FC Köln 1–2 RB Leipzig
- Thielmann 51'
- Baumgartner 29'
- Baumgartner 56'
8 February 2026
The match in data
A 2–1 win for RB Leipzig against FC Köln on 8 February 2026, on matchday 21 of the 2025-26 Bundesliga.
Player of the match: Xaver Schlager (RB Leipzig), rated 68, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 7 final-third passes. Schlager produced 1.6 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For FC Köln, the highest-rated player was Tom Krauß, with 64.
Christoph Baumgartner scored twice.
Xaver Schlager
RB Leipzig · 90'
Produced 1.57× and cost 0.53× their position's average
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 7 final-third passes 1.3×
- 2 completed dribbles 2.8×
- 7 misplaced passes 0.9×
- 1 ball lost 1.0×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Krauß | Midfielder | 90 | 64 |
| Jan Thielmann | Forward | 90 | 55 |
| Ragnar Ache | Forward | 90 | 52 |
| Jakub Kamiński | Forward | 90 | 47 |
| Marius Bülter | Forward | 22 | 47 |
| Ísak Jóhannesson | Midfielder | 68 | 43 |
| Marvin Schwäbe | Goalkeeper | 90 | 41 |
| Kristoffer Lund | Defender | 78 | 41 |
| Cenk Özkacar | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Eric Martel | Midfielder | 90 | 30 |
| Sebastian Sebulonsen | Defender | 90 | 29 |
| Said El Mala | Forward | 90 | 28 |
| Luca Waldschmidt | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Felipe Chavez | Midfielder | 10 | no rating |
| Fynn Schenten | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xaver Schlager ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 68 |
| Conrad Harder | Forward | 26 | 55 |
| Willi Orbán | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Yan Diomande | Forward | 82 | 51 |
| Christoph Baumgartner | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Nicolas Seiwald | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Antonio Nusa | Forward | 90 | 48 |
| Péter Gulácsi | Goalkeeper | 90 | 45 |
| David Raum | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Ridle Baku | Defender | 26 | 38 |
| Rômulo | Forward | 64 | 36 |
| Benjamin Henrichs | Defender | 64 | 33 |
| Brajan Gruda | Midfielder | 82 | 28 |
| Ezechiel Banzuzi | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
| Tidiam Gomis | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Max Finkgräfe | Defender | 1 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which RB Leipzig player played the most passes leading to a shot?
David Raum, with 5 key passes. Next: Antonio Nusa 3, Xaver Schlager 2.
David Raum served as RB Leipzig's primary creative outlet with five key passes in the 1–2 win. Raum's chance creation eclipsed Antonio Nusa's three key passes and Xaver Schlager's two.
Which FC Köln player won the most aerial duels?
Ragnar Ache, with 9 aerial duels won. Next: Eric Martel 3, Jakub Kamiński 2.
Despite the 1–2 defeat, Ragnar Ache ruled the air with 9 aerial duels won. That was triple the tally of Eric Martel, who followed with 3.
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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