COLOGNE. FC Köln conquered FC Augsburg 3-2 thanks to S. Tigges who scored in the 47th and 81st minute. FC Köln was vastly better in terms of ball possession (65%) 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 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Felix Zwayer with the assistance of Marco Achmüller and Thomas Gorniak. The 4th official was Sven Waschitzki. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 19.8 degrees Celsius or 67.57 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 15 Total 7
- 5 On Target 3
- 10 Off Target 4
- 2 Shots blocked 0
- 114 Attack 77
- 83 Dangerous attack 34
- 103 Ball safe 80
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 3
Fouls
- 11 Total 15
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
FC Köln was in firm control of the ball 65% while FC Augsburg was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
FC Köln was putting more pressure with 83 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Köln won the match.
FC Köln shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, FC Augsburg shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
FC Köln received 2 yellow cards (O. Duda and M. Uth). On the opposite side, FC Augsburg received 4 yellow cards (M. Berisha, R. Vargas, Iago and L. Petkov).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, FC Köln will have 16 points like Borussia Mönchengladbach and Borussia Dortmund to remain in the 7th place. On the opposite side, FC Augsburg will stay with 13 points to hold in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Bundesliga, FC Köln will host Werder Bremen on the 21st of January with a 9-6 head to head stats in favor of Werder Bremen (9 draws).
FC Augsburg will play away agasint Borussia Dortmund on the 22nd of January with a 14-3 head to head stats in favor of Borussia Dortmund (6 draws).
FC Köln – Formation
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 , Benno Schmitz , Luca Kilian , Timo Hübers , Jonas Hector , Ellyes Skhiri , Denis Huseinbašić , Ondrej Duda , Eric Martel , Linton Maina and Steffen Tigges .
The home team had on the bench: Mark Uth , Kingsley Schindler , Timo Horn, Florian Dietz, Sargis Adamyan , Rijad Smajic, Kristian Pedersen, Joshua Schwirten and Nikola Soldo.
Substitutions
FC Köln made 4 changes: O. Duda for M. Uth (72′), L. Maina for S. Adamyan (78′), D. Huseinbasic for K. Schindler (78′) and S. Tigges for F. Dietz (89′).
Best player: Steffen Tigges
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Köln was Steffen Tigges.
His rating is with 2 goals, 20 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 24. He performed 2 crosses.
FC Augsburg – Formation
FC Augsburg started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Enrico Maaßen played with: Tomáš Koubek , Raphael Framberger , Robert Gumny , Frederik Franck Winther , Iago , Ruben Vargas , Carlos Gruezo , Elvis Rexhbeçaj , Ermedin Demirović , Florian Niederlechner and Mergim Berisha .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Aaron Zehnter, Daniel Katić, Josué Mbila, Lukas Petkov , Julian Baumgartlinger, Mads Pedersen, Daniel Caligiuri and Daniel Klein.
Substitutions
FC Augsburg made 4 changes: R. Vargas for D. Caligiuri (46′), F. Niederlechner for L. Petkov (74′), R. Framberger for M. Pedersen (84′) and C. Gruezo for J. Baumgartlinger (84′).
Best player: Florian Niederlechner
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Augsburg was Florian Niederlechner.
His rating is with 1 goal, 12 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.
- FC Köln – FC Augsburg – 3-2
- FC Union Berlin – Borussia Dortmund – 2-0
- FC Bayern München – SC Freiburg – 5-0