Köln — Hoffenheim 3:2, 29 August: match result

match finished Bundesliga · Matchday 1 Saturday 29 August · 13:30 UTC

Köln 6th · 3 pts LWLDL

3 : 2 1st half 0:1

Hoffenheim 13th · 0 pts WLLWL

RheinEnergieStadion · referee F. Badstubner

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

Köln 35% draw 22% Hoffenheim 43%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Hoffenheim win, and the match finished 3:2. Fans backed Hoffenheim win — they got it wrong.

fans 46 votes

Köln 37% draw 11% Hoffenheim 52%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

A. Daghim assist: B. Conte 0-1 27'

S. El Mala 1-1 51'

M. Moerstedt for A. Hlozek 53'

R. Hranac for Bernardo 53'

L. Maina for S. El Mala 65'

E. Skhiri for P. Okon-Engstler 65'

T. Dallinga for R. Ache 66'

O. Kabak assist: V. Coufal 1-2 67'

N. De Cat for P. Wimmer 71'

T. Dallinga assist: L. Maina 2-2 72'

T. Dallinga 3-2 82'

O. Kabak 83'

M. Rots for A. Hajdari 87'

A. Kramaric for A. Daghim 87'

M. Moerstedt 90+4'

M. Bulter for T. Krauss 90'

J. Schmied for A. Castro-Montes 90+3'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Köln 4-3-3 · Rene Wagner 4-4-2 · Christian Ilzer Hoffenheim

Marvin Schwäbe  
Alessio Castro-Montes  22 Jahmai Simpson-Pusey  24 Luka Lochoshvili  14 Gideon Mensah  
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson  5 Tom Krauß  23 Paul Okon-Engstler  
Jan Uwe Thielmann  9 Ragnar Ache  10 Said El Mala  

Adam Hložek  20 Bambasé Conté  
Patrick Wimmer  18 Wouter Burger  7 Leon Avdullahu  14 Adam Daghim  
Vladimír Coufal  5 Ozan Kabak  21 Albian Hajdari  13 Bernardo  
Oliver Baumann  

Köln bench

6Ellyes Skhiri
2Joel Schmied
39Jonathan Friemel
37Linton Maina
30Marius Bülter
33Rav van den Berg
11Reigan Heskey
20Ron-Robert Zieler
27Thijs Dallinga

Hoffenheim bench

27Andrej Kramarić
32Cajetan Lenz
37Luca Philipp
39Mats Rots
9Max Moerstedt
17Nathan De Cat
29Natnael Abraha
2Robin Hranáč
15Valentin Gendrey

Match stats

19 metrics for the full match

41%Possession59%

18Shots15

6Shots on target4

7Shots off target7

5Blocked shots4

13Shots inside box8

5Shots outside box7

75Attacks102

45Dangerous attacks69

6Corners7

11Fouls14

0Yellow cards2

2Saves3

342Passes490

277Accurate passes423

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties1

Köln

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

How the match went

text generated from our data

Köln and Hoffenheim met on matchday 1 of the Bundesliga on 29 August at RheinEnergieStadion. Final score — 3:2.

Köln sit 6th on 3 points after 6 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses). Hoffenheim sit 13th on 0 points after 6 matches (2 wins, 0 draws, 4 losses).

Of the last 2 meetings Köln won 1, Hoffenheim won 0, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 3:2.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Köln last five Hoffenheim

LWLDL form WLLWL

6 Matches 6

2 — 1 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 0 — 4

8 — 11 Scored — conceded 11 — 14

1.17 Points per game 1

1.33 Goals scored per game 1.83

0 Clean sheets 0

1 Failed to score 0

winless in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 1

Köln at home: 3 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses, goals 6—4, 2.33 points per match.

Hoffenheim away: 3 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 5—7, 1 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Köln win 1 draw 0 Hoffenheim wins goals 3:2 Köln — Hoffenheim

21/02/2026	Кёльн — Хоффенхайм	2:2	Бундеслига
03/10/2025	Хоффенхайм — Кёльн	0:1	Бундеслига

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
11	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	2	2	2	10—16	8
12	Köln	6	2	1	3	8—11	7
13	Stuttgart	6	2	0	4	8—10	6
…
16	Union Berlin	6	1	2	3	5—17	5
17	Hoffenheim	5	1	0	4	9—13	3
18	Borussia M'gladbach	4	0	0	4	6—16	0

Full Bundesliga table

Köln — Hoffenheim, 29 August 2026, 13:30 UTC : score 3:2