Match Stats: Strong second half performance enough for Köln against Bochum

It was a goalless first half in the Bundesliga match between FC Köln and the visitors Bochum at RheinEnergieStadion on Saturday. But in the second half, Köln took control and ultimately won the game 2-1.

It took a while to open the scoring. FC Köln took a 1–0 lead first with 8 minutes left to play through Louis Schaub scored, with an assist by Florian Kainz.

The 2-0 goal came in the 90th minute, when Tim Lemperle scored a goal for FC Köln, with an assist by Tomas Ostrak.

Bochum’s reduced the score to 2-1 came straight after when Simon Zoller scored, with an assist by Christopher Antwi-Adjej, in the 90th minute. But Bochum ran out of steam. The 2-1 goal was the last goal of the game.

The last match between the teams ended in a 2-3 away win for Bochum in December 2018.

FC Köln are unbeaten at home, after one game.

FC Köln have scored 7 goals. At home ground they have scored 5 goal. They’ve conceded 5 goals in total.

Bochum have scored 3 goals in this campaign. Away from home they have scored 1 goal. They’ve conceded 3 goals in total.

FC Köln have opened the score in 0 of their 2 of the games, and have a winning ratio of 0 percent when scoring the first goal. Bochum have scored 50 percent of their goals in the first 45 minutes, with an even (1–1) goal difference.

In the next games in the Bundesliga, FC Köln will play Freiburg (away) on 2021-09-11, Red Bull Leipzig (home) on 2021-09-18 and Eintracht Frankfurt (away) on 2021-09-25. Bochum play Hertha Berlin (home) on 2021-09-12, Bayern München (away) on 2021-09-18 and VfB Stuttgart (home) on 2021-09-26.