§ Bundesliga · 2025-26 · Matchday 8

Borussia Dortmund 1–0 FC Köln

  • Beier 90+6'

25 October 2025

The match in data

A 1–0 win for Borussia Dortmund against FC Köln on 25 October 2025, on matchday 8 of the 2025-26 Bundesliga.

Player of the match: Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Dortmund), rated 70, thanks above all to 19 final-third passes and 10 recoveries. Bensebaini produced 1.6 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.

For FC Köln, the highest-rated player was Denis Huseinbasic, with 58.

70
Player of the match

Ramy Bensebaini

Borussia Dortmund · 90'

Produced 1.55× and cost 0.43× their position's average

Added
  • 19 final-third passes 3.1×
  • 10 recoveries 2.6×
  • 88 passes 1.8×
Took away
  • 11 misplaced passes 1.5×
  • 0.04 xG not converted 0.9×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.

Borussia Dortmund
PlayerPositionMinRating
Ramy Bensebaini ★ Defender 90 70
Maximilian Beier Forward 22 59
Pascal Groß Midfielder 68 58
Karim Adeyemi Forward 79 54
Nico Schlotterbeck Defender 90 51
Waldemar Anton Defender 90 51
Daniel Svensson Defender 85 44
Gregor Kobel Goalkeeper 90 43
Serhou Guirassy Forward 90 42
Felix Nmecha Midfielder 85 41
Julian Ryerson Defender 90 32
Marcel Sabitzer Midfielder 22 28
Carney Chukwuemeka Midfielder 68 27
Fábio Silva Forward 11 no rating
Jobe Bellingham Midfielder 5 no rating
Julian Brandt Midfielder 5 no rating
FC Köln
PlayerPositionMinRating
Marvin Schwäbe Goalkeeper 90 58
Denis Huseinbasic Midfielder 72 58
Timo Hübers Defender 90 49
Ísak Jóhannesson Midfielder 72 49
Marius Bülter Forward 46 48
Sebastian Sebulonsen Defender 90 45
Jakub Kamiński Forward 90 42
Tom Krauß Midfielder 44 41
Kristoffer Lund Defender 90 38
Dominique Heintz Defender 35 37
Cenk Özkacar Defender 55 35
Eric Martel Midfielder 90 27
Said El Mala Forward 72 22
Joël Schmied Defender 18 no rating
Linton Maina Forward 18 no rating
Ragnar Ache Forward 18 no rating

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which FC Köln player made the most tackles?

Timo Hübers, with 5 tackles. Next: Jakub Kamiński 3, Kristoffer Lund 3.

Timo Hübers led FC Köln's defensive resistance with 5 tackles in the 1–0 loss against Borussia Dortmund, topping Jakub Kamiński and Kristoffer Lund with 3 each. That defensive grit kept the margin minimal.

Which Borussia Dortmund player won the most aerial duels?

Serhou Guirassy, with 5 aerial duels won. Next: Waldemar Anton 3, Ramy Bensebaini 3.

In the 1–0 win over FC Köln, Serhou Guirassy led the aerial contest with 5 aerial duels won. Guirassy finished ahead of defenders Waldemar Anton and Ramy Bensebaini, who recorded 3 each.

How is the rating calculated?

The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.

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Borussia Dortmund 1–0 FC Köln, Bundesliga 2025-26. Player of the match: Ramy Bensebaini, 70
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.