FC Koln vs Union Berlin (27 October 2026) ⋆ DFB Pokal - 1/16-finals ⋆ Live Score, Results, H2H, Stats & Lineups

Match events

32' Goal - S. El MalaAssist - L. Maina • 1 : 0
46' SubstitutionT. Rothe off - D. Kohn on
48' Yellow card - L. Querfeld
51' Goal - L. MainaAssist - S. El Mala • 2 : 0
57' SubstitutionT. Skarke off - L. Burcu on
58' SubstitutionM. Gray off - E. Latte Lath on
60' Goal - S. El MalaAssist - M. Bulter • 3 : 0
63' SubstitutionA. Castro-Montes off - S. Sebulonsen on
68' SubstitutionA. Schafer off - A. Kemlein on
71' SubstitutionL. Maina off - J. Thielmann on
72' SubstitutionM. Moore off - I. Johannesson on
75' SubstitutionJeong Woo-Yeong off - M. Ljubicic on
77' Yellow card - M. Ljubicic
78' Goal - I. JohannessonAssist - M. Bulter • 4 : 0
81' SubstitutionB. Sosa off - G. Mensah on
81' SubstitutionS. El Mala off - R. Heskey on
84' Yellow card - S. Sebulonsen
88' Goal - S. SebulonsenAssist - R. Heskey • 5 : 0
90' Yellow card - L. Burcu

Match statistics

55%Ball Possession45%

14Shots Total17

8Shots On Goal4

33Dangerous Attacks42

86Attacks110

3Corners4

Full statistics

Match information

Country: Germany
Competition: DFB Pokal - 1/16-finals
Season: 2026/2027
Stage: 1/16-finals
Date: 27 October 2026
Kick-off: 19:45
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Referee: S. Jablonski

Recent form

FC Koln

LDWLD

Union Berlin

LWWDD

Head-to-head

2 May 2026 • Bundesliga • Union Berlin 2 : 2 FC Koln (Half-time 0 : 1)
20 December 2025 • Bundesliga • FC Koln 0 : 1 Union Berlin (Half-time 0 : 0)
11 May 2024 • Bundesliga • FC Cologne 3 : 2 Union Berlin (Half-time 1 : 2)
20 December 2023 • Bundesliga • Union Berlin 2 : 0 FC Cologne (Half-time 0 : 0)
4 March 2023 • Bundesliga • Union Berlin 0 : 0 FC Cologne (Half-time 0 : 0)

Full H2H

Clubs

FC Koln

Founded: 1948
Country: Germany
Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
City: Köln
Capacity: 50 076
Surface: grass

Union Berlin

Founded: 1966
Country: Germany
Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
City: Berlin
Capacity: 22 467
Surface: grass

Match commentary

It is all over: FC Koln 5 : 0 Union Berlin.
90'Yellow card for L. Burcu (Union Berlin).
88'FC Koln score! R. Heskey sets it up and S. Sebulonsen finishes. 5 : 0.
84'Yellow card for S. Sebulonsen (FC Koln).
81'FC Koln make a change: S. El Mala off, R. Heskey on.
81'FC Koln make a change: B. Sosa off, G. Mensah on.
78'FC Koln score! M. Bulter sets it up and I. Johannesson finishes. 4 : 0.
77'Yellow card for M. Ljubicic (Union Berlin).
75'Union Berlin make a change: Jeong Woo-Yeong off, M. Ljubicic on.
72'FC Koln make a change: M. Moore off, I. Johannesson on.
71'FC Koln make a change: L. Maina off, J. Thielmann on.
68'Union Berlin make a change: A. Schafer off, A. Kemlein on.
63'FC Koln make a change: A. Castro-Montes off, S. Sebulonsen on.
60'FC Koln score! M. Bulter sets it up and S. El Mala finishes. 3 : 0.
58'Union Berlin make a change: M. Gray off, E. Latte Lath on.
57'Union Berlin make a change: T. Skarke off, L. Burcu on.
51'FC Koln score! S. El Mala sets it up and L. Maina finishes. 2 : 0.
48'Yellow card for L. Querfeld (Union Berlin).
46'Union Berlin make a change: T. Rothe off, D. Kohn on.
We are back for the second half.
Half-time. 1 : 0.
32'FC Koln score! L. Maina sets it up and S. El Mala finishes. 1 : 0.
Kick-off! The match is under way.

