1. FC Union Berlin vs 1. FC Koln, Bundesliga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
1. FC Union Berlin vs 1. FC Koln — Bundesliga at An der Alten Forsterei.
- 1. FC Union Berlin 34 games · 39 pts (2025/26)
- 1. FC Koln 34 games · 32 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Daniel Schlager
- Assistant 1 Sven Waschitzki
- Assistant 2 Tobias Fritsch
20 games this season 🟨 1.3/game ⚽ 8.3 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Bayern München 34 89 2 Borussia Dortmund 34 73 3 RB Leipzig 34 65 4 VfB Stuttgart 34 62 5 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 34 61 6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 59 7 SC Freiburg 34 47 8 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 44 9 FC Augsburg 34 43 10 1. FSV Mainz 05 34 40 11 1. FC Union Berlin 34 39 12 Borussia Monchengladbach 34 38 13 Hamburger SV 34 38 14 1. FC Koln 34 32 15 SV Werder Bremen 34 32 16 VfL Wolfsburg 34 29 17 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 34 26 18 FC St. Pauli 1910 34 26 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May 1. FC Koln H 2–2 D 24 Apr RB Leipzig A 1–3 L 18 Apr VfL Wolfsburg H 1–2 L 11 Apr 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 A 1–3 L 05 Apr FC St. Pauli 1910 H 1–1 D 21 Mar FC Bayern München A 0–4 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May 1. FC Union Berlin A 2–2 D 25 Apr Bayer 04 Leverkusen H 1–2 L 17 Apr FC St. Pauli 1910 A 1–1 D 12 Apr SV Werder Bremen H 3–1 W 05 Apr Eintracht Frankfurt A 2–2 D 21 Mar Borussia Monchengladbach H 3–3 D Season Stats
1. FC Union Berlin 1. FC Koln #11 Position #14 39 Points 32 34 Played 34 10 / 9 / 15 W / D / L 7 / 11 / 16 44 Scored 49 58 Conceded 63 -14 GD -14 1.15 PPG 0.94 29% Win % 21% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history21% Clean Sheets
1. FC Union Berlin this season9% Clean Sheets
1. FC Koln this season1. FC Union Berlin are 11th (39 pts). 1. FC Koln are 14th (32 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
1. FC Union Berlin0-151/216-30–/331-452/246-602/261-752/276+6/1■ Scored ■ Conceded1. FC Koln0-152/316-301/231-451/146-60–/161-753/676+4/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: 1. FC Koln gets underway.
- 5' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 10' 1. FC Union Berlin is showing some good football. However, 1. FC Union Berlin are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 15' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 20' Marius Bulter needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. 1. FC Koln needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 30' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 31' Eric Martel was booked on 31.
- 33' Goal! Marius Bulter scores his 35 goal in 272 matches.
- 34' The referee calls foul for Diogo Leite. He receives a card.
- 39' The travelling 1. FC Koln supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 44' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Said El Mala suffering a number of foals already.
- 49' 1. FC Union Berlin looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Tom Rothe scoring 1 goals.
- 54' 1. FC Union Berlin seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 55' Jahmai Simpson-Pusey is having his name booked by the referee on 55.
- 60' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with 1. FC Union Berlin winning 50% of all matches.
- 61' Goal! Said El Mala scores his 3 goal in 147 matches.
- 66' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 71' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering 1. FC Koln that had 398 games and scored 346 goals.
- 73' GOAL! Tom Rothe scores on 73. Assisted by Christopher Trimmel
- 78' Supporters expect more eagerness from Carl Klaus, as he is very good at scoring at An der Alten Forsterei with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 83' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 83 minutes.
- 88' It’s high time René Wagner made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 89' 1. FC Koln player sees a card in front of him.
- 89' What a strike from Livan Burcu! The score is 2-2.
- 90' Andreas Kerwin was booked on 90.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
1. FC Union Berlin Lineups
3-5-2Starting XI
- 7
- 5
- 8
- 4
- 18
- 13
- 25
- 15
- 6
- 34
- 10
Bench
- 19
- 28
- 21
- 33
- 39
- 23
- 14
- 9
- 48
Coach Marie-Louise Eta1. FC Koln Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 7
- 30
- 1
- 5
- 16
- 39
- 28
- 6
- 32
- 13
- 22
Bench
- 37
- 20
- 3
- 17
- 29
- 2
- 8
- 27
- 38
Coach René Wagner -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Anthony Modeste 2 Sebastian Andersson 2 Max Kruse 2 Taiwo Awoniyi 2 Christopher Trimmel 1 Kevin Volland 1 Robin Knoche 1 Grischa Promel 1 Head to Head
1. FC Union Berlin Form
2026-05-02 1. FC Union Berlin 2–2 1. FC Koln D 2026-04-24 RB Leipzig 3–1 1. FC Union Berlin L 2026-04-18 1. FC Union Berlin 1–2 VfL Wolfsburg L 2026-04-11 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 3–1 1. FC Union Berlin L 2026-04-05 1. FC Union Berlin 1–1 FC St. Pauli 1910 D 2026-03-21 FC Bayern München 4–0 1. FC Union Berlin L1. FC Koln Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.63 1. FC Union Berlin xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.48 1. FC Koln xGI would bet for: 1. FC Union Berlin or 1. FC Koln 74% + Both teams to score 62%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.11Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 82% 18% ± 2.5 59% 41% ± 3.5 38% 62% ± 4.5 21% 79% Double Chance
1. FC Union Berlin or Draw 67%Draw or 1. FC Koln 59%1. FC Union Berlin or 1. FC Koln 74%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: 1. FC Koln win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.7%2 – 1 8.4%1 – 2 7.7%1 – 0 6.5%2 – 2 Actual0 – 0 6.1%2 – 0 5.9%0 – 1 5.8%0 – 2 4.8%3 – 1 4.6%1 – 3 3.8%3 – 2 3.4%Asian Handicap — 1. FC Union Berlin
Handicap 1. FC Union Berlin covers Push 1. FC Koln covers -2.5 9% — 91% -2 9% 12% 79% -1.5 21% — 79% -1 21% 19% 60% -0.5 40% — 60% +0.5 66% — 34% +1 66% 17% 16% +1.5 84% — 16% +2 84% 10% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
1. FC Union Berlin keeps clean sheet 24% ✓1. FC Koln keeps clean sheet 20% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.