§ Bundesliga · 2025-26 · Matchday 1

FSV Mainz 05 0–1 FC Köln

  • Nebel 60'
  • Bülter 90'

24 August 2025

The match in data

FC Köln got the better of FSV Mainz 05, 1–0, on 24 August 2025, on matchday 1 of the 2025-26 Bundesliga.

Player of the match: Marius Bülter (FC Köln), rated 75, thanks above all to 1 goal and 1 big chance created. Bülter produced 1.5 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.

It was also their best match of the season.

For FSV Mainz 05, the highest-rated player was Dominik Kohr, with 66.

Paul Nebel was sent off at 60'.

75
Player of the match

Marius Bülter

FC Köln · 90'

Produced 1.52× and cost 0.27× their position's average

Added
  • 1 goal 3.3×
  • 1 big chance created 3.5×
  • 1 shot on target 1.1×
Took away
  • 9 duels lost 1.3×
  • 1 ball lost 0.7×

Match ratings

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

FSV Mainz 05
PlayerPositionMinRating
Dominik Kohr Defender 90 66
Danny da Costa Defender 90 65
Anthony Caci Defender 65 61
Nadiem Amiri Midfielder 65 57
Stefan Bell Defender 25 52
Andreas Hanche-Olsen Defender 65 51
Silvan Widmer Defender 25 45
Kaishu Sano Midfielder 90 44
Lennard Maloney Midfielder 25 44
Nelson Weiper Forward 75 40
Paul Nebel Midfielder 60 38
Jae-sung Lee Midfielder 90 32
Phillipp Mwene Defender 90 30
Robin Zentner Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Benedict Hollerbach Forward 15 no rating
Armindo Sieb Forward 10 no rating
FC Köln
PlayerPositionMinRating
Tom Krauß Midfielder 68 79
Marius Bülter ★ Forward 90 75
Cenk Özkacar Defender 23 67
Timo Hübers Defender 90 53
Jakub Kamiński Forward 90 52
Eric Martel Midfielder 90 51
Ísak Jóhannesson Midfielder 80 49
Sebastian Sebulonsen Defender 74 40
Ragnar Ache Forward 22 39
Said El Mala Forward 22 37
Kristoffer Lund Defender 68 33
Joël Schmied Defender 90 31
Jan Thielmann Forward 67 27
Marvin Schwäbe Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Luca Waldschmidt Forward 16 no rating
Florian Kainz Midfielder 10 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.