Line-up - FC Koln • 3-1-4-2

10El Mala30Bülter

3Sosa47Moore37Maina17Castro-Montes

23Okon-Engstler

5Krauß22Simpson-Pusey2Schmied

1Schwäbe (C)

10Said El Mala
22Jahmai Simpson-Pusey
47Mikey Moore
23Paul Okon-Engstler
2Joel Schmied
5Tom Krauß
37Linton Maina
17Alessio Castro-Montes
30Marius Bülter
3Borna Sosa
1Marvin Schwäbe C

Substitutes

20Ron-Robert Zieler
11Reigan Heskey
19Malek El Mala
28Sebastian Sebulonsen
8Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson
29Jan Uwe Thielmann
14Gideon Mensah
24Luka Lochoshvili
7Luca Waldschmidt

Line-up - Union Berlin • 4-2-2-2

21Skarke32Gray

20Aebischer11Jeong

8Khedira (C)13Schäfer

15Rothe14Querfeld4Van Den Bosch19Haberer

31Raab

31Matheo Raab
14Leopold Querfeld
15Tom Alexander Rothe
11Woo-Yeong Jeong
4Zeno Van Den Bosch
13András Schäfer
20Michel Aebischer
21Tim Skarke
19Janik Haberer
32Mekhi Gray
8Rani Khedira C

Substitutes

6Aljoscha Kemlein
9Livan Burcu
27Marin Ljubičić
30Kastriot Imeri
29Emmanuel Latte Lath
17Derrick Köhn
28Christopher Trimmel
5Marvin Friedrich
1Frederik Rønnow

Coaches

FC Koln: Rene Wagner
Union Berlin: Mauro Lustrinelli

Team statistics

FC KolnUnion Berlin

3Corners4

0Throw In0

0Free Kick0

0Goal Kick0

0Penalty0

5Substitution5

86Attacks110

33Dangerous Attacks42

55%Ball Possession45%

14Shots Total17

8Shots On Goal4

5Shots Off Goal6

1Shots Blocked7

12Shots Inside Box14

2Shots Outside Box3

8Fouls16

0Offsides1

1Yellow Cards3

4Saves3

487Passes Total393

417Passes Accurate320

Player statistics - FC Koln

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	On target	Dribbles
1Marvin Schwäbe C	8.0	90	0	0	0	0	-
22Jahmai Simpson-Pusey	7.3	90	0	0	0	0	-
2Joel Schmied	7.7	90	0	0	1	0	-
5Tom Krauß	7.5	90	0	0	0	0	-
17Alessio Castro-Montes	7.3	63	0	0	1	0	-
3Borna Sosa	7.2	81	0	0	0	0	0/2
37Linton Maina	9.3	71	1	1	2	2	0/2
47Mikey Moore	6.6	72	0	0	0	0	-
23Paul Okon-Engstler	7.2	90	0	0	0	0	-
30Marius Bülter	8.2	90	0	2	1	1	-
10Said El Mala	9.2	81	2	1	4	2	1/4
28Sebastian Sebulonsen sub	8.0	27	1	0	1	1	-
29Jan Uwe Thielmann sub	6.6	19	0	0	1	1	-
8Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson sub	7.0	18	1	0	1	1	-
14Gideon Mensah sub	6.6	9	0	0	0	0	-
11Reigan Heskey sub	6.7	9	0	1	1	0	0/1

Player	Rating	Passes	Accurate	Accuracy	Key passes	Crosses
1Marvin Schwäbe C	8.0	50	35	70%	0	-
22Jahmai Simpson-Pusey	7.3	62	54	87%	0	-
2Joel Schmied	7.7	37	36	97%	0	-
5Tom Krauß	7.5	71	65	92%	0	-
17Alessio Castro-Montes	7.3	25	21	84%	2	1/4
3Borna Sosa	7.2	45	41	91%	2	1/5
37Linton Maina	9.3	31	26	84%	1	0/1
47Mikey Moore	6.6	23	16	70%	1	0/3
23Paul Okon-Engstler	7.2	69	62	90%	0	-
30Marius Bülter	8.2	19	16	84%	3	-
10Said El Mala	9.2	20	17	85%	2	0/2
28Sebastian Sebulonsen sub	8.0	10	7	70%	0	-
29Jan Uwe Thielmann sub	6.6	7	6	86%	1	-
8Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson sub	7.0	11	8	73%	0	-
14Gideon Mensah sub	6.6	6	6	100%	1	1/1
11Reigan Heskey sub	6.7	1	1	100%	1	-

