Bayern Munich vs FC Cologne, 2023-24 German Bundesliga
· German BundesligaBayern beat Cologne to bounce back after two straight losses
Bayern Munich struck twice in the second half to earn a 2-0 win over Cologne on Saturday and bounce back from two straight league losses ahead of their Champions League return leg against Arsenal next week.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Eric Dier (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Foul by Sargis Adamyan (1. FC Köln).
- 2': Foul by Sargis Adamyan (1. FC Köln).
- 2': Matthijs de Ligt (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Foul by Jacob Christensen (1. FC Köln).
- 4': Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 5': Jacob Christensen (1. FC Köln) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 9': Attempt missed. Faride Alidou (1. FC Köln) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Dejan Ljubicic with a through ball.
- 11': Attempt missed. Florian Kainz (1. FC Köln) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dejan Ljubicic.
- 11': Attempt saved. Mathys Tel (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Raphaël Guerreiro.
- 12': Foul by Aleksandar Pavlovic (FC Bayern München).
- 12': Linton Maina (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Florian Kainz (1. FC Köln).
- 14': Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Eric Dier (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Foul by Sargis Adamyan (1. FC Köln).
- 17': Offside, 1. FC Köln. Faride Alidou is caught offside.
- 18': Foul by Faride Alidou (1. FC Köln).
- 18': Mathys Tel (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Attempt saved. Sargis Adamyan (1. FC Köln) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Max Finkgrafe with a cross.
- 22': Foul by Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München).
- 22': Max Finkgrafe (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Attempt blocked. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 24': Delay in match because of an injury Mathys Tel (FC Bayern München).
- 25': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 26': Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Jacob Christensen.
- 26': Delay in match (FC Bayern München).
- 27': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 29': Attempt saved. Raphaël Guerreiro (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 30': Foul by Linton Maina (1. FC Köln).
- 30': Matthijs de Ligt (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Linton Maina (1. FC Köln) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 31': Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Timo Hübers.
- 31': Attempt missed. Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Eric Dier with a headed pass following a corner.
- 33': Attempt saved. Linton Maina (1. FC Köln) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Faride Alidou.
- 34': Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Thomas Müller.
- 35': Foul by Sargis Adamyan (1. FC Köln).
- 35': Raphaël Guerreiro (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Sargis Adamyan (1. FC Köln) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 37': Offside, 1. FC Köln. Linton Maina is caught offside.
- 38': Attempt missed. Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the left.
- 41': Attempt saved. Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich with a cross.
- 43': Attempt missed. Faride Alidou (1. FC Köln) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Max Finkgrafe with a cross.
- 43': Mathys Tel (FC Bayern München) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Kingsley Coman.
- 45'+1': Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Florian Kainz.
- 45'+2': Attempt missed. Matthijs de Ligt (FC Bayern München) header from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kingsley Coman with a cross.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, FC Bayern München 0, 1. FC Köln 0.
- 45': Second Half begins FC Bayern München 0, 1. FC Köln 0.
- 46': Offside, FC Bayern München. Thomas Müller is caught offside.
- 47': Delay in match because of an injury Kingsley Coman (FC Bayern München).
- 49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 50': Substitution, FC Bayern München. Jamal Musiala replaces Kingsley Coman because of an injury.
- 52': Attempt missed. Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Raphaël Guerreiro.
- 52': Attempt saved. Florian Kainz (1. FC Köln) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dejan Ljubicic with a cross.
- 53': Attempt saved. Mathys Tel (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Thomas Müller.
- 53': Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Marvin Schwäbe.
- 53': Attempt missed. Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
- 54': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Luca Waldschmidt replaces Florian Kainz.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Sargis Adamyan (1. FC Köln) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luca Waldschmidt.
- 56': Corner, 1. FC Köln. Conceded by Matthijs de Ligt.
- 57': Aleksandar Pavlovic (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 57': Foul by Jeff Chabot (1. FC Köln).
- 59': Foul by Sargis Adamyan (1. FC Köln).
- 59': Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Substitution, FC Bayern München. Dayot Upamecano replaces Matthijs de Ligt.
- 61': Substitution, FC Bayern München. Alphonso Davies replaces Noussair Mazraoui.
