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FTMatchday 1

Mainz vs Köln: Prediction

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Match events

1 goal
MainzKöln
  1. Benedict Hollerbachon15'
  2. 27'Kristoffer Lund Hansenyellow card
  3. Paul Nebelred card60'
  4. Andreas Hanche-Olsenon65'
  5. Nadiem Amirion65'
  6. Anthony Cacion65'
  7. 67'Jan Thielmannon
  8. 68'Tom Kraußon
  9. 68'Kristoffer Lund Hansenon
  10. 74'Sebastian Sebulonsenon
  11. 80'Ísak Bergmann Jóhannessonon
  12. 81'Joël Schmiedyellow card
  13. 90'Marius Bülterassist Luca Waldschmidt
  14. Dominik Kohron90'

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Match stats

MainzKöln
  • 51%Possession49%
  • 1Expected goals (xG)1
  • 19Shots12
  • 2Shots on target2
  • 8Corners3
  • 7Fouls9
  • 0Yellow cards2
  • 1Red cards0
  • 5Offsides0
  • 1Saves2
  • 390Passes397

Line-ups

Mainz

  • 31Dominik Kohr
  • 27Robin Zentner
  • 21Danny da Costa
  • 10Nadiem Amiri
  • 2Phillipp Mwene
  • 19Anthony Caci
  • 7Jae-Sung Lee
  • 25Andreas Hanche-Olsen
  • 8Paul Nebel
  • 17Benedict Hollerbach
  • 6Kaishu Sano

Köln

  • 1Marvin Schwabe
  • 29Jan Thielmann
  • 30Marius Bülter
  • 5Tom Krauß
  • 4Timo Hübers
  • 6Eric Martel
  • 18Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson
  • 16Jakub Kamiński
  • 32Kristoffer Lund Hansen
  • 28Sebastian Sebulonsen
  • 2Joël Schmied

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Team rating (Elo)1499 – 1442

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Mainz–
Köln–
#TeamPGDPts
1Mainz32-839
2Köln32-1231

Head to head

  • Köln 2–1 Mainz2026-01-17

Match preview

Mainz host Köln in the Bundesliga on 24 August 2025. Mainz sit 10th on 39 points and Köln are 14th on 31. In their last 1 meetings, Mainz won 0, Köln won 1 and 0 ended level. These are probabilities from past results, not guarantees: football upsets happen every week.

How this is worked out

Each club has an Elo rating that moves after every result (bigger wins move it more, home sides get a small boost). We turn the rating gap into expected goals and use a Poisson model to get win, draw and loss chances. The prediction is locked at kick-off and never edited.

Probabilities, not promises. For analysis and entertainment only. 18+.

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