FC Köln 4–1 SC Freiburg
- Kamiński 35'
- Bülter 47'
- Thielmann 56'
- El Mala 81'
- Eggestein 84'
31 August 2025
The match in data
A 4–1 win for FC Köln against SC Freiburg on 31 August 2025, on matchday 2 of the 2025-26 Bundesliga.
Player of the match: Jan Thielmann (FC Köln), rated 75, thanks above all to 1 goal and 1 big chance created. Thielmann produced 2.0 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For SC Freiburg, the highest-rated player was Nicolas Höfler, with 70.
Jan Thielmann
FC Köln · 68'
Produced 2.02× and cost 0.43× their position's average
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 2 shots on target 2.9×
- 1 shot off target 0.9×
- 1 ball lost 1.0×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Thielmann ★ | Forward | 68 | 75 |
| Jakub Kamiński | Forward | 90 | 74 |
| Marius Bülter | Forward | 76 | 74 |
| Rav van den Berg | Defender | 90 | 67 |
| Ísak Jóhannesson | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Said El Mala | Forward | 22 | 51 |
| Joël Schmied | Defender | 44 | 46 |
| Eric Martel | Midfielder | 90 | 45 |
| Sebastian Sebulonsen | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Denis Huseinbasic | Midfielder | 59 | 45 |
| Kristoffer Lund | Defender | 68 | 43 |
| Timo Hübers | Defender | 46 | 40 |
| Jusuf Gazibegovic | Defender | 22 | 40 |
| Tom Krauß | Midfielder | 31 | 25 |
| Marvin Schwäbe | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Ragnar Ache | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Höfler | Midfielder | 21 | 70 |
| Anthony Jung | Defender | 21 | 69 |
| Lukas Kübler | Defender | 85 | 67 |
| Johan Manzambi | Midfielder | 90 | 59 |
| Matthias Ginter | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Philipp Lienhart | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Vincenzo Grifo | Forward | 69 | 51 |
| Maximilian Eggestein | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Yuito Suzuki | Forward | 69 | 48 |
| Lucas Höler | Forward | 85 | 47 |
| Eren Dinkçi | Forward | 46 | 46 |
| Christian Günter | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Merlin Röhl | Midfielder | 44 | 33 |
| Noah Atubolu | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Junior Adamu | Forward | 5 | no rating |
| Philipp Treu | 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.