FC Cologne vs Kaiserslautern, 2024-25 German 2. Bundesliga

· German 2. Bundesliga

FC Cologne

14': Eric Martel
29': Luca Waldschmidt
76': Florian Kainz
87': Mark Uth

FT
4 - 0

Kaiserslautern

About

FC Cologne are hosting Kaiserslautern at RheinEnergieSTADION, Köln, Germany, starting on . The match is a part of the German 2. Bundesliga.

Match Commentary

14': Eric Martel (FC Cologne) Goal at 14'
29': Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne) Goal at 29'
33': Joel Schmied (FC Cologne) Substitution at 33'
45'+2': Marlon Ritter (Kaiserslautern) Yellow Card at 47'
45': Linton Maina (FC Cologne) Substitution at 45'
57': Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne) Penalty - Saved at 57'
62': Philipp Klement (Kaiserslautern) Substitution at 62'
62': Faride Alidou (Kaiserslautern) Substitution at 62'
62': Frank Ronstadt (Kaiserslautern) Substitution at 62'
70': Frank Ronstadt (Kaiserslautern) Yellow Card at 70'
71': Tim Lemperle (FC Cologne) Substitution at 71'
76': Florian Kainz (FC Cologne) Goal at 76'
76': Grant-Leon Ranos (Kaiserslautern) Substitution at 76'
82': Mark Uth (FC Cologne) Substitution at 82'
82': Mathias Olesen (FC Cologne) Substitution at 82'
87': Mark Uth (FC Cologne) Goal at 87'
88': Leon Robinson (Kaiserslautern) Substitution at 88'

Statistics

FCK		KOE
13	Fouls	10
2	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
5	Corner Kicks	6
7	Saves	5
59.1	Possession	40.9
9	SHOTS	22
5	ON GOAL	11
0.6	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
2	Blocked Shots	4
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: German 2. Bundesliga

Venue: RheinEnergieSTADION
Location: Köln, Germany
Attendance: 50,000

2. Bundesliga Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	FC Cologne	34	+15	61
2	Hamburg SV	34	+34	59
3	SV 07 Elversberg	34	+27	58
4	SC Paderborn 07	34	+10	55

Full Standings

Line-Ups

FC Cologne (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Marvin Schwäbe (GK)
3	Dominique Heintz
4	Timo Hübers
17	Leart Paqarada
25	Jusuf Gazibegovic
9	Luca Waldschmidt
8	Denis Huseinbasic
6	Eric Martel
42	Damion Downs
11	Florian Kainz
29	Jan Thielmann

FC Cologne Substitutes:

Mark Uth, Philipp Pentke, Joel Schmied, Mathias Olesen, Linton Maina, Julian Pauli, Imad Rondic, Max Finkgrafe, Tim Lemperle.

Kaiserslautern (4-2-2-2)

No.	Name
1	Julian Krahl (GK)
24	Jannis Heuer
33	Jan Elvedi
3	Florian Kleinhansl
8	Jean Zimmer
31	Luca Sirch
26	Filip Kaloc
19	Daniel Hanslik
9	Ragnar Ache
13	Erik Wekesser
7	Marlon Ritter

Kaiserslautern Substitutes:

Philipp Klement, Tim Breithaupt, Frank Ronstadt, Leon Robinson, Grant-Leon Ranos, Simon Simoni, Faride Alidou, Tobias Raschl, Mika Haas.

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