Player	Rating	Tackles	Interceptions	Clearances	Blocks	Duels won	Aerials	Fouls	YC
1Marvin Schwäbe C	8.0	0	0	1	0	-	0	0	0
22Jahmai Simpson-Pusey	7.3	0	1	7	1	4/6	2	0	0
2Joel Schmied	7.7	3	2	5	0	10/12	6	1	0
5Tom Krauß	7.5	1	3	4	1	3/5	0	0	0
17Alessio Castro-Montes	7.3	2	0	1	0	3/7	0	0	0
3Borna Sosa	7.2	1	2	3	2	2/8	1	0	0
37Linton Maina	9.3	0	0	1	0	3/7	0	2	0
47Mikey Moore	6.6	0	0	2	0	2/8	1	1	0
23Paul Okon-Engstler	7.2	0	1	3	1	3/6	0	0	0
30Marius Bülter	8.2	0	1	1	0	3/7	2	1	0
10Said El Mala	9.2	0	0	0	0	2/8	1	1	0
28Sebastian Sebulonsen sub	8.0	1	0	0	1	3/5	1	1	1
29Jan Uwe Thielmann sub	6.6	0	0	1	0	-	0	0	0
8Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson sub	7.0	0	0	1	0	0/2	0	1	0
14Gideon Mensah sub	6.6	0	1	0	0	-	0	0	0
11Reigan Heskey sub	6.7	0	0	0	0	0/1	0	0	0

Player	Rating	Min	Saves	In the box	Punches	Conceded	Pens saved
1Marvin Schwäbe C	8.0	90	4	4	0	0	0

Player statistics - Union Berlin

Player	Rating	Min	Shots	On target	Dribbles	Offsides
31Matheo Raab	7.3	90	0	0	-	0
19Janik Haberer	5.6	90	0	0	-	0
14Leopold Querfeld	5.6	90	1	0	-	0
15Tom Alexander Rothe	6.9	45	0	0	2/2	0
4Zeno Van Den Bosch	6.2	90	1	1	-	0
13András Schäfer	7.0	68	0	0	2/2	0
20Michel Aebischer	7.0	90	1	0	-	0
8Rani Khedira C	6.3	90	0	0	-	0
11Woo-Yeong Jeong	7.2	75	0	0	1/1	0
32Mekhi Gray	6.3	58	0	0	-	1
21Tim Skarke	6.7	57	3	1	1/1	0
17Derrick Köhn sub	6.3	45	1	1	2/3	0
9Livan Burcu sub	6.3	33	2	1	-	0
29Emmanuel Latte Lath sub	6.2	32	1	0	-	0
6Aljoscha Kemlein sub	6.2	22	0	0	-	0
27Marin Ljubičić sub	6.5	15	0	0	0/1	0

Player	Rating	Passes	Accurate	Accuracy	Key passes	Crosses
31Matheo Raab	7.3	27	20	74%	0	-
19Janik Haberer	5.6	43	33	77%	2	1/3
14Leopold Querfeld	5.6	50	42	84%	1	-
15Tom Alexander Rothe	6.9	19	9	47%	0	0/2
4Zeno Van Den Bosch	6.2	45	37	82%	0	-
13András Schäfer	7.0	28	24	86%	0	-
20Michel Aebischer	7.0	36	32	89%	8	5/6
8Rani Khedira C	6.3	22	21	95%	0	1/1
11Woo-Yeong Jeong	7.2	28	24	86%	0	1/3
32Mekhi Gray	6.3	5	3	60%	1	-
21Tim Skarke	6.7	17	12	71%	1	-
17Derrick Köhn sub	6.3	36	30	83%	2	1/5
9Livan Burcu sub	6.3	17	17	100%	0	0/1
29Emmanuel Latte Lath sub	6.2	5	3	60%	0	-
6Aljoscha Kemlein sub	6.2	13	11	85%	0	0/1
27Marin Ljubičić sub	6.5	2	2	100%	0	-

Player	Rating	Tackles	Interceptions	Clearances	Blocks	Duels won	Aerials	Fouls	YC
31Matheo Raab	7.3	1	1	4	0	1/1	0	0	0
19Janik Haberer	5.6	3	1	2	0	3/4	0	0	0
14Leopold Querfeld	5.6	1	0	7	1	6/10	5	2	1
15Tom Alexander Rothe	6.9	0	0	3	0	4/5	2	1	0
4Zeno Van Den Bosch	6.2	5	3	8	0	6/8	1	1	0
13András Schäfer	7.0	4	1	1	0	8/9	1	0	0
20Michel Aebischer	7.0	0	0	1	0	1/4	0	1	0
8Rani Khedira C	6.3	0	0	0	0	2/4	0	2	0
11Woo-Yeong Jeong	7.2	1	0	1	0	4/6	0	1	0
32Mekhi Gray	6.3	0	0	0	0	1/8	1	3	0
21Tim Skarke	6.7	0	0	0	0	2/6	1	1	0
17Derrick Köhn sub	6.3	0	0	0	0	5/9	1	2	0
9Livan Burcu sub	6.3	0	0	0	0	0/2	0	1	1
29Emmanuel Latte Lath sub	6.2	0	0	0	0	1/3	1	0	0
6Aljoscha Kemlein sub	6.2	0	0	1	0	0/1	0	0	0
27Marin Ljubičić sub	6.5	0	0	0	0	0/2	0	1	1

