FC Köln 2–1 FSV Mainz 05
- Ache 57'
- Ache 85'
- Bell 29'
17 January 2026
The match in data
FC Köln beat FSV Mainz 05 2–1 on 17 January 2026, on matchday 18 of the 2025-26 Bundesliga.
FC Köln came from behind: they were trailing 0–1 at 29'.
Player of the match: Alessio Castro-Montes (FC Köln), rated 67, thanks above all to 13 final-third passes and 1 big chance created. Castro-Montes produced 1.8 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.7 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For FSV Mainz 05, the highest-rated player was Stefan Bell, with 66.
Ragnar Ache scored twice.
Alessio Castro-Montes
FC Köln · 83'
Produced 1.78× and cost 0.65× their position's average
- 13 final-third passes 2.6×
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 4 key passes 3.7×
- 9 misplaced passes 1.3×
- 4 duels lost 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.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alessio Castro-Montes ★ | Midfielder | 83 | 67 |
| Jahmai Simpson-Pusey | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Cenk Özkacar | Defender | 46 | 59 |
| Ragnar Ache | Forward | 44 | 55 |
| Eric Martel | Midfielder | 46 | 54 |
| Sebastian Sebulonsen | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Tom Krauß | Midfielder | 44 | 53 |
| Linton Maina | Forward | 73 | 52 |
| Ísak Jóhannesson | Midfielder | 46 | 49 |
| Marvin Schwäbe | Goalkeeper | 90 | 44 |
| Marius Bülter | Forward | 90 | 37 |
| Said El Mala | Forward | 90 | 37 |
| Jakub Kamiński | Forward | 90 | 29 |
| Kristoffer Lund | Defender | 44 | 28 |
| Luca Waldschmidt | Forward | 17 | no rating |
| Jan Thielmann | Forward | 7 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stefan Bell | Defender | 74 | 66 |
| Daniel Batz | Goalkeeper | 90 | 60 |
| Phillip Tietz | Forward | 90 | 55 |
| Paul Nebel | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Kacper Potulski | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Kaishu Sano | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| Danny da Costa | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Armindo Sieb | Forward | 29 | 45 |
| Silvan Widmer | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Silas | Forward | 61 | 39 |
| Dominik Kohr | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Jae-sung Lee | Midfielder | 74 | 27 |
| Lennard Maloney | Midfielder | 16 | no rating |
| William Bøving | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Arnaud Nordin | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Fabio Moreno Fell | Forward | 1 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which FC Köln player won the most aerial duels?
Marius Bülter, with 5 aerial duels won. Next: Cenk Özkacar 3, Eric Martel 2.
In FC Köln's 2–1 win against Mainz 05, Marius Bülter commanded the skies with 5 aerial duels won. Bülter finished ahead of Cenk Özkacar and Eric Martel to provide consistent aerial support.
Which FSV Mainz 05 player won the most aerial duels?
Phillip Tietz, with 6 aerial duels won. Next: Stefan Bell 5, Kaishu Sano 3.
Even as FSV Mainz 05 fell 2–1 to FC Köln, Phillip Tietz controlled aerial battles with 6 duels won. Tietz edged past Stefan Bell and Kaishu Sano when competing for aerial possession.
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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