FC Köln 7-1 Werder Bremen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 21 January 2023

Result

FC Köln 7-1 Werder Bremen

Bundesliga · Saturday 21 January 2023, 17:30 UTC · half-time 5-1

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FC Köln 7-1 Werder Bremen: match report

FC Köln won against Werder Bremen 7-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 21 January 2023. The half-time score was 5-1.

Linton Maina opened the scoring in the 9th minute. FC Köln's goals came from Linton Maina (9'), S. Tigges (15'), S. Tigges (21'), Ellyes Skhiri (30'), D. Huseinbašić (36'), Ellyes Skhiri (54') and an own goal by Marco Friedl (76'). Werder Bremen scored through Niclas Füllkrug (38').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game FC Köln were 13th on 17 points from 15 and Werder Bremen 9th on 21 points from 15. FC Köln went on to finish that season 11th with 42 points, and Werder Bremen 13th with 36.

FC Köln lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Werder Bremen in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Steffen Tigges of FC Köln (9.5), ahead of Ellyes Skhiri (9.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Köln wins, 6 draws and 2 for Werder Bremen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Linton MainaFC Köln · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · S. TiggesFC Köln · 2-0
  • 21'Goal · S. TiggesFC Köln · 3-0
  • 30'Goal · Ellyes SkhiriFC Köln · 4-0
  • 36'Goal · D. HuseinbašićFC Köln · 5-0
  • 38'Goal · Niclas FüllkrugWerder Bremen · 5-1
  • 54'Goal · Ellyes SkhiriFC Köln · 6-1
  • 76'Own goal · Marco FriedlFC Köln · 7-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Köln 2, draws 6, Werder Bremen 2.

Team news

FC Köln line-up (4-2-2-2)

Marvin Schwäbe, Benno Schmitz, Timo Hübers, Jeff Chabot, Jonas Hector, Ellyes Skhiri, Eric Martel, Linton Maina, Florian Kainz, Denis Huseinbasic, Steffen Tigges

Werder Bremen line-up (3-1-4-2)

Jiri Pavlenka, Niklas Stark, Milos Veljkovic, Marco Friedl, Christian Groß, Mitchell Weiser, Leonardo Bittencourt, Ilia Gruev, Anthony Jung, Niclas Füllkrug, Marvin Ducksch