50.
16:46
Hübers misjudges Koné, which earns the guests a free kick from 30 meters. Honorat just tries it directly, but the violent shot clearly misses to the right.
49.
4:45 p.m
The team from the Lower Rhine obviously wants to present themselves better now, but Cologne still have everything under control and are continuing their strong first half seamlessly.
46.
16:42
The teams return to the field and the Foals have two players left in the dressing room. Scally and Reitz take over for Netz and Neuhaus. Meanwhile, the ailing Wöber can carry on. The derby continues.
46.
16:42
Substitution at Bor. Mönchengladbach: Rocco Reitz
46.
16:41
Substitution at Bor. Mönchengladbach: Florian Neuhaus
46.
16:41
Substitution at Bor. Mönchengladbach: Joe Scally
46.
16:41
Substitution at Bor. Mönchengladbach: Luca Netz
46.
16:41
Kick-off of the 2nd half
45.+3
16:27
Half-time conclusion:
In the Rhenish derby, Cologne deservedly lead 1-0 against Gladbach at the break. The billy goats started like the fire department right from the start and took the lead early on thanks to a hand penalty converted by Kainz. Even after that, it was practically only Effzeh who played, repeatedly forcing the Foals to lose the ball with bilious pressing and then swarming out in a flash. This resulted in numerous high-profile opportunities. Borussia can count themselves lucky that the score is only 0-1. Aluminum saved the game by the narrowest of margins on two occasions. Once the lower edge of the crossbar and once the inside post. Conversely, there was no dangerous attack from the guests from the Lower Rhine. Until now, Schwäbe has been completely unemployed. And yet: It’s only a one-goal difference, which is why the Fohlenelf could definitely come back again.
45.+3
4:25 p.m
End of 1st half
45.+1
16:22
The extra time in the first round is three minutes.
45.
16:22
Official added time (minutes): 3
44.
16:22
For the foals, for whom Wöber still has to grit his teeth, the only thing at the moment is to save the narrow deficit against the aggressive Cologne team into the dressing room so that they can then regroup. Meanwhile, Effzeh runs energetically and pushes for 2-0.
41.
16:18
A huge boost for Gladbach! Waldschmidt shoots from a central position of 20 meters and nails the ball to the right inside post, from where the ball flies almost parallel to the goal line to the other side, but does not cross the line. So it remains 1-0.
40.
16:16
Waldschmidt passes through to Maina, but his cross is cleared for a corner by Wöber, who is still not running smoothly. Paqarada takes a short shot, gets the ball back, but finds no taker for his cross at the second post.
38.
16:14
Wöber apparently twisted his knee. After he first had to be treated in the field, the treatment now continues outside. For now, the Austrian returns to the field.
35.
16:11
Luca Waldschmidt has space in the opponent’s penalty area, but then shoots a little too hastily from 16 meters. With his right-handed shot he doesn’t hit the ball perfectly, as it rushes past the visitors’ goal clearly to the left.
32.
16:09
Furthermore, very little comes from the eleven from the Lower Rhine because the billy goats hardly allow anything. Cologne condenses the center, sets up the passing stations well and repeatedly wins the ball with poisonous pressing.
29.
4:05 p.m
Maina wants to dribble past Friedrich, who stops his leg just before his own penalty area. This earns the Billy Goats a dangerous free kick from just over 16 meters. Kainz takes it, but drives the ball into the wall before Ljubicic’s follow-up shot lands right at Nicolas. The guest keeper is sure to grab it.
27.
16:04
Martel claims the ball against Koné and initiates another attack from the right. But the cross went too close to the visitors’ goal. Nicolas screws himself up and safely plucks the ball out of the air.
24.
16:01
The foals continue to find it extremely difficult to accept this derby. Gladbach repeatedly loses the ball in the build-up game because of Cologne’s very aggressive pressing.
21.
15:58
There is the first sign of life from the guests, who had been completely overwhelmed so far: Čvančara puts Honorat in the spotlight with a pass that clearly misses the Cologne goal from a very acute angle.
21.
15:57
Effzeh again: Linton Maina moves inwards from the right wing, leaves Max Wöber standing and then takes a shot with his left just before the right corner of the penalty area. The shot intended for the far corner doesn’t get enough spin and goes a good two meters past the Gladbach goal.
18.
15:54
Big chance for Cologne! Ljubicic beats Friedrich while dribbling and can finish from twelve meters. At the last second, Wöber intervenes and is able to clear the ball, which would probably have fit in the far corner, for a corner, where Waldschmidt then puts the follow-up shot well past the visitors’ goal from 19 meters.
16.
