Arsenal 3-1 FC Köln: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 14 September 2017

Result

Arsenal 3-1 FC Köln

Europa League · Thursday 14 September 2017, 20:05 UTC · half-time 0-1

Arsenal · FC Köln · Europa League predictions

Arsenal 3-1 FC Köln: match report

Arsenal defeated FC Köln 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 14 September 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jhon Córdoba opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Sead Kolasinac (49'), A. Sánchez (67') and Héctor Bellerín (81'). FC Köln scored through Jhon Córdoba (9').

Neither side received a card.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Arsenal lined up in a 3-4-3 and FC Köln in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexis Sánchez of Arsenal (8.8), ahead of Héctor Bellerín (8.3).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Jhon CórdobaFC Köln · 0-1
  • 49'Goal · Sead KolasinacArsenal · 1-1
  • 67'Goal · A. SánchezArsenal · 2-1
  • 81'Goal · Héctor BellerínArsenal · 3-1

Team news

Arsenal line-up (3-4-3)

David Ospina, Rob Holding, Per Mertesacker, Nacho Monreal, Héctor Bellerín, Mohamed Elneny, Alex Iwobi, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Theo Walcott, Olivier Giroud, Alexis Sánchez

FC Köln line-up (4-1-4-1)

Timo Horn, Lukas Klünter, Jorge Meré, Dominique Heintz, Konstantin Rausch, Matthias Lehmann, Simon Zoller, Marco Höger, Jonas Hector, Leonardo Bittencourt, Jhon Córdoba