§ Bundesliga · 2025-26 · Matchday 16

FC Heidenheim 2–2 FC Köln

  • Pieringer 15'
  • Niehues 26'
  • Martel 18'
  • El Mala 48'

10 January 2026

The match in data

FC Heidenheim and FC Köln drew 2–2 on 10 January 2026, on matchday 16 of the 2025-26 Bundesliga.

Player of the match: Julian Niehues (FC Heidenheim), rated 71, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 1 big chance created. Niehues produced 1.8 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.7 times the cost.

For FC Köln, the highest-rated player was Fynn Schenten, with 74.

71
Player of the match

Julian Niehues

FC Heidenheim · 90'

Produced 1.76× and cost 0.71× their position's average

Added
  • 12 final-third passes 2.2×
  • 1 big chance created 4.0×
  • 56 passes 1.3×
Took away
  • 11 misplaced passes 1.5×
  • 4 duels lost 0.8×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.

FC Heidenheim
PlayerPositionMinRating
Julian Niehues ★ Midfielder 90 71
Marvin Pieringer Forward 78 69
Tim Siersleben Defender 90 61
Niklas Dorsch Midfielder 90 59
Adrian Beck Midfielder 30 54
Patrick Mainka Defender 90 51
Arijon Ibrahimovic Midfielder 60 50
Sirlord Conteh Forward 83 48
Jan Schöppner Midfielder 60 48
Jonas Föhrenbach Defender 90 43
Omar Traoré Defender 78 30
Mathias Honsak Forward 30 24
Diant Ramaj Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Marnon Busch Defender 12 no rating
Stefan Schimmer Forward 12 no rating
Mikkel Kaufmann Forward 7 no rating
FC Köln
PlayerPositionMinRating
Fynn Schenten Forward 62 74
Eric Martel Midfielder 90 71
Alessio Castro-Montes Midfielder 75 65
Denis Huseinbasic Midfielder 46 64
Ragnar Ache Forward 90 57
Jahmai Simpson-Pusey Defender 90 56
Said El Mala Forward 44 56
Jakub Kamiński Forward 90 53
Sebastian Sebulonsen Defender 90 38
Tom Krauß Midfielder 90 36
Jan Thielmann Forward 75 32
Linton Maina Forward 28 25
Marvin Schwäbe Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Kristoffer Lund Defender 15 no rating
Marius Bülter Forward 15 no rating
Youssoupha Niang Forward 1 no rating

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.

See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.