RB Leipzig 3-1 FC Köln: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 20 September 2025

Result

RB Leipzig 3-1 FC Köln

Bundesliga · Saturday 20 September 2025, 16:30 UTC · half-time 3-1

RB Leipzig · FC Köln · Bundesliga predictions

RB Leipzig 3-1 FC Köln: match report

RB Leipzig won against FC Köln 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 20 September 2025. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Assan Ouédraogo opened the scoring in the 13th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Assan Ouédraogo (13'), Rômulo (44') and David Raum (45+4'). FC Köln scored through Jan Thielmann (23').

Discipline: RB Leipzig received 1 yellow card; FC Köln received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game RB Leipzig were 9th on 6 points from 3 and FC Köln 3rd on 7 points from 3. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 3rd with 65 points, and FC Köln 14th with 32.

RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Köln in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Rômulo of RB Leipzig (8.2), ahead of David Raum (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 RB Leipzig wins, 4 draws and 1 for FC Köln.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Assan OuédraogoRB Leipzig · 1-0
  • 23'Goal · Jan ThielmannFC Köln · 1-1
  • 44'Goal · RômuloRB Leipzig · 2-1
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Eric MartelFC Köln
  • 45+4'Goal · David RaumRB Leipzig · 3-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Ridle BakuRB Leipzig

Head-to-head

10 meetings: RB Leipzig 5, draws 4, FC Köln 1.

Team news

RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-3-1)

Péter Gulácsi, Ridle Baku, Willi Orbán, Castello Lukeba, David Raum, Assan Ouédraogo, Nicolas Seiwald, Johan Bakayoko, Christoph Baumgartner, Yan Diomande, Rômulo

FC Köln line-up (4-3-3)

Marvin Schwäbe, Sebastian Sebulonsen, Joël Schmied, Timo Hübers, Tom Krauß, Ísak Jóhannesson, Eric Martel, Jakub Kamiński, Luca Waldschmidt, Jan Thielmann, Marius Bülter