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Cologne vs Bremen: match report

FC Cologne hosted Werder Bremen at RheinEnergieStadion on Saturday 12 September 2026, in the Bundesliga (round 3). Cologne have no reported absences; Bremen are missing 1 (Moussa N'Diaye). Florian Exner is the referee, averaging 4.4 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.8.

Result and scorers

Cologne 1-1 Bremen. Goals: Linton Maina 11' for Cologne; Niclas Füllkrug 69' for Bremen.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 8' Missed penalty: Thijs Dallinga (Cologne)
  • 11' Goal: Linton Maina (Cologne) 1-0
  • 69' Goal: Niclas Füllkrug (Bremen) 1-1
  • 72' Yellow card: Olivier Deman (Bremen)
  • 86' Yellow card: Gideon Mensah (Cologne)
  • 90'+2' Yellow card: Paul Okon-Engstler (Cologne)
Match stats (contains the result)
47.2%Possession52.8%
15Shots14
6Shots on target5
8Corners5
11Fouls12
1Offsides1
4Saves5
2Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Cologne 4-2-3-1

Coach: Rene Wagner

  1. 1 Marvin Schwäbe GK
  2. 17 Alessio Castro-Montes DEF
  3. 22 Jahmai Simpson-Pusey DEF
  4. 24 Luka Lochoshvili DEF
  5. 14 Gideon Mensah DEF
  6. 6 Ellyes Skhiri MID
  7. 5 Tom Krauß MID
  8. 37 Linton Maina MID
  9. 47 Mikey Moore FWD
  10. 30 Marius Bülter FWD
  11. 27 Thijs Dallinga FWD

Bench

  • 28 Sebastian Sebulonsen DEF
  • 8 Ísak Jóhannesson MID
  • 9 Ragnar Ache FWD
  • 10 Saïd El Mala FWD
  • 23 Paul Okon-Engstler MID
  • 20 Ron-Robert Zieler GK
  • 2 Joël Schmied DEF
  • 3 Borna Sosa MID
  • 29 Jan Thielmann MID

Bremen 4-2-3-1

Coach: Daniel Thioune

  1. 1 Karl Hein GK
  2. 13 Arthur MID
  3. 5 Amos Pieper DEF
  4. 32 Marco Friedl DEF
  5. 2 Olivier Deman DEF
  6. 44 Youri Regeer MID
  7. 15 Ludovit Reis MID
  8. 18 Eren Dinkçi MID
  9. 20 Chuki MID
  10. 17 Marco Grüll FWD
  11. 10 Niclas Füllkrug FWD

Bench

  • 23 Dariusz Stalmach MID
  • 33 Mick Schmetgens DEF
  • 26 Cedric Itten FWD
  • 8 Mitchell Weiser MID
  • 38 Paul Erevbenagie FWD
  • 30 Alexander Schlager GK
  • 4 Niklas Stark DEF
  • 3 Oskar Wójcik DEF
  • 29 Salim Musah FWD

Injuries and suspensions

Cologne

No reported absences.

Bremen

  • Moussa N'Diaye injury, back Early October 2026
Previous meetings
  • Sunday 12 April 2026: FC Cologne 3-1 Werder Bremen
  • Saturday 29 November 2025: Werder Bremen 1-1 FC Cologne
  • Friday 16 February 2024: FC Cologne 0-1 Werder Bremen
  • Saturday 23 September 2023: Werder Bremen 2-1 FC Cologne
  • Saturday 20 May 2023: Werder Bremen 1-1 FC Cologne