AUGSBURG, Germany (AP) — Augsburg beat Cologne 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Friday, extending its club-record-equalling run to eight consecutive matches unbeaten at home.
Goals Summary
Rodrigo Ribeiro scored for the second game in a row, breaking the deadlock in the 55th minute with a clever backheel from a cutback by U.S. defender Noahkai Banks. The strike came six days after he scored in a 3-2 win over Wolfsburg.
Alexis Claude-Maurice sealed the victory deep in stoppage time, charging forward and rolling the ball into an empty net after all Cologne players had pushed forward for a last-gasp corner.
Standings Impact
Augsburg's fifth win in six games moved it into ninth place, tied on points with Eintracht Frankfurt, the team above it.
Cologne has won only one of its last six league games and remained in 12th place.
Match Details
The visitor was the more physical side in a hard-fought first half and was unlucky not to go in a goal up at the break after Eric Martel's header came back off the crossbar.
Augsburg — wearing a one-off shirt designed to highlight the city's history — took its chances in the second half to secure the win.
Injury Report
Cologne was missing four players with muscle injuries, a rash of absences that coach Lukas Kwasniok said was the worst he had ever faced.