SC Freiburg beat 1. FC Köln 2-1

Match report

1. FC Köln were beaten 2-1 by SC Freiburg at Europa-Park-Stadion on Sunday, 25 January 2026 in Bundesliga matchday 19. D. Scherhant (11') and I. Matanovic (44') scored for SC Freiburg, while M. Rosenfelder (10' og) found the net for 1. FC Köln. It was 2-1 at half-time.

SC Freiburg had 47% of the ball and 13 shots (5 on target) against 1. FC Köln’s 19 (4 on target). Noah Atubolu (SC Freiburg) was the top-rated player with 8.0. The result leaves SC Freiburg 3rd in the Bundesliga table on 10 points and 1. FC Köln 13th on 4.

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Form, table and head-to-head

SC Freiburg

3rd · 10 points · P 4 W 3 D 1 L 0

Form

1. FC Köln

13th · 4 points · P 4 W 1 D 1 L 2

Form

Bundesliga table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
2	Bayern München	4	+12	10
3	SC Freiburg	4	+9	10
4	FC Augsburg	4	+5	7
12	SC Paderborn 07	4	-2	4
13	1. FC Köln	4	-3	4
14	1899 Hoffenheim	4	-3	3

Full Bundesliga table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sat, 9 Jan 2027, 1. FC Köln – SC Freiburg

Full SC Freiburg vs 1. FC Köln head-to-head

Match events

10'own goalM. Rosenfelder(own goal)Own Goal
11'goalD. ScherhantAssist: Y. Suzuki
44'goalI. MatanovicAssist: M. Ginter
55'substitutionL. KublerOff: C. Gunter
62'yellow cardTom KraußYellow Card
63'substitutionM. RosenfelderOff: B. Ogbus
63'substitutionP. OsterhageOff: N. Hofler
67'substitutionJ. ThielmannOff: S. El Mala
69'yellow cardAlessio Castro-MontesYellow Card
74'yellow cardDerry ScherhantYellow Card
76'substitutionD. ScherhantOff: V. Grifo
76'substitutionI. MatanovicOff: L. Holer
77'substitutionT. KraussOff: E. Martel
77'substitutionK. LundOff: I. Johannesson
87'substitutionR. van den BergOff: L. Waldschmidt
87'substitutionL. MainaOff: F. Schenten

Lineups

SC Freiburg

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Julian Schuster

Starting XI

Substitutes

1. FC Köln

Formation 4-4-2 · Coach Lukas Kwasniok

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

47%Possession53%
2.25Expected goals (xG)1.38
13Total shots19
5Shots on target4
2Shots off target8
6Blocked shots7
9Shots inside the box12
4Shots outside the box7
5Corners5
–Offsides–
5Fouls9
1Yellow cards2
–Red cards–
4Goalkeeper saves3
379Passes421
307Accurate passes335
81%Pass accuracy80%
0.36Goals prevented0.36

Player statistics

SC Freiburg

SC Freiburg player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Noah AtuboluGTop rated	90	8.0				38 · 63%			1/1
17Lukas KüblerD	55	6.9				16 · 69%	1		0/3
28Matthias GinterD	90	7.7		1		72 · 88%	1		7/8
29Philipp TreuD	90	6.9				30 · 77%		1	7/11
37Max RosenfelderD	62	5.7				55 · 95%			1/4
6Patrick OsterhageM	63	6.9				26 · 92%		1	3/7
7Derry ScherhantM	76	7.0	1		2 (1)	5 · 80%	1	3	4/19
8Maximilian EggesteinM	90	6.7				34 · 76%		1	6/11
14Yuito SuzukiM	90	7.6		1		20 · 85%	3	2	5/6
19Jan-Niklas BesteM	90	6.6			1 (1)	30 · 80%	3		1/7
31Igor MatanovićF	76	6.0	1		3 (2)	16 · 62%	1	1	5/11
21Florian MüllerG	–	–
30Christian GünterD	35	6.6				7 · 71%
43Bruno OgbusD	28	6.9				6 · 67%		1	2/3
27Nicolas HöflerM	27	6.3				8 · 88%		1	1/4
32Vincenzo GrifoM	14	6.9				8 · 88%
44Johan ManzambiM	–	–
9Lucas HölerF	14	6.7			1 (1)	8 · 75%			2/4
20Junior AdamuF	–	–
22Cyriaque IriéF	–	–

1. FC Köln

1. FC Köln player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Marvin SchwäbeG	90	7.2		47 · 83%
17Alessio Castro-MontesD	90	6.9	1 (0)	24 · 83%	6	4	4/7
28Sebastian SebulonsenD	90	6.7		51 · 78%			6/9
32Kristoffer LundD	77	6.9		32 · 88%		1	5/6
33Rav van den BergD	87	6.2		68 · 87%		2	5/10
5Tom KraußM	77	7.0		28 · 89%	1	6	8/10
16Jakub KamińskiM	90	6.6		49 · 80%		3	4/9
29Jan ThielmannM	67	6.7		12 · 67%			3/5
37Linton MainaM	86	6.2	3 (1)	25 · 68%	2		0/2
9Ragnar AcheF	90	6.6	4 (1)	22 · 59%	1	2	11/20
30Marius BülterF	90	6.9	3 (2)	27 · 67%	3		3/10
20Ron-Robert ZielerG	–	–
39Cenk ÖzkaçarD	–	–
6Eric MartelM	13	6.5		15 · 87%			2/5
8Denis HuseinbašićM	–	–
13Said El MalaM	23	6.2		7 · 100%			0/3
18Ísak Bergmann JóhannessonM	13	7.0		9 · 78%		1	2/2
7Luca WaldschmidtF	10	6.3		3 · 33%
38Youssoupha NiangF	–	–
40Fynn SchentenF	9	6.7	1 (0)	2 · 50%			1/1