FC Köln tops Schalke 04 3-1. HIGHLIGHTS

COLOGNE. FC Köln defeats Schalke 04 3-1.

August 9, 2022

COLOGNE. FC Köln overcomes Schalke 04 3-1. FC Köln got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from L. Kilian (49′) and F. Kainz (62′). Schalke 04 tried to recover with a goal from M. Bulter (76′). Nevertheless, the match was closed by a goal (80′) scored by D. Ljubicic for FC Köln. FC Köln was much better in terms of ball possession (75%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

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 Robert Schröder with the assistance of Jan Clemens Neitzel and Thomas Gorniak. The 4th official was Nicolas Winter. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 25.2 degrees Celsius or 77.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 32%.

Match Statistics

FC Köln

3 - 1

Schalke 04

! 75 Ball Possession 25

Shots

26 Total 6
7 On Target 2
19 Off Target 4
7 Shots blocked 1

116 Attack 75
88 Dangerous attack 15
105 Ball safe 77

0 Penalties 0
9 Corners 1
2 Off Sides 1

Fouls

8 Total 10
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

FC Köln had a superior ball possession 75% while Schalke 04 was struggling with a 25% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Köln had a more offensive attitude with 88 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Köln won the match.

FC Köln shot 26 times, 7 on target, 19 off target. Talking about the opposition, Schalke 04 shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

FC Köln didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Schalke 04 received 1 yellow card (C. Brunner).

Also, Schalke 04 didn’t end the match with 11 players after D. Drexler (Schalke 04) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (35′).

Match Timeline

10'

35'

Dominick Drexler- Red

Luca Kilian(goal)J. Hector

49'

51'

Cédric Brunner- Yellow

51'

Cédric Brunner- Yellow

58'

Florian Kainz (goal)S. Adamyan

62'

76'

Linton Maina- sub ->F. Kainz

76'

Linton Maina- sub ->Florian Kainz

76'

77'

Danny Latza- sub ->Tom Krauß

77'

86'

88'

Simon Terodde - sub ->S. Polter

89'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Borussia Mönchengladbach

After this match, FC Köln has 0 points to occupy the 6th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Schalke 04 stays with 0 points (12th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, FC Köln will play away against VfL Bochum 1848 on the 18th of September with a 9-4 head to head record in favor of FC Köln (3 draws).

Schalke 04 will host Borussia Mönchengladbach on the 13th of August with a 15-10 head to head statistic in favor of Borussia Mönchengladbach (9 draws).

FC Köln – Formation

FC Köln

Marvin Schwäbe 20.Germany

6.6

Benno Schmitz 2.Germany

7.9

Julian Chabot 24.Germany

7.4

76'

Luca Kilian 15.Germany

8.1

49'

Jonas Hector 14.Germany

7.4

Florian Kainz 11.Austria

8.2

76'

62'

K. Schindler 17.Ghana

7.1

Ellyes Skhiri 28.Tunisia

8.4

Dejan Ljubicic 7.Austria

8.6

Jan Thielmann 29.Germany

7.8

F. Dietz 33.Germany

7.1

86'

Substitutes

Timo Horn 1.Germany

Kristian Pedersen 3.Denmark

6.8

76'

Kingsley Ehizibue 19.Netherlands

Ondrej Duda 18.Slovakia

Linton Maina 37.Germany

6.2

76'

Eric Martel 6.Germany

Mathias Olesen 47.Luxembourg

6.6

Tim Lemperle 25.Germany

6.7

86'

Sargis Adamyan 23.Armenia

7.1

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

The manager Steffen Baumgart decided to play with the following team: Marvin Schwäbe (6.6), Benno Schmitz (7.9), Luca Kilian (8.1), Julian Chabot (7.4), Jonas Hector (7.4), Ellyes Skhiri (8.4), Kingsley Schindler (7.1), Dejan Ljubičić (8.6), Florian Kainz (8.2), Florian Dietz (7.1) and Jan Thielmann (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Ondrej Duda, Kristian Pedersen (6.8), Linton Maina (6.2), Timo Horn, Tim Lemperle (6.7), Eric Martel, Sargis Adamyan (7.1), Mathias Olesen (6.6) and Kingsley Ehizibue.

Substitutions

FC Köln made 5 changes: K. Schindler for S. Adamyan (61′), F. Kainz for L. Maina (76′), J. Chabot for K. Pedersen (76′), D. Ljubicic for M. Olesen (85′) and F. Dietz for T. Lemperle (86′).

Best player: Dejan Ljubičić

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Köln was Dejan Ljubičić.

His rating is (8.6) with 1 goal, 33 passes (90% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He hit the woodwork once times.

Schalke 04 – Formation

Schalke 04

Alexander Schwolow 13.Germany

7.3

Maya Yoshida 4.Japan

6.2

Marcin Kaminski 35.Poland

6.9

Cédric Brunner 27.Switzerland

7.2

51'

Thomas Ouwejan 2.Netherlands

7.0

Dominick Drexler 24.Germany

5.6

35'

Tobias Mohr 29.Germany

6.4

77'

Alex Král 30.Czech Republic

6.1

89'

Tom Krauß 6.Germany

7.0

77'

Rodrigo Zalazar 10.Uruguay

6.2

58'

Sebastian Polter 40.Germany

6.1

88'

Substitutes

Ralf Fährmann 1.Germany

Malick Thiaw 33.Germany

Henning Matriciani 41.Germany

Danny Latza 8.Germany

6.3

77'

F. Flick 17.Germany

5.6

77'

K. Çalhanoğlu 42.Germany

89'

Florent Mollet 20.France

Simon Terodde 9.Germany

6.2

88'

Marius Bülter 11.Germany

7.1

58'

76'

Schalke 04 started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Michael Büskens played with: Alexander Schwolow (7.3), Cedric Brunner (7.2), Maya Yoshida (6.2), Marcin Kamiński (6.9), Thomas Ouwejan (7.0), Alex Král (6.1), Dominick Drexler (5.6), Tom Krauß (7.0), Rodrigo Zalazar (6.2), Tobias Mohr (6.4) and Sebastian Polter (6.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ralf Fährmann, Danny Latza (6.3), Simon Terodde (6.2), Florian Flick (5.6), Kerim Çalhanoğlu, Malick Thiaw, Henning Matriciani, Marius Bülter (7.1) and Florent Mollet.

Substitutions

Schalke 04 made 5 changes: R. Zalazar for M. Bulter (58′), T. Krauss for D. Latza (77′), T. Mohr for F. Flick (77′), S. Polter for S. Terodde (88′) and A. Kral for K. Calhanoglu (89′).