Match highlights
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VfL Wolfsburg vs 1. FC Köln highlights
How the goals came
2' Lukas Nmecha opens the scoring for VfL Wolfsburg → 22' Dejan Ljubičić equalises for 1. FC Köln → 31' an own goal puts 1. FC Köln ahead → 45+2' Florian Kainz extends 1. FC Köln's lead (the winner) → 79' Lukas Nmecha pulls one back for VfL Wolfsburg → 81' Sargis Adamyan extends 1. FC Köln's lead. Full time: 2-4, 1. FC Köln win.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 6 goals came after half-time. 1. FC Köln came from 1 down to win.
2' Lukas Nmecha (VfL Wolfsburg) 1-0
Lukas Nmecha put VfL Wolfsburg ahead after just two minutes of their Bundesliga Matchday 5 meeting with 1. FC Köln at the Volkswagen Arena. The early goal gave the home side a 1-0 lead. It was the only spell of the match in which they were in front, as the game ended 2-4.
22' Dejan Ljubičić (1. FC Köln) 1-1
VfL Wolfsburg's early lead lasted until the 22nd minute, when Dejan Ljubičić levelled the score at 1-1. The equaliser was the turning point for the visitors: 1. FC Köln went on to add two more goals before half-time.
31' Own goal (1. FC Köln) 1-2
An own goal in the 31st minute, credited to 1. FC Köln, turned the match around at 1-2. Nine minutes after drawing level, the visitors were in front for the first time. Köln never relinquished the lead from that point, making this the winning goal.
45'+2 Florian Kainz (1. FC Köln) 1-3
In first-half stoppage time, Florian Kainz scored in the 45+2nd minute to stretch 1. FC Köln's lead to two goals at 1-3. VfL Wolfsburg, who had opened the scoring in the second minute, went into the break having conceded three times in the first half.
79' Lukas Nmecha (VfL Wolfsburg) 2-3
With the score still 1-3 deep into the second half, Lukas Nmecha struck in the 79th minute to pull VfL Wolfsburg within one at 2-3. It was his second goal of the match, after the opener in the second minute, and it gave the home side a foothold heading into the closing stages.
81' Sargis Adamyan (1. FC Köln) 2-4
Just two minutes after Lukas Nmecha's goal, Sargis Adamyan restored 1. FC Köln's two-goal cushion in the 81st minute. The 2-4 scoreline held to the final whistle, completing a comeback win for the visitors after VfL Wolfsburg had scored first at home.
