FC Köln 1-0 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report

Bundesliga · Friday 30 January 2026

Result

FC Köln 1-0 VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga · Friday 30 January 2026, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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FC Köln 1-0 VfL Wolfsburg: match report

FC Köln beat VfL Wolfsburg 1-0 in the Bundesliga on Friday 30 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Linton Maina of FC Köln in the 29th minute.

Discipline: FC Köln received 1 yellow card; VfL Wolfsburg received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Köln were 10th on 20 points from 19 and VfL Wolfsburg 12th on 19 points from 19. FC Köln went on to finish that season 14th with 32 points, and VfL Wolfsburg 16th with 29.

FC Köln lined up in a 4-4-2 and VfL Wolfsburg in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kristoffer Lund of FC Köln (8.0), ahead of Tom Krauß (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Köln wins, 3 draws and 4 for VfL Wolfsburg.

Going into the match FC Köln's last five read L-W-L-D-L and VfL Wolfsburg's L-D-W-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Linton MainaFC Köln · 1-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Ragnar AcheFC Köln
  • 66'Yellow card · Christian EriksenVfL Wolfsburg
  • 71'Yellow card · Kento ShiogaiVfL Wolfsburg
  • 80'Yellow card · Moritz JenzVfL Wolfsburg
  • 90'Yellow card · Yannick GerhardtVfL Wolfsburg
  • 90+1'Yellow cardVfL Wolfsburg

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Köln 3, draws 3, VfL Wolfsburg 4.

Team news

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FC Köln line-up (4-4-2)

Marvin Schwäbe, Alessio Castro-Montes, Sebastian Sebulonsen, Cenk Özkacar, Kristoffer Lund, Linton Maina, Eric Martel, Tom Krauß, Jakub Kamiński, Ragnar Ache, Marius Bülter

VfL Wolfsburg line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kamil Grabara, Kilian Fischer, Denis Vavro, Moritz Jenz, Yannick Gerhardt, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Maximilian Arnold, Christian Eriksen, Lovro Majer, Patrick Wimmer, Dženan Pejčinović