FC Köln 3-1 Werder Bremen: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 12 April 2026

Result

FC Köln 3-1 Werder Bremen

Bundesliga · Sunday 12 April 2026, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

FC Köln · Werder Bremen · Bundesliga predictions

FC Köln 3-1 Werder Bremen: match report

FC Köln won against Werder Bremen 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 12 April 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Said El Mala opened the scoring in the 7th minute. FC Köln's goals came from Said El Mala (7', penalty), Ragnar Ache (65') and an own goal by Mio Backhaus (90+7'). Werder Bremen scored through Romano Schmid (75', penalty).

Discipline: FC Köln received 3 yellow cards; Werder Bremen received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game FC Köln were 15th on 27 points from 28 and Werder Bremen 14th on 28 points from 28. FC Köln went on to finish that season 14th with 32 points, and Werder Bremen 15th with 32.

FC Köln lined up in a 4-4-2 and Werder Bremen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ísak Jóhannesson of FC Köln (7.9), ahead of Mio Backhaus (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Köln wins, 4 draws and 4 for Werder Bremen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Penalty goal · Said El MalaFC Köln · 1-0
  • 24'Red card · Marco FriedlWerder Bremen
  • 65'Goal · Ragnar AcheFC Köln · 2-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Ragnar AcheFC Köln
  • 75'Penalty goal · Romano SchmidWerder Bremen · 2-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Leonardo BittencourtWerder Bremen
  • 83'Yellow card · Jahmai Simpson-PuseyFC Köln
  • 90'Yellow card · Amos PieperWerder Bremen
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Eric MartelFC Köln
  • 90+7'Own goal · Mio BackhausFC Köln · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Köln 2, draws 4, Werder Bremen 4.

Team news

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FC Köln line-up (4-4-2)

Marvin Schwäbe, Sebastian Sebulonsen, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Cenk Özkacar, Kristoffer Lund, Jan Thielmann, Ísak Jóhannesson, Eric Martel, Jakub Kamiński, Ragnar Ache, Saïd El Mala

Werder Bremen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mio Backhaus, Yukinari Sugawara, Amos Pieper, Marco Friedl, Olivier Deman, Senne Lynen, Leonardo Bittencourt, Marco Grüll, Romano Schmid, Felix Agu, Justin Njinmah