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Saturday 20 September 2025 · 17:30 · HT 3-1 · Red Bull Arena, Leipzig · Referee Benjamin Brand

RB Leipzig v 1. FC Köln: stats, form and bet builder picks

In RB Leipzig's last 1 home game and 1. FC Köln's last 2 away games in the Bundesliga before kick-off, both teams scored in 1 of 3, over 2.5 goals in 1 of 3, with 9.7 corners per match (league 9.8) and 5.0 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

RB Leipzig v 1. FC Köln, full match

47%

Possession

53%

3.28

Expected goals (xG)

1.70

18

Shots

13

8

Shots on target

2

9

Corners

5

10

Fouls

8

1

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

3

Offsides

0

Goals and cards

13'

Goal

Assan Ouédraogo RBL

23'

Goal

Jan Uwe Thielmann FCK

44'

Goal

Rômulo RBL

45+3'

Yellow card

Eric Martel FCK

45+4'

Goal

David Raum RBL

69'

Yellow card

Ridle Baku RBL

Match probabilities

How often each happened in RB Leipzig's last 1 home game and 1. FC Köln's last 2 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

33%

1/3 games · League 62%

Over 1.5 goals

67%

2/3 games · League 84%

Over 2.5 goals

33%

1/3 games · League 64%

Over 3.5 goals

33%

1/3 games · League 43%

Over 9.5 corners

67%

2/3 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

67%

2/3 games · League 53%

RB Leipzig clean sheet

100%

1/1 games · League 21%

1. FC Köln clean sheet

50%

1/2 games · League 21%

RB Leipzig fail to score

0%

0/1 games · League 21%

1. FC Köln fail to score

0%

0/2 games · League 21%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.0

League 3.2

Corners

9.7

League 9.8

Cards

5.0

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group. A pitch view comes once exact positions are available.

RB Leipzig

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Péter Gulácsi

DEFENDERS

4

17

22

23

MIDFIELDERS

13

Nicolas Seiwald

14

Christoph Baumgartner

20

Assan Ouédraogo

FORWARDS

9

Johan Bakayoko

40

Rômulo

49

Yan Diomande

SUBSTITUTES

26

Maarten Vandevoordt

5

El Chadaille Bitshiabu

19

6

27

33

44

11

36

1. FC Köln

4-3-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Marvin Schwäbe

DEFENDERS

2

4

5

28

MIDFIELDERS

6

Eric Martel

16

Jakub Kamiński

18

Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson

FORWARDS

7

Luca Waldschmidt

29

Jan Uwe Thielmann

30

Marius Bülter

SUBSTITUTES

20

3

32

39

8

11

13

37

9

Referee: Benjamin Brand

15 games in the Bundesliga this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.6

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.6

Red cards per game

0.07

Fouls per game

19.3

League 20.7

Penalties per game

0.27

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

RBL

FCK

Match

League

Win

67%

2/3

67%

2/3

42%

Draw

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

17%

1/6

16%

Loss

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

42%

Bet

RBL

FCK

League

Clean sheet

67%

2/3

33%

1/3

22%

Win to nil

67%

2/3

33%

1/3

19%

To score

67%

2/3

100%

3/3

78%

Fail to score

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

22%

Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

RB Leipzig

Last 5 games before this match

13 Sep

1. FSV Mainz 05

(A)

1-0

W

30 Aug

1. FC Heidenheim

(H)

2-0

W

22 Aug

FC Bayern München

(A)

0-6

L

1. FC Köln

Last 5 games before this match

13 Sep

VfL Wolfsburg

(A)

3-3

D

31 Aug

SC Freiburg

(H)

4-1

W

24 Aug

1. FSV Mainz 05

(A)

1-0

W

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

RB Leipzig and 1. FC Köln haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

Bundesliga table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

FC Bayern München

34

28

5

1

122

36

+86

89

W

D

W

2

Borussia Dortmund

34

22

7

5

70

34

+36

73

W

L

W

L

3

RB Leipzig

34

20

5

9

66

47

+19

65

L

W

L

W

4

VfB Stuttgart

34

18

8

71

49

+22

62

D

W

D

L

5

TSG Hoffenheim

34

18

7

9

65

52

+13

61

L

W

D

W

6

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

34

17

8

9

68

47

+21

59

D

L

W

L

7

SC Freiburg

34

13

8

13

51

57

-6

47

W

L

D

L

W

8

Eintracht Frankfurt

34

11

12

61

65

-4

44

D

L

D

L

9

FC Augsburg

34

12

7

15

45

61

-16

43

L

W

D

W

10

1. FSV Mainz 05

34

10

14

44

53

-9

40

W

L

W

L

D

11

1. FC Union Berlin

34

10

9

15

44

58

-14

39

W

D

L

12

Borussia M'gladbach

34

9

11

14

42

53

-11

38

W

L

W

D

13

Hamburger SV

34

9

11

14

40

54

-14

38

D

W

L

14

1. FC Köln

34

7

11

16

49

63

-14

32

L

D

L

D

15

SV Werder Bremen

34

8

18

37

60

-23

32

L

D

W

16

VfL Wolfsburg

34

7

8

19

45

69

-24

29

W

L

D

W

17

1. FC Heidenheim

34

6

8

20

41

72

-31

26

L

W

D

W

L

18

FC St. Pauli

34

6

8

20

29

60

-31

26

L

D

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RB Leipzig v 1. FC Köln: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

RB Leipzig

1. FC Köln

Referee: Benjamin Brand

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

RB Leipzig

1. FC Köln

Head to head

Bundesliga table