FOOTBALL·ANALYTICBundesliga 2025/26⇄

Bundesliga 2025/26 · Matchday 18 · RheinEnergieStadion

1. FC Köln2:1Mainz 05

17 January 2026 · 50,000 in the ground · Felix Zwayer (Germany)

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1. FC Köln3-4-3
Mainz 053-1-4-2
Schwäbe6.8Özkacar6.8Simpson-Pursey7.5S. Sebulonsen6.5Castro-Montes7.7Jóhannesson6.9Martel6.9Maina6.7S. El Mala6.3Bülter6.8Kaminski6.6Batz6.4Potulski7.1Bell8.0Kohr6.2Sano7.2Widmer6.4Costa7.8Jae-sung6.1Nebel7.0Tietz6.4Silas6.1
from the bench

match pulse — xG per 5 minutes · goals · cards

45′90′1.-fc-kolnmainz-05

goals — hover the strip for every shot and card, with names

  • 29′BellGoal · 0.06 xG · 0.06 xG
  • 57′AcheGoal · 0.41 xG · 0.41 xG
  • 85′AcheGoal · 0.31 xG · 0.31 xG

The shots, as they came

Every attempt, sized by expected goals

Köln 0:0 Mainz0'kickoff
4' S. El Mala — xG 0.02 · Missed9' Kaminski — xG 0.02 · Missed11' S. El Mala — xG 0.04 · Missed19' Widmer — xG 0.13 · Missed19' Potulski — xG 0.24 · Post25' Kaminski — xG 0.06 · Blocked27' Maina — xG 0.03 · Saved29' Bell — xG 0.06 · Goal32' Tietz — xG 0.09 · Saved36' Silas — xG 0.55 · Saved39' Silas — xG 0.02 · Blocked44' Bülter — xG 0.02 · Missed45' Costa — xG 0.01 · Saved45 + 2' Martel — xG 0.12 · Blocked50' Bülter — xG 0.03 · Saved55' Bülter — xG 0.07 · Missed56' Ache — xG 0.07 · Blocked57' Ache — xG 0.41 · Goal59' Kaminski — xG 0.03 · Blocked62' Tietz — xG 0.01 · Saved65' Ache — xG 0.03 · Blocked65' Ache — xG 0.12 · Missed68' Bülter — xG 0.14 · Blocked69' Bülter — xG 0.02 · Saved81' Sieb — xG 0.40 · Saved85' Bülter — xG 0.03 · Missed85' Ache — xG 0.31 · Goal88' Tietz — xG 0.01 · Missed90 + 5' S. El Mala — xG 0.42 · Saved90 + 5' S. El Mala — xG 0.15 · Missed

The xG race

Expected goals accumulating minute by minute

The xG race — cumulative expected goals, minute by minute

Köln 0:0 Mainz
1.02.00′15′30′45′60′75′90′29' Bell — GOAL57' Ache — GOAL85' Ache — GOAL2.141.52

Territory

Where each side actually occupied the pitch, summed from every player’s heatmap

1. FC Köln attacking right · Mainz 05 attacking left · where both glow, the pitch was contested

The duel

1. FC Köln vs Mainz 05

62%
Possession
38%
2.08
Expected goals
1.52
20
Shots
10
6
Shots on target
7
3
Big chances created
4
374
Passes completed
193
112
Into final third
61
59
Duels won
63
4/12 (33%)
Tackles won
14/23 (61%)
9
Corners
5
6
Fouls
10

No physical or tracking data for league matches — that tier is FIFA-only. Everything above is from the public match feed.