1. FC Köln 1–2 VfL Wolfsburg — Bundesliga 2023/24 Match Stats

Bundesliga · 2023Sat, 26 Aug 2023, 13:30 UTC

1. FC Köln

1–2Historical match

VfL Wolfsburg

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

VfL Wolfsburg won 1–2.

Shots: 139
Shots on target: 26
Expected goals: 0.851.68
Possession: 49%51%

Full time

What the match recorded

VfL Wolfsburg beat 1. FC Köln 2–1. Recorded in this match (1. FC Köln – VfL Wolfsburg): shots 13–9, shots on target 2–6, expected goals 0.85–1.68, possession 49%–51%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots13 shots9 shots1. FC Köln 13 shots, VfL Wolfsburg 9 shots
Shots on target2 shots6 shots1. FC Köln 2 shots, VfL Wolfsburg 6 shots
Expected goals0.85 xG1.68 xG1. FC Köln 0.85 xG, VfL Wolfsburg 1.68 xG
Possession49%51%1. FC Köln 49%, VfL Wolfsburg 51%
Corners6 corners1 corner1. FC Köln 6 corners, VfL Wolfsburg 1 corner
Fouls6 fouls10 fouls1. FC Köln 6 fouls, VfL Wolfsburg 10 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

1. FC Köln: 13 shots, 2 on target, 0.89 xG. VfL Wolfsburg: 9 shots, 6 on target, 1.97 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: 1. FC Köln 0.89 xG · VfL Wolfsburg 1.97 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

21. FC Köln

0Draws

2VfL Wolfsburg

25 Feb 20231. FC Köln — VfL Wolfsburg · Bundesliga0–2

3 Sept 2022VfL Wolfsburg — 1. FC Köln · Bundesliga2–4

7 May 20221. FC Köln — VfL Wolfsburg · Bundesliga0–1

14 Dec 2021VfL Wolfsburg — 1. FC Köln · Bundesliga2–3

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

6.88 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 26 Aug 2023, 17:30 UTC · analysis-v4