15:53
A quarter of an hour has passed and the derby so far belongs entirely to the Domstadt team, who deservedly lead 1-0 and continue to press the accelerator against shaky Borussia.
13.
3:50 p.m
Latte for Cologne! At the last second, Netz is able to clear a high cross from the left wing in front of Maina for a corner, where the Foals’ box is once again ablaze. Paqarada takes hold of the second ball and crosses to Chabot, who heads the ball onto the underside of the crossbar from eight meters. In the hustle and bustle, the ball bounces to Selke’s hand. Free kick Gladbach.
11.
3:48 p.m
The Cologne team follows up and comes up with the next attack when they win the ball high. Selke pushes towards the interface, but Maina prefers to use the space for a direct attempt. However, the left-footed shot from 22 meters comes too flat and centrally on the Gladbach goal. Nicolas safely buries the leather beneath himself.
9.
3:45 p.m
Tooor for 1. FC Köln, 1-0 by Florian Kainz
Kainz takes responsibility and hits the ball very sharply and places it halfway into the right corner. Nicolas anticipates the corner, but has no chance of reaching this perfectly taken hand penalty. The billy goats take a 1-0 lead.
8th.
3:45 p.m
Penalty for Cologne! At the corner, Waldschmidt takes a follow-up shot, which Koné clears, but with his arm spread apart. The VAR looks at the whole thing and still has to check whether the handball was actually inside the box, which is determined a short time later. Aytekin points to the point.
7.
15:43
Although the guests from the Lower Rhine are also playing happily forward, Effzeh is initially in control. The striking Carstensen cooks the net on the baseline and then takes the next corner. Paqarada takes over again, but Neuhaus clears the slightly too short corner at the first post.
4.
15:41
After a Weigl foul, Aytekin lets Cologne take advantage, with the billy goats combining dangerously forward for the first time. After a one-two between Carstensen and Maina, Gladbach was able to clear for a corner, where Hübers got a header, but jumped off a little too early. The less powerful conclusion also passes to the left.
1.
3:37 p.m
Now, after a few minutes delay, the Rhenish derby finally gets underway. The home team will be wearing all white, the guests from the Lower Rhine will be wearing green. The ball is rolling.
3:34 p.m
There is already a derby atmosphere in the stands. After excessive use of fireworks from both sides, a deep fog hangs over the lawn, severely limiting visibility. Referee Aytekin therefore does not yet feel able to release the game.
3:02 p.m
So far, Borussia Mönchengladbach’s guest appearances in Cologne have been extremely good. The Foals won 25 of the 48 away games in the Bundesliga in the cathedral city. Only FC Bayern Munich, who have already celebrated 26 Bundesliga victories at Effzeh, can top that. Last season, the team from the Lower Rhine also scored four out of six possible points against the billy goats. However, the last meeting between the two rivals at the RheinEnergieStadion ended in a goalless draw on April 2, 2023.
14:56
While Gladbach could theoretically win two Bundesliga away games in a row for the first time since April 2022, Cologne could lose the first four Bundesliga home games of a season for the first time in history. While the Billy Goats only scored four goals in seven league games, the Fohlen have already recorded a whopping ten away goals – and thus an average of 3.3 away goals per league game in the 2023/24 season.
14:51
Foal coach Gerardo Seoane is making three changes to his starting eleven for today’s derby compared to the 2-2 draw against Mainz: Manu Koné and Tomáš Čvančara start for Jordan Siebatcheu, Rocco Reitz (both bench) and Ko Itakura (irritation of the left inner ankle). and Marvin Friedrich.
2:46 p.m
Borussia Mönchengladbach didn’t get off to a particularly good start either. The team from the Lower Rhine has only won one of the seven league games so far (three draws, three defeats) and also missed out on victory shortly before the international break in front of their home crowd against the struggling 1. FSV Mainz 05 (final score: 2:2). Although the Foals have already scored 13 goals, they have also conceded 16 goals in seven league games.
14:41
Before the international break, Cologne lost 3-0 away to Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Steffen Baumgart is making adjustments to two positions today and is ordering Luca Waldschmidt and Linton Maina into the first eleven. Faride Alidou and Denis Huseinbašić (both bench) remain outside.
2:36 p.m
The Billy Goats got off to an absolute false start and are still winless after seven league games (one draw, six defeats). This means that Effzeh goes into the Rhenish derby as the bottom of the Bundesliga, in which on the one hand a home win would be a big step towards compensation in one fell swoop, while on the other hand a home defeat would mark a new low point in the previous crisis.
2:30 p.m
Good day and welcome from the RheinEnergieStadion. Here, 1. FC Cologne welcomes Borussia Mönchengladbach today at 3:30 p.m. as part of the 8th matchday of the Bundesliga.