FC Köln 1–2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- Waldschmidt 77'
- Schick 43' (pen.)
- Schick 52'
25 April 2026
The match in data
A 2–1 win for Bayer 04 Leverkusen against FC Köln on 25 April 2026, on matchday 31 of the 2025-26 Bundesliga.
Player of the match: Aleix García (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), rated 65, thanks above all to 7 final-third passes and 78 passes. García produced 1.0 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It is their 12th time as player of the match this season.
For FC Köln, the highest-rated player was Ísak Jóhannesson, with 69.
Patrik Schick scored twice.
Aleix García
Bayer 04 Leverkusen · 72'
Produced 1.02× and cost 0.49× their position's average
- 7 final-third passes 1.6×
- 78 passes 2.2×
- 4 recoveries 1.1×
- 1 ball lost 1.3×
- 3 misplaced passes 0.5×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ísak Jóhannesson | Midfielder | 72 | 69 |
| Jahmai Simpson-Pusey | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Linton Maina | Forward | 59 | 61 |
| Jan Thielmann | Forward | 31 | 58 |
| Marius Bülter | Forward | 59 | 57 |
| Cenk Özkacar | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Said El Mala | Forward | 90 | 51 |
| Alessio Castro-Montes | Midfielder | 31 | 49 |
| Jakub Kamiński | Forward | 90 | 48 |
| Eric Martel | Midfielder | 85 | 46 |
| Sebastian Sebulonsen | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Kristoffer Lund | Defender | 72 | 21 |
| Marvin Schwäbe | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Felipe Chavez | Midfielder | 18 | no rating |
| Luca Waldschmidt | Forward | 18 | no rating |
| Youssoupha Niang | Forward | 5 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrik Schick | Forward | 90 | 67 |
| Aleix García ★ | Midfielder | 72 | 65 |
| Montrell Culbreath | Forward | 72 | 62 |
| Malik Tillman | Midfielder | 29 | 57 |
| Jarell Quansah | Defender | 85 | 56 |
| Nathan Tella | Forward | 72 | 54 |
| Robert Andrich | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Edmond Tapsoba | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Exequiel Palacios | Midfielder | 90 | 45 |
| Alejandro Grimaldo | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Ibrahim Maza | Midfielder | 61 | 32 |
| Janis Blaswich | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Arthur | Defender | 18 | no rating |
| Eliesse Ben Seghir | Forward | 18 | no rating |
| Ezequiel Fernández | Midfielder | 18 | no rating |
| Loïc Badé | Defender | 5 | 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.