VfL Wolfsburg 2-4 FC Köln: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 3 September 2022

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 2-4 FC Köln

Bundesliga · Saturday 3 September 2022, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-3

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VfL Wolfsburg 2-4 FC Köln: match report

VfL Wolfsburg lost to FC Köln 2-4 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 3 September 2022. The half-time score was 1-3.

Lukas Nmecha opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goals came from Lukas Nmecha (2') and Lukas Nmecha (79'). FC Köln scored through Dejan Ljubicic (22'), an own goal by Paulo Otávio (31'), Florian Kainz (45+2', penalty) and Sargis Adamyan (81').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 2 yellow cards; FC Köln received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 15th on 2 points from 4 and FC Köln 8th on 6 points from 4. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 8th with 49 points, and FC Köln 11th with 42.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Köln in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Florian Kainz of FC Köln (10.0), ahead of Lukas Nmecha (8.4).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

2'Goal · Lukas NmechaVfL Wolfsburg · 1-0
22'Goal · Dejan LjubicicFC Köln · 1-1
31'Own goal · Paulo OtávioFC Köln · 1-2
38'Yellow card · M. van de VenVfL Wolfsburg
45+2'Penalty goal · Florian KainzFC Köln · 1-3
63'Yellow card · Ondrej DudaFC Köln
79'Goal · Lukas NmechaVfL Wolfsburg · 2-3
81'Goal · Sargis AdamyanFC Köln · 2-4
82'Yellow card · Omar MarmoushVfL Wolfsburg

Head-to-head

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

FC Köln 0-1 VfL WolfsburgBundesliga · 7 May 2022
VfL Wolfsburg 2-3 FC KölnBundesliga · 14 Dec 2021
VfL Wolfsburg 1-0 FC KölnBundesliga · 3 Apr 2021
FC Köln 2-2 VfL WolfsburgBundesliga · 5 Dec 2020
FC Köln 3-1 VfL WolfsburgBundesliga · 18 Jan 2020
VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 FC KölnBundesliga · 17 Aug 2019

Team news

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Dimitrios LimniosFC Köln · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Jonas WindVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Benno SchmitzFC Köln · injury (Ankle Injury)
Jeff ChabotFC Köln · injury (Ankle Injury)
Mathias OlesenFC Köln · injury (Ankle Injury)
Sebastian AnderssonFC Köln · injury (Knee Surgery)
Patrick WimmerVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Concussion)
Mark UthFC Köln · injury (Surgery)
Jérôme RoussillonVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Achilles tendon problems)
Yannick GerhardtVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
Florian DietzFC Köln · injury (Minor Knock)

VfL Wolfsburg line-up (4-4-2)

Koen Casteels, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Josuha Guilavogui, Micky van de Ven, Ridle Baku, Bartol Franjic, Maximilian Arnold, Paulo Otávio, Zoran Zekic, Luca Waldschmidt, Lukas Nmecha

FC Köln line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marvin Schwäbe, Kingsley Schindler, Luca Kilian, Timo Hübers, Jonas Hector, Dejan Ljubicic, Ellyes Skhiri, Jan Thielmann, Ondrej Duda, Florian Kainz, Steffen Tigges