§ Bundesliga · 2025-26 · Matchday 4

RB Leipzig 3–1 FC Köln

  • Ouédraogo 13'
  • Rômulo 44'
  • Raum 45+4'
  • Thielmann 23'

20 September 2025

The match in data

RB Leipzig got the better of FC Köln, 3–1, on 20 September 2025, on matchday 4 of the 2025-26 Bundesliga.

Player of the match: David Raum (RB Leipzig), rated 68, thanks above all to 11 final-third passes and 10 recoveries. Raum produced 1.3 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.

For FC Köln, the highest-rated player was Linton Maina, with 73.

68
Player of the match

David Raum

RB Leipzig · 90'

Produced 1.29× and cost 0.36× their position's average

Added
  • 11 final-third passes 1.8×
  • 10 recoveries 2.6×
  • 1 goal 4.0×
Took away
  • 9 misplaced passes 1.2×
  • 1 duel lost 0.3×

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.

RB Leipzig
PlayerPositionMinRating
David Raum ★ Defender 90 68
Assan Ouédraogo Midfielder 58 66
Rômulo Forward 90 65
Johan Bakayoko Forward 80 58
Ezechiel Banzuzi Midfielder 32 58
Willi Orbán Defender 90 47
Nicolas Seiwald Midfielder 90 44
Yan Diomande Forward 90 43
Péter Gulácsi Goalkeeper 90 41
Castello Lukeba Defender 90 38
Ridle Baku Defender 80 33
Christoph Baumgartner Midfielder 90 30
Conrad Harder Forward 10 no rating
Kosta Nedeljkovic Defender 10 no rating
Andrija Maksimovic Midfielder 1 no rating
Kevin Kampl Midfielder 1 no rating
FC Köln
PlayerPositionMinRating
Linton Maina Forward 31 73
Marvin Schwäbe Goalkeeper 90 68
Eric Martel Midfielder 59 62
Jan Thielmann Forward 59 62
Tom Krauß Midfielder 90 59
Joël Schmied Defender 90 53
Jakub Kamiński Forward 90 51
Ísak Jóhannesson Midfielder 90 49
Said El Mala Forward 44 42
Sebastian Sebulonsen Defender 72 40
Luca Waldschmidt Forward 58 39
Marius Bülter Forward 46 39
Denis Huseinbasic Midfielder 31 36
Ragnar Ache Forward 32 32
Timo Hübers Defender 90 31
Florian Kainz Midfielder 18 no rating

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which RB Leipzig player won the most aerial duels?

Rômulo, with 4 aerial duels won. Next: Willi Orbán 1, Christoph Baumgartner 1.

Rômulo dominated the air for RB Leipzig with 4 aerial duels won in the 3–1 win, far exceeding Willi Orbán and Christoph Baumgartner, who won just 1 each.

Which FC Köln player played the most passes leading to a shot?

Sebastian Sebulonsen, with 3 key passes. Next: Tom Krauß 2, Eric Martel 1.

Sebastian Sebulonsen was FC Köln's primary creator with 3 key passes in the 3–1 defeat, edging Tom Krauß on 2 and Eric Martel on 1.

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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RB Leipzig 3–1 FC Köln, Bundesliga 2025-26. Player of the match: David Raum, 68
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.