LEIPZIG. RB Leipzig manages to recover against FC Köln with a goal on the F. Dietz 40′ and an own goal from J. Gvardiol 72′.

The match was played at the Red Bull Arena stadium in Leipzig on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. In front of 43,579 spectators.​ The referee was Benjamin Brand with the support of Thomas Stein and Marcel Unger. The 4th official was Max Burda. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 26.4 degrees Celsius or 79.57 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. RB Leipzig was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. FC Köln that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

FC Köln was more pushing with 69 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough FC Köln to win the match​.

RB Leipzig shot 12 times, 8 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, FC Köln shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

RB Leipzig received 1 yellow card (B. Henrichs). Talking about the opposition, FC Köln received 4 yellow cards (J. Thielmann, T. Hubers, S. Adamyan and F. Kainz).

(RB Leipzig) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (45′).

Standings

After this match, RB Leipzig has 0 points to occupy the 10th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, FC Köln has 0 points (6th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, RB Leipzig will play away with Borussia Mönchengladbach on the 17th of September with a 7-2 head to head record in favor of RB Leipzig (3 draws).

FC Köln will play away agasint VfL Bochum 1848 on the 18th of September with a 9-4 head to head stats in favor of FC Köln (3 draws).

RB Leipzig – Formation

RB Leipzig started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

The manager Domenico Tedesco decided to play with the following team: Péter Gulácsi (6.6), Mohamed Simakan (7.1), Willi Orbán (6.8), Marcel Halstenberg (6.4), Benjamin Henrichs (6.7), Hugo Novoa Ramos (5.9), Dominik Szoboszlai (6.0), Dani Olmo (7.1), David Raum (6.2), Timo Werner (7.0) and Christopher Nkunku (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: André Silva (7.0), Joško Gvardiol (7.1), Emil Forsberg, Alexander Sørloth, Xaver Schlager, Kevin Kampl (7.3), Amadou Haidara, Janis Blaswich and Sanoussy Ba.

Substitutions

RB Leipzig made 4 changes: H. Novoa Ramos for K. Kampl (46′), M. Halstenberg for J. Gvardiol (46′), T. Werner for A. Silva (67′) and D. Olmo for A. Haidara (87′).

Best player: Christopher Nkunku​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for RB Leipzig was Christopher Nkunku.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 27 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

FC Köln – Formation

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

Steffen Baumgart played with: Marvin Schwäbe (6.1), Kingsley Ehizibue (6.4), Luca Kilian (6.8), Timo Hübers (6.9), Jonas Hector (7.0), Eric Martel (6.5), Ellyes Skhiri (7.1), Jan Thielmann (6.4), Dejan Ljubičić (6.7), Florian Kainz (8.4) and Florian Dietz (7.4).

They had on the bench: Ondrej Duda (6.4), Julian Chabot, Tim Lemperle (6.4), Kristian Pedersen, Mathias Olesen, Timo Horn, Benno Schmitz (6.5), Sargis Adamyan (6.4) and Linton Maina (6.7).

Substitutions

FC Köln made 5 changes: J. Thielmann for L. Maina (62′), K. Ehizibue for B. Schmitz (62′), E. Martel for O. Duda (62′), F. Dietz for S. Adamyan (73′) and D. Ljubicic for T. Lemperle (73′).

Best player: Florian Kainz​

The player that probably impressed the most for FC Köln was Florian Kainz.

His rating is (8.4) with 36 passes (66% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 10 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Bayer 04 Leverkusen – FC Augsburg – 1-2
• Hertha BSC – Eintracht Frankfurt – 1-1
• Schalke 04 – Borussia Mönchengladbach – 2-2
• Werder Bremen – VfB Stuttgart – 2-2
• TSG Hoffenheim – VfL Bochum 1848 – 3-2
• RB Leipzig – FC Köln – 2-2