By OkayGoal
Frauen Bundesliga · Regular Season – 9 · 9 Nov 2026
FC Köln3 – 1RB Leipzig
Lydia Nunes Martins Andrade 38′
Vanessa Leimenstoll 40′
Lydia Nunes Martins Andrade 57′Lisa Schmitz 20′ (og)
Half-time 2–1 · Venue: Südstadion · Referee: Nadine Westerhoff
FC Köln beat RB Leipzig 3-1 in the Frauen-Bundesliga on Monday 9 November, overturning a first-half deficit in Cologne. It was their third straight win over Leipzig, after a 1-0 victory in the DFB-Pokal on 31 October and a 1-0 league win in Leipzig on 21 December 2025.
Schmitz own goal, then three minutes for Leimenstoll and Andrade
Leipzig went ahead in the 20th minute without needing a finish of their own. Schmitz turned the ball into her own net to give the visitors a 1-0 lead.
Köln responded just before the break. In the 38th minute Andrade levelled from a Bremer assist. Two minutes later Leimenstoll scored the goal that proved to be the winner, set up by Imping.
Leipzig’s Schimmer was booked for dissent in the 41st minute. The home side went in 2-1 up at half-time.
The third goal arrived in the 57th minute. Degen provided the assist and Andrade added her second of the night, finishing with a rating of 8.92, the highest on the pitch, from 65 minutes of football. Degen was later shown a yellow card for a foul in the 63rd minute.
22 shots and 2.29 expected goals for Carlson’s side
The numbers matched the scoreline. Köln had 22 shots to Leipzig’s 8, with 15 of theirs from inside the box, and built 2.29 expected goals against 0.52.
Finishing could have been sharper still. Fourteen of Köln’s attempts went wide, and they were caught offside 6 times. They also won 10 corners to Leipzig’s 6 and had 53% of the ball.
Leipzig did test the home goalkeeper. They put 5 shots on target and all 5 were saved, so their only goal came from Schmitz’s own goal.
Leimenstoll added 4 key passes to her goal and was rated 7.32. Bremer’s assist came from a player who already has 4 league goals this season, joint fifth in the Frauen-Bundesliga scoring chart.
Köln sixth, Leipzig ninth after three defeats in a row
Köln are sixth with 15 points from 9 games, a record of 5 wins and 4 defeats with a goal difference of 3. Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen sit just above them on 16 points.
Leipzig are ninth on 10 points. This was their third defeat in a row in all competitions, following the cup exit in Cologne and a 1-5 loss to Bayern Munich. Before that run they had won three straight, against SC Freiburg, Mainz 05 and Blau-Gelb Marburg.
The turnaround in this fixture is marked. Leipzig won the meetings on 1 September 2024, 16 December 2024 and 6 September 2025, and have now lost the last three.
Both sides play again on Sunday 15 November. Köln travel to Nürnberg, who are 12th, while Leipzig host third-placed Eintracht Frankfurt.
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