Köln — Werder Bremen 1:1, 12 September: match result

match finished Bundesliga · Matchday 3 Saturday 12 September · 16:30 UTC

Köln 12th · 4 pts LDLW

1 : 1 1st half 1:0

Werder Bremen 10th · 4 pts WDWL

RheinEnergieStadion · referee F. Exner

Match predictionValue

Over 1.5 goals

89% · Over 2.5 goals in 3 of 4 Werder Bremen games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Over 1.5 goals”, and the match finished 1:1.

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

Köln 36% draw 23% Werder Bremen 41%

The model was wrong

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

fans 80 votes

Köln 33% draw 12% Werder Bremen 55%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

L. Maina assist: E. Skhiri 1-0 11'

R. Ache for T. Dallinga 64'

I. Johannesson for L. Maina 65'

S. Sebulonsen for A. Castro-Montes 65'

N. Fullkrug 1-1 69'

D. Stalmach for L. Reis 71'

O. Deman 72'

S. El Mala for M. Moore 74'

M. Schmetgens for Arthur 81'

C. Itten for N. Fullkrug 81'

M. Weiser for Y. Regeer 83'

P. Erevbenagie for E. Dinkci 83'

G. Mensah 86'

P. Okon-Engstler 90+2'

P. Okon-Engstler for T. Krauss 90'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Köln 4-2-3-1 · Rene Wagner 4-2-3-1 · Daniel Thioune Werder Bremen

Marvin Schwäbe  
Alessio Castro-Montes  22 Jahmai Simpson-Pusey  24 Luka Lochoshvili  14 Gideon Mensah  
Ellyes Skhiri  5 Tom Krauß  
Linton Maina  47 Mikey Moore  30 Marius Bülter  
Thijs Dallinga  

Niclas Füllkrug  
Eren Dinkçi  20 Chuki  17 Marco Grüll  
Youri Regeer  15 Ludovit Reis  
Arthur  5 Amos Pieper  32 Marco Friedl  2 Olivier Deman  
Karl Hein  

Köln bench

3Borna Sosa
29Jan Uwe Thielmann
2Joel Schmied
23Paul Okon-Engstler
9Ragnar Ache
20Ron-Robert Zieler
10Said El Mala
28Sebastian Sebulonsen
8Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson

Werder Bremen bench

30Alexander Schlager
26Cédric Itten
23Dariusz Stalmach
33Mick Schmetgens
8Mitchell Weiser
4Niklas Stark
3Oskar Wójcik
38Paul Erevbenagie
29Salim Musah

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

47%Possession53%

15Shots14

6Shots on target5

3Shots off target6

6Blocked shots3

9Shots inside box11

6Shots outside box3

112Attacks85

55Dangerous attacks45

8Corners5

1Offsides1

11Fouls12

2Yellow cards1

4Saves5

464Passes529

391Accurate passes461

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

1Penalties0

Köln

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

How the match went

text generated from our data

Köln and Werder Bremen met on matchday 3 of the Bundesliga on 12 September at RheinEnergieStadion. Final score — 1:1.

Köln sit 12th on 4 points after 4 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses), winless in 3 matches. Werder Bremen sit 10th on 4 points after 4 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss), unbeaten in 3 matches.

Of the last 2 meetings Köln won 1, Werder Bremen won 0, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 4:2.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Köln last five Werder Bremen

LDLW form WDWL

4 Matches 4

1 — 1 — 2 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 1 — 1

6 — 9 Scored — conceded 8 — 8

1 Points per game 1.75

1.5 Goals scored per game 2

0 Clean sheets 0

0 Failed to score 0

winless in 3 Current streak unbeaten in 3

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

Werder Bremen away: 2 matches, 0 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 2—5, 0.5 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Köln win 1 draw 0 Werder Bremen wins goals 4:2 Köln — Werder Bremen

12/04/2026	Köln — Werder Bremen	3:1	Bundesliga
29/11/2025	Werder Bremen — Köln	1:1	Bundesliga

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
7	Elversberg	4	2	1	1	8—7	7
8	Werder Bremen	4	2	1	1	8—8	7
9	RB Leipzig	4	2	0	2	9—5	6
…
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

Full Bundesliga table