It was the fourth win in a row, something that had never happened before under Coach Baumgart. FC Augsburg has not yet been saved two games before the end – but at least it can no longer be relegated directly from the Bundesliga.
Early Cologne hits in Augsburg’s urgent phase
After the 2-0 win against Bochum on matchday 31, FC Augsburg had the chance to save themselves from the league and started under pressure: the hosts owned the first ten minutes of the game, but they were unable to convert any of their chances .
And that’s how Jan Thielmann scored the first goal of the game: the right winger appeared out of nowhere in the twelfth minute after a counterattack on the right in front of the Augsburg box and pushed the ball into the right corner. Less than three minutes later, Mark Uth (15th minute) followed up with a volley from behind.
Augsburg is slowly recovering from the early shock
The shock was initially deep at FC Augsburg: 1. FC Köln had a lot of space and even missed the 3-0 in the person of Modeste in the 21st minute – the attacker was free to head the ball six meters from the goal and steered it But the ball is over the box.
But the game remained as interesting as it had started: Augsburg fought back after a good half hour but were unable to convert any of the half-chances.
Modeste decides the game for FC
FCA, who had to cope with Iago’s injury-related absence shortly after the change, found it difficult again in the second half. FC came out of the break much better and used a penalty in the 63rd minute to make the preliminary decision: A long ball reached Anthony Modeste, who was attacked unfairly by Gouweleeuw. As usual, Modeste converted the penalty kick that followed.
Although FC Augsburg managed to make it 1:3 in the 73rd minute through Florian Niederlechner, the Fuggerstadt team were unable to turn the game around. Because in the middle of Augsburg’s urge phase, Modeste met again – of course. The striker made everything clear in the 79th minute with Cologne’s fourth goal.