Arminia Bielefeld

Match report

Arminia Bielefeld put together a clean sheet and three goals against Energie Cottbus at the SchücoArena on Sunday. The hosts claimed a comfortable 3-0 victory in the second round of the 2. Bundesliga. J. Grodowski ran the show with a hat-trick, opening the scoring and then adding a penalty to complete his haul.

And here's the thing about the first half — it ended with Bielefeld already in control. Grodowski opened the scoring in the twenty-sixth minute, then doubled the advantage seven minutes later. Cottbus had the better of possession but created nothing of note. The visitors turned to the kids in the second half, bringing on Kinsombi and Guttau at the break.

The penalty in the seventy-sixth minute gave Grodowski his third and effectively killed the contest. Cottbus manager pulled the trigger on several changes, bringing on Rorig and Michelbrink together in the seventy-fifth minute. By then the result was beyond doubt, though the visitors still managed to pick up two bookings in quick succession.

To be fair, the statistics tell a familiar story. Cottbus held 60 per cent of the ball and completed 430 passes compared to Bielefeld's 269, but created zero big chances. The hosts registered six big chances and hit an expected goals figure of 3.57. Shots tell the same tale — Cottbus had three attempts, none on target, while Bielefeld found the back of the net five times.

The win moves Arminia to four points from four games, keeping them ninth in the table. Cottbus remain on three points after four matches, sitting sixteenth. The hosts had lost their opening game 1-2 to Karlsruher and drawn with MSV Duisburg before this result. Cottbus came from a 3-1 win over Hannover 96 but have now lost three of four league fixtures.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 40 – 60

Shots on target 5 – 0

Shots off target 5 – 3

Expected goals 3.57 – 0.56

⚽ 26' J. Grodowski — Goal 🟨 27' H. Rorig — Yellow card ⚽ 37' J. Grodowski — Goal ⇄ 46' C. Kinsombi — Substitution ⇄ 46' J. Guttau — Substitution ⇄ 55' F. Doumbia — Substitution ⇄ 59' M. Momuluh — Substitution ⇄ 60' M. Worl — Substitution ⇄ 69' M. Mehlem — Substitution ⇄ 75' H. Rorig — Substitution ⇄ 75' L. Michelbrink — Substitution ⚽ 76' J. Grodowski — Penalty 🟨 78' J. Butler — Yellow card 🟨 78' B. Boakye — Yellow card ⇄ 82' J. Rochelt — Substitution ⇄ 82' A. Sicker — Substitution 🟨 85' T. Handwerker — Yellow card

Match events

26' 1:0 Arminia Bielefeld Goal J. Grodowski assist: H. Koudossou
27' 1:0 Energie Cottbus Yellow card H. Rorig
37' 2:0 Arminia Bielefeld Goal J. Grodowski
46' 2:0 Energie Cottbus Substitution C. Kinsombi off: M. Hannemann
46' 2:0 Energie Cottbus Substitution J. Guttau off: J. Butler
55' 2:0 Energie Cottbus Substitution F. Doumbia off: A. Borgmann
59' 2:0 Arminia Bielefeld Substitution M. Momuluh off: B. Boakye
60' 2:0 Arminia Bielefeld Substitution M. Worl off: S. Schreck
69' 2:0 Arminia Bielefeld Substitution M. Mehlem off: I. Young
75' 2:0 Energie Cottbus Substitution H. Rorig off: R. Malone
75' 2:0 Energie Cottbus Substitution L. Michelbrink off: T. Campulka
76' 3:0 Arminia Bielefeld Penalty J. Grodowski
78' 3:0 Energie Cottbus Yellow card J. Butler
78' 3:0 Arminia Bielefeld Yellow card B. Boakye
82' 3:0 Arminia Bielefeld Substitution J. Rochelt off: J. Felix
82' 3:0 Arminia Bielefeld Substitution A. Sicker off: T. Handwerker
85' 3:0 Arminia Bielefeld Yellow card T. Handwerker

Statistics

40 Possession, % 60

5 Shots on target 0

5 Shots off target 3

3.57 Expected goals 0.56

6 Big chances 0

90 Attacks 101

7 Corners 10

12 Fouls 18

16 Free kicks 11

4 Offsides 1

2 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

6 Goal kicks 8

21 Throw-ins 22

All statistics

18/2864% Aerial duels 10/2836%

49 Backward passes 83

7 Blocked shots 7

33 Clearances 21

6/1932% Crosses 3/2612%

10/1759% Dribbles 7/2035%

1.96 Expected assists 0.40

76 Failed passes 88

0 Goalkeeper saves 2

16 Interceptions 7

12 Key passes 7

28/5650% Long passes 22/5044%

51 Passes into the final third 79

182 Passes in the opposition half 279

182 Passes in own half 265

0.29 Shot accuracy 0

3 Shots from outside the box 3

14 Shots inside the box 7

18/2282% Tackles 8/1173%

345 Total passes 518

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Jonas Thomas Kersken	1
5	Maximilian Bauer	5
7	Henri Koudossou	7
17	Arne Sicker	17
19	Maximilian Großer	19
6	Marvin Mehlem	6
21	Stefano Russo	21
38	M. Wörle	38
10	Jannik Rochelt	10
11	Joel Grodowski	11
14	Thaddäus-Monju Momuluh	14

Substitutes
#	Player	number
18	Leo Oppermann	18
47	Philip Hildesheim	47
3	Joel Felix	3
29	Tim-Henry Handwerker	29
8	Sam Francis Schreck	8
27	Benjamin Boakye	27
28	Roberts Uldriķis	28
30	Isaiah Young	30

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Energie Cottbus

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Marcel Lotka	1
3	Henry Rorig	3
5	Dominik Pelivan	5
21	Luca Erline	21
23	Fousseni Dumbia	23
8	Lucas Mikelbrink	8
10	Tolcay Ciğerci	10
17	Julian Guttau	17
32	Leonardo Jesus Loureiro Bittencourt	32
7	Christian Kinsombi	7
9	L. Copardo	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
29	Kevin Kratzsch	29
4	Tim Campulka	4
16	Ryan Patrick Malone	16
20	Axel Borgmann	20
42	J. Zaidan	42
6	Jonas Hofmann	6
22	Yusuf Wardak	22
11	Moritz Hannemann	11
31	Justin Butler	31

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