönchengladbach – Borussia Dortmund – 1-2
- FSV Mainz 05 – TSG Hoffenheim – 4-1
- RB Leipzig – VfL Wolfsburg – 3-0
- FC Bayern München – FC Köln – 2-0