Player	Rating	Min	Saves	In the box	Punches	Conceded	Pens saved
31Matheo Raab	7.3	90	3	3	1	5	0

Head-to-head

Last 6 meetings

FC Koln wins1

Draws2

Union Berlin wins3

Goals: FC Koln: 5 (0.8)
Goals: Union Berlin: 8 (1.3)
Goals per match: 2.2
Both teams scored: 2 / 6
Over 2.5 goals: 2 / 6

Results

2 May 2026 • Bundesliga • Union Berlin 2 : 2 FC Koln (Half-time 0 : 1)
20 December 2025 • Bundesliga • FC Koln 0 : 1 Union Berlin (Half-time 0 : 0)
11 May 2024 • Bundesliga • FC Cologne 3 : 2 Union Berlin (Half-time 1 : 2)
20 December 2023 • Bundesliga • Union Berlin 2 : 0 FC Cologne (Half-time 0 : 0)
4 March 2023 • Bundesliga • Union Berlin 0 : 0 FC Cologne (Half-time 0 : 0)
11 September 2022 • Bundesliga • FC Cologne 0 : 1 Union Berlin (Half-time 0 : 1)

Form: last 9 matches

	FC Koln	Union Berlin
W-D-L	3-3-3	3-3-3
Scored (per match)	12 (1.3)	11 (1.2)
Conceded (per match)	14 (1.6)	20 (2.2)
Clean sheets	1 / 9	3 / 9
Both teams scored	7 / 9	4 / 9
Over 2.5 goals	6 / 9	5 / 9

Recent form - FC Koln

D24 October 2026 • Bundesliga • FC Koln 0 : 0 Schalke (Half-time 0 : 0)
L16 October 2026 • Bundesliga • Eintracht Frankfurt 1 : 0 FC Koln (Half-time 0 : 0)
W11 October 2026 • Bundesliga • FC Koln 2 : 1 B. Monchengladbach (Half-time 1 : 1)
D3 October 2026 • Club Friendlies • Viktoria Koln 2 : 2 FC Koln (Half-time 2 : 1)
L19 September 2026 • Bundesliga • Hamburger SV 2 : 1 FC Koln (Half-time 1 : 0)
D12 September 2026 • Bundesliga • FC Koln 1 : 1 Werder Bremen (Half-time 1 : 0)
L4 September 2026 • Bundesliga • Stuttgart 4 : 1 FC Koln (Half-time 1 : 0)
W29 August 2026 • Bundesliga • FC Koln 3 : 2 Hoffenheim (Half-time 0 : 1)
W24 August 2026 • DFB Pokal • Wurzburger Kickers 1 : 2 FC Koln (Half-time 1 : 0)

Recent form - Union Berlin

D24 October 2026 • Bundesliga • Augsburg 1 : 1 Union Berlin (Half-time 0 : 0)
D17 October 2026 • Bundesliga • Union Berlin 0 : 0 Dortmund (Half-time 0 : 0)
W10 October 2026 • Bundesliga • Union Berlin 1 : 0 Elversberg (Half-time 0 : 0)
W26 September 2026 • Club Friendlies • Rijeka 0 : 1 Union Berlin (Half-time 0 : 1)
L18 September 2026 • Bundesliga • Bayern Munich 7 : 0 Union Berlin (Half-time 3 : 0)
L11 September 2026 • Bundesliga • Union Berlin 1 : 3 Schalke (Half-time 0 : 1)
L5 September 2026 • Bundesliga • Bayer Leverkusen 4 : 0 Union Berlin (Half-time 2 : 0)
D29 August 2026 • Bundesliga • Union Berlin 3 : 3 Eintracht Frankfurt (Half-time 1 : 2)
W23 August 2026 • DFB Pokal • Braunschweig 2 : 4 Union Berlin (Half-time 1 : 1)