- 64': Hand ball by Sargis Adamyan (1. FC Köln).
- 64': Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Max Finkgrafe.
- 65': Goal! FC Bayern München 1, 1. FC Köln 0. Raphaël Guerreiro (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich following a corner.
- 67': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Steffen Tigges replaces Sargis Adamyan.
- 67': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Benno Schmitz replaces Linton Maina.
- 67': Faride Alidou (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 67': Foul by Dayot Upamecano (FC Bayern München).
- 70': Offside, FC Bayern München. Thomas Müller is caught offside.
- 72': Corner, 1. FC Köln. Conceded by Joshua Kimmich.
- 75': Attempt missed. Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Thomas Müller.
- 76': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Damion Downs replaces Faride Alidou.
- 76': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Dominique Heintz replaces Jan Thielmann.
- 77': Attempt saved. Benno Schmitz (1. FC Köln) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Timo Hübers.
- 79': Aleksandar Pavlovic (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 79': Foul by Dejan Ljubicic (1. FC Köln).
- 79': Substitution, FC Bayern München. Konrad Laimer replaces Raphaël Guerreiro.
- 79': Substitution, FC Bayern München. Leon Goretzka replaces Aleksandar Pavlovic.
- 82': Foul by Steffen Tigges (1. FC Köln).
- 82': Konrad Laimer (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 84': Attempt missed. Mathys Tel (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Thomas Müller following a fast break.
- 86': Foul by Dejan Ljubicic (1. FC Köln).
- 86': Mathys Tel (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Delay in match because of an injury Dejan Ljubicic (1. FC Köln).
- 87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 88': Corner, 1. FC Köln. Conceded by Alphonso Davies.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Luca Waldschmidt (1. FC Köln) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 89': Attempt saved. Steffen Tigges (1. FC Köln) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 89': Corner, 1. FC Köln. Conceded by Sven Ulreich.
- 90'+2': Corner, 1. FC Köln. Conceded by Joshua Kimmich.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Jeff Chabot (1. FC Köln) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 90'+2': Offside, FC Bayern München. Konrad Laimer is caught offside.
- 90'+3': Goal! FC Bayern München 2, 1. FC Köln 0. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
- 90'+4': Foul by Dominique Heintz (1. FC Köln).
- 90'+4': Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, FC Bayern München 2, 1. FC Köln 0.
- 0': Match ends, FC Bayern München 2, 1. FC Köln 0.
Statistics
 KOE |
MUN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 3 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 3 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 4 | Saves | 5 |
| 30.9 | Possession | 69.1 |
| 11 | SHOTS | 16 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 238 | Accurate Passes | 609 |
| 286 | Passes | 672 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 27 | Crosses | 25 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 52 | Long Balls | 38 |
| 28 | Accurate Long Balls | 28 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 15 | Effective Tackles | 14 |
| 24 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.9 |
| 13 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 22 | Effective Clearances | 15 |
| 22 | Clearances | 15 |
Game Information
Competition: German Bundesliga
Venue: Allianz Arena
Location: München, Germany
Attendance: 75,000
Venue: Allianz Arena
Location: München, Germany
Attendance: 75,000
Bundesliga Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 11 | +29 | 29 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 10 | +10 | 21 |
| 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | +10 | 20 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | +5 | 17 |
Line-Ups
Bayern Munich (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 26 | Sven Ulreich (GK) |
| 15 | Eric Dier |
| 4 | Matthijs de Ligt |
| 40 | Noussair Mazraoui |
| 6 | Joshua Kimmich |
| 25 | Thomas Müller |
| 22 | Raphaël Guerreiro |
| 45 | Aleksandar Pavlovic |
| 9 | Harry Kane |
| 39 | Mathys Tel |
| 11 | Kingsley Coman |
FC Cologne (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Marvin Schwäbe (GK) |
| 24 | Julian Chabot |
| 4 | Timo Hübers |
| 35 | Max Finkgrafe |
| 29 | Jan Thielmann |
| 22 | Jacob Christensen  |
| 7 | Dejan Ljubicic |
| 11 | Florian Kainz |
| 40 | Faride Alidou |
| 37 | Linton Maina |
| 23 | Sargis Adamyan |
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