Cologne snatch 1-1 draw at Union Berlin with late equalizer

Cologne pulled level in the 79th minute and left Union Berlin's Stadion An der Alten Försterei with a 1-1 draw. Malek El Mala scored the equalizer from very close range after a corner, set up by Alessio Castro-Montes.

Union Berlin led from the 10th minute. Janik Haberer finished from very close range, right footed into the centre of the goal, after Tim Skarke's assist. Haberer was the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 7.2 and finished with two shots. Union held that 1-0 edge through the break and into the final stretch, until El Mala's goal made it 1-1.

Cologne moved to 2-3-3. Tom Krauss led them with 94 accurate passes and 20 defensive interventions. Union Berlin stay at 1-4-3. András Schäfer made 39 accurate passes and Marvin Friedrich had 17 defensive interventions.

Chirp's Sim gave Union Berlin a 41% chance to win before the game over 10,000 simulations.