§ Bundesliga · 2025-26 · Matchday 21

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: Tom Krauß (FC Köln), rated 70, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 10 recoveries. Krauß produced 1.5 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.

For RB Leipzig, the highest-rated player was Xaver Schlager, with 68.

Christoph Baumgartner scored twice.

70
Player of the match

Tom Krauß

FC Köln · 90'

Produced 1.49× and cost 0.60× their position's average

Added
  • 1 big chance created 4.0×
  • 10 recoveries 2.3×
  • 5 final-third passes 0.9×
Took away
  • 9 misplaced passes 1.2×
  • 1 time dribbled past 1.3×

Match ratings

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

FC Köln
PlayerPositionMinRating
Tom Krauß ★ Midfielder 90 70
Jan Thielmann Forward 90 63
Jakub Kamiński Forward 90 58
Marius Bülter Forward 22 57
Ragnar Ache Forward 90 49
Ísak Jóhannesson Midfielder 68 45
Kristoffer Lund Defender 78 44
Cenk Özkacar Defender 90 38
Eric Martel Midfielder 90 33
Sebastian Sebulonsen Defender 90 31
Said El Mala Forward 90 30
Marvin Schwäbe Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Luca Waldschmidt Forward 12 no rating
Felipe Chavez Midfielder 10 no rating
Fynn Schenten Forward 10 no rating
RB Leipzig
PlayerPositionMinRating
Xaver Schlager Midfielder 90 68
Nicolas Seiwald Midfielder 90 57
Willi Orbán Defender 90 53
Antonio Nusa Forward 90 52
Yan Diomande Forward 82 50
Christoph Baumgartner Midfielder 90 48
Ridle Baku Defender 26 41
David Raum Defender 90 40
Conrad Harder Forward 26 40
Rômulo Forward 64 36
Benjamin Henrichs Defender 64 34
Brajan Gruda Midfielder 82 30
Péter Gulácsi Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Ezechiel Banzuzi Midfielder 8 no rating
Tidiam Gomis Forward 8 no rating
Max Finkgräfe Defender 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.