46th minute: Alexander Nouri makes his first change at half time, bringing on Zlatko Junuzovic for the injured Clemens Fritz. The Austrian takes the captains armband.
53rd minute: Max Kruse tries his luck for the first time in the game but he drags his shot wide. Overall, the second half has started evenly.
58th minute: Drobny is called into action after some time as a spectator, he saves well from a Dominique Heintz effort. His defence then clear the subsequent corner.
61st minute: Werder are pushing. A free kick from the left causes panic in the Köln box and somehow the ball doesn’t go in. Werder are currently the dominant team, now it’s about making the most of this pressure.
65th minute: Suddenly the visitors have two huge chances. First Modeste is through on goal and fires over from a less-than-ideal angle and a minute later, Yuya Osako shoots just wide from the edge of the box.
75th minute: Both teams are threatening, making for a tense final 15 minutes like so many Werder matches this year. Aron Johannsson is on in place of Pizarro.
82nd minute: You can see the players are slowing down physically as SVW haven’t been able to sustain this pressure. Perhaps there’ll be one last chance to take all the points.
89th minute: A heart-in-mouth moment for Werder, as Robert Bauer and Marco Höger challenge for the ball in the Green-White box. The Köln player goes to ground but referee Wolfgang Stark waves away the visitors’ claims.
93rd minute: Full time. That’s the last action at the Weser-Stadion in 2016 - nothing can separate SVW and 1. FC Köln, meaning Werder build on their unbeaten streak.
Summary: In the first half Werder took some time to get going and the visitors were the better side before the Green-Whites got themselves back into the game after holding off Köln’s pressure. Werder started the second half more brightly but just couldn’t find the second goal. Towards the end of the game you could see both of the teams were running out of energy, but neither team could take advantage of the other’s mistakes. In the end, a draw is a fair result and SVW were able to build on their unbeaten run to four games. Next Wednesday, the Green-Whites have the chance to make it five against 1899 Hoffenheim, as away games against TSG have historically been good to Werder.