Werder Bremen 1-1 FC Köln: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 20 May 2023

Result

Werder Bremen 1-1 FC Köln

Bundesliga · Saturday 20 May 2023, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

Werder Bremen · FC Köln · Bundesliga predictions

Werder Bremen 1-1 FC Köln: match report

Werder Bremen drew with FC Köln 1-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 20 May 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Steffen Tigges opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Werder Bremen's goal came from Romano Schmid (73'). FC Köln scored through Steffen Tigges (36').

Discipline: Werder Bremen received 4 yellow cards; FC Köln received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Werder Bremen were 12th on 35 points from 32 and FC Köln 10th on 41 points from 32. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 13th with 36 points, and FC Köln 11th with 42.

Werder Bremen lined up in a 3-5-2 and FC Köln in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marvin Ducksch of Werder Bremen (7.8), level with Florian Kainz (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Werder Bremen wins, 5 draws and 3 for FC Köln.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Dejan LjubičićFC Köln
  • 27'Yellow card · Mitchell WeiserWerder Bremen
  • 33'Yellow card · Leonardo BittencourtWerder Bremen
  • 36'Goal · Steffen TiggesFC Köln · 0-1
  • 73'Goal · Romano SchmidWerder Bremen · 1-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Jens StageWerder Bremen
  • 82'Yellow card · Lee BuchananWerder Bremen
  • 89'Yellow card · Jonas HectorFC Köln

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Werder Bremen 2, draws 5, FC Köln 3.

Team news

Werder Bremen line-up (3-5-2)

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

FC Köln line-up (4-2-3-1)

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