Union Berlin — Köln 1:1, 1 November: match result

match finished Bundesliga · Matchday 8 Sunday 1 November · 14:30 UTC

Union Berlin 16th · 7 pts DDDWL

1 : 1 1st half 1:0

Köln 15th · 9 pts DDLWL

venue to be confirmed · referee R. Hempel

Match predictionBold

Union Berlin to score

84% · Over 2.5 goals in 2 of the last 3 meetings

Prediction landed. We predicted “Union Berlin to score”, 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

Union Berlin 41% draw 25% Köln 34%

The model was wrong

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

fans 52 votes

Union Berlin 48% draw 17% Köln 35%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

J. Haberer assist: T. Skarke 1-0 10'

Z. Van Den Bosch 37'

J. Simpson-Pusey 45+1'

P. Okon-Engstler 53'

K. Imeri 54'

A. Castro-Montes for S. Sebulonsen 61'

A. Kemlein for K. Imeri 61'

O. Burke for T. Skarke 61'

M. Moore for I. Johannesson 61'

L. Maina 69'

M. El Mala for L. Maina 72'

C. Trimmel for J. Haberer 74'

Jeong Woo-Yeong for L. Burcu 74'

A. Kemlein 76'

D. Kohn 77'

M. El Mala assist: A. Castro-Montes 1-1 79'

E. Latte Lath for M. Aebischer 84'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Union Berlin 3-4-1-2 4-4-2 Köln

Frederik Rønnow  
Zeno Van Den Bosch  5 Marvin Friedrich  8 Rani Khedira  
Janik Haberer  13 András Schäfer  20 Michel Aebischer  17 Derrick Köhn  
Kastriot Imeri  
Tim Skarke  9 Livan Burcu  

Marius Bülter  10 Said El Mala  
Linton Maina  23 Paul Okon-Engstler  5 Tom Krauß  8 Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson  
Sebastian Sebulonsen  2 Joel Schmied  22 Jahmai Simpson-Pusey  3 Borna Sosa  
Marvin Schwäbe  

Union Berlin bench

6Aljoscha Kemlein
28Christopher Trimmel
29Emmanuel Latte Lath
14Leopold Querfeld
31Matheo Raab
32Mekhi Gray
7Oliver Burke
15Tom Alexander Rothe
11Woo-Yeong Jeong

Köln bench

17Alessio Castro-Montes
14Gideon Mensah
29Jan Uwe Thielmann
7Luca Waldschmidt
24Luka Lochoshvili
19Malek El Mala
47Mikey Moore
11Reigan Heskey
20Ron-Robert Zieler

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

37%Possession63%

5Shots14

2Shots on target2

3Shots off target6

0Blocked shots6

2Shots inside box10

3Shots outside box4

102Attacks123

35Dangerous attacks59

2Corners6

1Offsides2

11Fouls10

4Yellow cards3

1Saves1

382Passes637

293Accurate passes567

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Union Berlin

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

How the match went

text generated from our data

Union Berlin and Köln met on matchday 8 of the Bundesliga on 1 November. Final score — 1:1.

Union Berlin sit 16th on 7 points after 8 matches (1 win, 4 draws, 3 losses), unbeaten in 4 matches. Köln sit 15th on 9 points after 8 matches (2 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses), winless in 3 matches.

Of the last 3 meetings Union Berlin won 1, Köln won 1, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 3:7.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Union Berlin last five Köln

DDDWL form DDLWL

8 Matches 8

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

7 — 19 Scored — conceded 9 — 12

0.88 Points per game 1.13

0.88 Goals scored per game 1.13

2 Clean sheets 1

3 Failed to score 2

unbeaten in 4 Current streak unbeaten in 2

Union Berlin at home: 5 matches, 1 win, 3 draws, 1 loss, goals 6—7, 1.2 points per match.

Köln away: 4 matches, 0 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses, goals 3—8, 0.25 points per match.

Head-to-head

3 matches in our database

1 Union Berlin win 1 draw 1 Köln win goals 3:7 Union Berlin — Köln

27/10/2026	Köln — Union Berlin	5:0	DFB-Pokal
02/05/2026	Union Berlin — Köln	2:2	Bundesliga
20/12/2025	Köln — Union Berlin	0:1	Bundesliga

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
13	Augsburg	9	2	3	4	20—20	9
14	Hoffenheim	8	3	0	5	14—16	9
15	Köln	8	2	3	3	9—12	9
16	Union Berlin	8	1	4	3	7—19	7
17	Schalke 04	8	1	3	4	4—9	6
18	Borussia M'gladbach	9	1	1	7	12—25	4

Full Bundesliga table

Union Berlin — Köln, 1 November 2026, 14:30 UTC : score 1:1