FC Köln 3-1 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 18 January 2020

Result

FC Köln 3-1 VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga · Saturday 18 January 2020, 14:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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FC Köln 3-1 VfL Wolfsburg: match report

FC Köln defeated VfL Wolfsburg 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 18 January 2020. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Jhon Córdoba opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. FC Köln's goals came from Jhon Córdoba (22'), Jhon Córdoba (45+2') and Jonas Hector (62'). VfL Wolfsburg scored through Renato Steffen (66').

Discipline: FC Köln received 3 yellow cards; VfL Wolfsburg received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Köln were 15th on 17 points from 17 and VfL Wolfsburg 9th on 24 points from 17. FC Köln went on to finish that season 14th with 36 points, and VfL Wolfsburg 7th with 49.

FC Köln lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and VfL Wolfsburg in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jhon Córdoba of FC Köln (9.1), ahead of Timo Horn (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Köln wins, 4 draws and 4 for VfL Wolfsburg.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · John Anthony BrooksVfL Wolfsburg
  • 22'Goal · Jhon CórdobaFC Köln · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Xaver SchlagerVfL Wolfsburg
  • 45+2'Goal · Jhon CórdobaFC Köln · 2-0
  • 62'Goal · Jonas HectorFC Köln · 3-0
  • 66'Yellow card · J. ThielmannFC Köln
  • 66'Goal · Renato SteffenVfL Wolfsburg · 3-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Jonas HectorFC Köln
  • 86'Yellow card · Ismail JakobsFC Köln
  • 89'Yellow card · Wout WeghorstVfL Wolfsburg

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Köln 2, draws 4, VfL Wolfsburg 4.

Team news

FC Köln line-up (4-2-3-1)

Timo Horn, Kingsley Ehizibue, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Rafael Czichos, Noah Katterbach, Ellyes Skhiri, Jonas Hector, Jan Thielmann, Mark Uth, Ismail Jakobs, Jhon Córdoba

VfL Wolfsburg line-up (4-3-3)

Koen Casteels, Kevin Mbabu, Marcel Tisserand, John Brooks, Jérôme Roussillon, Xaver Schlager, Josuha Guilavogui, Maximilian Arnold, Daniel Ginczek, Wout Weghorst, Josip Brekalo