Hamburger SV — Köln 2:1, 19 September: match result

match finished Bundesliga · Matchday 4 Saturday 19 September · 13:30 UTC

Hamburger SV 16th · 3 pts WLLL

2 : 1 1st half 1:0

Köln 13th · 4 pts LDLW

Volksparkstadion · referee M. Jollenbeck

Match predictionValue

Köln to score

88% · Both teams scored in 4 of 4 Köln games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Köln to score”, and the match finished 2:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Hamburger SV 28% draw 22% Köln 50%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Köln win, and the match finished 2:1. Fans backed Köln win — they got it wrong.

fans 59 votes

Hamburger SV 24% draw 13% Köln 63%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

A. Gronbaek 10'

N. Capaldo assist: A. Gronbaek 1-0 44'

Y. Poulsen for T. Moffi 46'

Y. Poulsen assist: A. Gronbaek 2-0 51'

G. Mensah 55'

B. Sosa for G. Mensah 64'

R. Ache for T. Dallinga 64'

I. Johannesson for A. Castro-Montes 67'

P. Daka for A. Gronbaek 67'

B. Jatta for Z. El Ouahdi 77'

L. Lemke for D. Wolfe 77'

I. Johannesson 78'

M. Bulter for L. Maina 81'

L. Waldschmidt for T. Krauss 81'

E. Skhiri 84'

M. Adeline for A. S. Lokonga 89'

R. Ache assist: E. Skhiri 2-1 90'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Hamburger SV 3-4-2-1 · Merlin Polzin 4-2-3-1 · Rene Wagner Köln

Daniel Fernandes  
Nicolás Capaldo  23 Jordan Torunarigha  17 Warmed Omari  
Zakaria El Ouahdi  6 Albert Sambi Lokonga  21 Nicolai Remberg  3 David Møller Wolfe  
Fábio Vieira  11 Albert Grønbæk  
Terem Moffi  

Thijs Dallinga  
Linton Maina  47 Mikey Moore  10 Said El Mala  
Tom Krauß  6 Ellyes Skhiri  
Alessio Castro-Montes  22 Jahmai Simpson-Pusey  24 Luka Lochoshvili  14 Gideon Mensah  
Marvin Schwäbe  

Hamburger SV bench

18Bakery Jatta
4Bilal Nadir
37Louis Lemke
5Martin Adeline
19Otto Stange
27Patson Daka
12Sander Tangvik
43Shafiq Nandja
15Yussuf Poulsen

Köln bench

3Borna Sosa
29Jan Uwe Thielmann
2Joel Schmied
7Luca Waldschmidt
30Marius Bülter
9Ragnar Ache
20Ron-Robert Zieler
28Sebastian Sebulonsen
8Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

32%Possession68%

12Shots18

7Shots on target5

4Shots off target6

1Blocked shots7

7Shots inside box12

5Shots outside box6

46Attacks87

12Dangerous attacks37

3Corners5

2Offsides1

12Fouls14

1Yellow cards3

4Saves5

267Passes566

202Accurate passes499

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Hamburger SV

KölnThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Hamburger SV and Köln met on matchday 4 of the Bundesliga on 19 September at Volksparkstadion. Final score — 2:1.

Hamburger SV sit 16th on 3 points after 4 matches (1 win, 0 draws, 3 losses). Köln sit 13th on 4 points after 4 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses), winless in 3 matches.

Of the last 2 meetings Hamburger SV won 0, Köln won 1, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 2:5.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Hamburger SV last five Köln

WLLL form LDLW

4 Matches 4

1 — 0 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 1 — 2

2 — 13 Scored — conceded 6 — 9

0.75 Points per game 1

0.5 Goals scored per game 1.5

0 Clean sheets 0

3 Failed to score 0

unbeaten in 1 Current streak winless in 3

Hamburger SV at home: 2 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 2—6, 1.5 points per match.

Köln away: 2 matches, 0 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 2—6, 0 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

0 Hamburger SV wins 1 draw 1 Köln win goals 2:5 Hamburger SV — Köln

14/03/2026	Hamburger SV — Köln	1:1	Bundesliga
02/11/2025	Köln — Hamburger SV	4:1	Bundesliga

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
12	Paderborn	4	1	1	2	3—5	4
13	Köln	4	1	1	2	6—9	4
14	Hoffenheim	4	1	0	3	7—10	3
15	Stuttgart	4	1	0	3	6—9	3
16	Hamburger SV	4	1	0	3	2—13	3
17	Union Berlin	4	0	1	3	4—17	1

Full Bundesliga table