§ Bundesliga · 2025-26 · Matchday 15

FC Köln 0–1 FC Union Berlin

  • van den Berg 82'
  • Schäfer 90+1'

20 December 2025

The match in data

A 1–0 win for FC Union Berlin against FC Köln on 20 December 2025, on matchday 15 of the 2025-26 Bundesliga.

Player of the match: Leopold Querfeld (FC Union Berlin), rated 66, thanks above all to 8 aerials won and 9 final-third passes. Querfeld produced 1.4 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.

It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season.

For FC Köln, the highest-rated player was Dominique Heintz, with 58.

Rav van den Berg was sent off at 82'.

66
Player of the match

Leopold Querfeld

FC Union Berlin · 90'

Produced 1.37× and cost 0.44× their position's average

Added
  • 8 aerials won 4.0×
  • 9 final-third passes 1.5×
  • 9 duels won 1.9×
Took away
  • 8 misplaced passes 1.1×
  • 2 duels lost 0.6×

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.

FC Köln
PlayerPositionMinRating
Dominique Heintz Defender 86 58
Rav van den Berg Defender 82 57
Jan Thielmann Forward 68 54
Jakub Kamiński Forward 86 49
Tom Krauß Midfielder 68 47
Denis Huseinbasic Midfielder 22 44
Kristoffer Lund Defender 90 41
Ragnar Ache Forward 58 40
Ísak Jóhannesson Midfielder 90 38
Marvin Schwäbe Goalkeeper 90 37
Eric Martel Midfielder 90 34
Sebastian Sebulonsen Defender 90 27
Marius Bülter Forward 32 20
Said El Mala Forward 22 20
Cenk Özkacar Defender 4 no rating
Linton Maina Forward 4 no rating
FC Union Berlin
PlayerPositionMinRating
Leopold Querfeld ★ Defender 90 66
Christopher Trimmel Defender 73 56
Derrick Köhn Defender 90 49
Frederik Rönnow Goalkeeper 90 48
Diogo Leite Defender 90 44
Danilho Doekhi Defender 90 42
Aljoscha Kemlein Midfielder 85 42
Rani Khedira Midfielder 90 39
Livan Burcu Forward 26 36
Woo-yeong Jeong Midfielder 64 31
Ilyas Ansah Forward 73 23
Oliver Burke Forward 72 23
Andrej Ilic Forward 18 no rating
Josip Juranovic Defender 17 no rating
Tim Skarke Forward 17 no rating
András Schäfer Midfielder 5 no rating

Did you know?

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

Which FC Union Berlin player won the most duels?

Leopold Querfeld, with 9 duels won. Next: Diogo Leite 7, Danilho Doekhi 7.

Leopold Querfeld led FC Union Berlin in physical contests with 9 duels won in a 0–1 victory over FC Köln. Diogo Leite and Danilho Doekhi both followed closely with 7.

Which FC Köln player won the most aerial duels?

Eric Martel, with 9 aerial duels won. Next: Dominique Heintz 4, Ragnar Ache 4.

Eric Martel dominated the air for FC Köln with 9 aerial duels won in the 0–1 defeat to FC Union Berlin. That more than doubled Dominique Heintz and Ragnar Ache, who registered 4 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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FC Köln 0–1 FC Union Berlin, Bundesliga 2025-26. Player of the match: Leopold Querfeld, 66
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.