COLOGNE. FC Köln prevails over DSC Arminia Bielefeld 3-1.

The match was played at the RheinEnergieStadion stadium in Cologne on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Tobias Stieler with the help of Christian Gittelmann and Eduard Beitinger. The 4th official was Patrick Alt. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.3 degrees Celsius or 64.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.

Match Statistics

FC Köln

3 - 1

DSC Arminia Bielefeld

56 Ball Possession 44

Shots

21 Total 14
5 On Target 6
16 Off Target 8
1 Shots blocked 2

106 Attack 110
47 Dangerous attack 48
79 Ball safe 69

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 10
3 Off Sides 1

Fouls

7 Total 16
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

6 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

FC Köln had a superior ball possession 55% while DSC Arminia Bielefeld was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

DSC Arminia Bielefeld had a more offensive attitude with 48 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, FC Köln was capable to find the solution to win this contest.

FC Köln shot 21 times, 5 on target, 16 off target. Talking about the opposition, DSC Arminia Bielefeld shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

FC Köln received 2 yellow cards (S. Ozcan and M. Uth). Talking about the opposition, DSC Arminia Bielefeld received 3 yellow cards (A. Pieper, J. Serra and P. Wimmer).

Match Timeline

Mark Uth(goal)J. Hector

29'

30'

32'

Timo Hübers(own-goal)

33'

38'

43'

67'

Mark Uth- Yellow

69'

74'

Jan Thielmann- sub ->D. Ljubicic

74'

77'

85'

Jan Thielmann(goal)A. Modeste

86'

88'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Borussia Mönchengladbach

DSC Arminia Bielefeld

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

After this match, FC Köln will have 49 points to remain in the 7th place. On the opposite side, DSC Arminia Bielefeld will stay with 26 points to remain in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, FC Köln will play away with FC Augsburg on the 30th of April with a 8-5 head to head stats in favor of FC Augsburg (7 draws).

DSC Arminia Bielefeld will host Hertha BSC on the 30th of April with a 7-3 head to head stats in favor of Hertha BSC (6 draws).

FC Köln – Formation

FC Köln

Marvin Schwäbe 20.Germany

7.3

Benno Schmitz 2.Germany

6.4

74'

Timo Hübers 4.Germany

6.9

Luca Kilian 15.Germany

6.3

Jonas Hector 14.Germany

7.0

29'

Florian Kainz 11.Austria

6.7

74'

Ellyes Skhiri 28.Tunisia

7.6

Salih Özcan 6.Turkey

7.0

67'

Dejan Ljubicic 7.Austria

7.1

74'

Mark Uth 13.Germany

8.4

88'

69'

A. Modeste 27.France

8.3

43'

Substitutes

Timo Horn 1.Germany

Kingsley Ehizibue 19.Netherlands

6.5

74'

Jannes Horn 23.Germany

6.8

29'

Julian Chabot 24.Germany

Ondrej Duda 18.Slovakia

Tim Lemperle 25.Germany

Louis Schaub 21.Austria

7.0

74'

Jan Thielmann 29.Germany

7.1

74'

86'

Mathias Olesen 47.Luxembourg

88'

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: .

FC Köln could not rely on the presence of J. Horn (injured).

Substitutions

FC Köln made 5 changes: J. Hector for J. Horn (29′), F. Kainz for L. Schaub (74′), D. Ljubicic for J. Thielmann (74′), B. Schmitz for K. Ehizibue (74′) and M. Uth for M. Olesen (88′).