Position13of 18
Points4in 4
Won, drawn, lost1-1-2
Goals6for, 9 against
FormWLDL
Next matches
All 30Sun 11 Oct
FC Cologne
Borussia M.Gladbach
46%26%28%
Fri 16 Oct
Eintracht Frankfurt
FC Cologne
Forecast soon
Sat 24 Oct
TBC
FC Cologne
Schalke 04
Forecast soon
Sat 31 Oct
TBC
Union Berlin
FC Cologne
Forecast soon
Sat 7 Nov
TBC
FC Cologne
Bayer Leverkusen
Forecast soon
Results
2026-27, 30 still to playSat 19 Sep
FT
Hamburger SV2
FC Cologne1
Sat 12 Sep
FT
FC Cologne1
Werder Bremen1
Fri 4 Sep
FT
VfB Stuttgart4
FC Cologne1
Sat 29 Aug
FT
FC Cologne3
Hoffenheim2
Season projection
Model estimateMost likely finish15th12% of simulations
Final points408 in 10 between 31 and 49
Title–
Top 4<1%
Bottom 317%
Final record11-8-15Won, drawn, lost
Goals scored528 in 10 between 44 and 61
Goals conceded668 in 10 between 57 and 75
Goal difference-13
A week of matches ago: title –, top 4 2%, bottom 3 12%, 41 final points.
Chance of each final position, in %
1
2
3
4
15
36
37
58
79
810
911
1112
1213
1114
1215
816
617
318
Every remaining Bundesliga match simulated with Vesta’s strengths of today. The whole projected table
In numbers
- 90thof 96 teams of the five leagues by Vesta’s strength rating
- 3matches without a win, running now
- 33%of the team's league goals scored by Thijs Dallinga
- 26%of matches won since 2001-02
- 7–1Biggest win since 2001-02: FC Cologne 7–1 Werder Bremen
- 0–6Heaviest defeat: Werder Bremen 6–0 FC Cologne
In Europe
14 matches in the European cups since 2017-18Won, drawn, lost5-2-7
Goals19– 18
FC Cologne2
Nice2
Conference League, Group StageThu 3 Nov 2022
FT
Slovacko0
FC Cologne1
Conference League, Group StageFri 28 Oct 2022
FT
Partizan Belgrade2
FC Cologne0
Conference League, Group StageThu 13 Oct 2022
FT
FC Cologne0
Partizan Belgrade1
Conference League, Group StageThu 6 Oct 2022
FT
FC Cologne4
Slovacko2
Conference League, Group StageThu 15 Sep 2022
FT
Nice1
FC Cologne1
Conference League, Group StageThu 8 Sep 2022
Vesta and FC Cologne
242 league matches since 2017-18- 48%of FC Cologne's matches won by Vesta's favourite
- 30wins in 88 matches as Vesta's favourite
- 10%won with 10%: FC Cologne 2–1 RasenBallsport Leipzig
- 12%won with 12%: Borussia Dortmund 1–2 FC Cologne
- 14%won with 14%: RasenBallsport Leipzig 1–2 FC Cologne
- 66%lost at 66%: FC Cologne 0–2 Bochum
- 61%lost at 61%: FC Cologne 0–2 Darmstadt
- 57%lost at 57%: FC Cologne 1–3 Hamburger SV
Vesta's forecasts reconstructed with each season hidden (how).
By the minute
2026-27, 4 matches| Goals | 1-15 | 16-30 | 31-45+ | 46-60 | 61-75 | 76-90+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Against | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
- 0points won in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 0points thrown away in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 3points won after going behind
- 2points dropped after going ahead
Goal minutes. Quarters of an hour by the minute of the match reports; stoppage time counts in the last quarter of each half.
League position
2026-27Strength
Rating 1,438Vesta's rating before every match since 2014-15. 1,500 is an average team of these leagues.
Squad
Players used in 2026-27| Player | Apps | Min | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jahmai Simpson-PuseyCentre-back | 4 | 360 | 0 | 0 |
| Luka LochoshviliCentre-back | 4 | 360 | 0 | 0 |
| Marvin SchwäbeGoalkeeper | 4 | 360 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom KraußMidfielder | 4 | 353 | 0 | 0 |
| Gideon MensahLeft-back | 4 | 336 | 0 | 0 |
| Alessio Castro-MontesRight-back | 4 | 316 | 0 | 0 |
| Linton MainaRight winger | 4 | 249 | 1 | 1 |
| Ellyes SkhiriMidfielder | 4 | 248 | 0 | 2 |
| Ísak Bergmann JóhannessonMidfielder | 4 | 224 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikey MooreRight winger | 3 | 210 | 0 | 0 |
| Ragnar AcheForward | 4 | 189 | 1 | 0 |
| Said El MalaForward | 3 | 170 | 1 | 0 |
| Thijs DallingaForward | 3 | 156 | 2 | 0 |
| Jan ThielmannRight wing-back | 2 | 136 | 0 | 0 |
| Marius BülterForward | 4 | 113 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Okon-EngstlerMidfielder | 3 | 113 | 0 | 0 |
| Borna SosaLeft wing-back | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Sebastian SebulonsenRight-back | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Reigan Heskey– | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Gian-Luca WaldschmidtForward | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Joël SchmiedCentre-back | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Imad Rondic– | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |