Union Berlin 2-2 Köln — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Germany - Bundesliga, 2 May 2026

📅02/05/2026 · 🕒16:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-2 2nd Score 2-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
40%
2.47
Draw
23%
3.28
Away
37%
2.51
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
47%
2.0
Over 2.5
53%
1.74
Both Teams to Score
Yes
52%
1.6
No
48%
2.19
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
26%
3.66
2-3 Goals
39%
1.79
4-5 Goals
25%
3.1
6+ Goals
10%
10.45
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
19%
3.75
1/2
7%
26.0
1/X
8%
12.05
X/1
14%
5.99
X/2
17%
5.85
X/X
7%
4.75
2/1 EV+ ✗
7%
27.0
2/2
13%
3.61
2/X
8%
12.0
Value flag · 2/1 at 27.0 — our 7% vs market 1.7%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
40%
Home Win
37%
+3.0pp
23%
Draw
27%
-4.0pp
37%
Away Win
36%
+0.9pp
47%
Under 2.5
46%
+1.1pp
53%
Over 2.5
54%
-1.2pp
52%
BTTS Yes
58%
-6.4pp
48%
BTTS No
42%
+6.3pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Union Berlin EU Bookmakers 40%
Head to Head
AWAY Köln EU Bookmakers 40%
+11% / +6% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -3% / -2%
1.36/1.42 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.49/1.59
+10% / +11% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -19% / +14%
46% Ball Possession 54%
13 Total Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 5
297 · 76% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 379 · 80%
19.9 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 21.4
20.3 Crosses 19.6
2.1 Yellow Cards 2.3
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Union Berlin
4W-1D-1L
AWAY Köln
1.17 Avg Goals (FT) 0.50
1.27 xG 1.07
42% Ball Possession 58%
11 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 5
260 Passes 403
72% Pass Accuracy 80%
21 Box Touches 22
22 Crosses 25
2 Yellow Cards 2
20.12.2025 Köln Köln 0-1 HT 0-0 Union Berlin Union Berlin AL1
11.05.2024 Köln Köln 3-2 HT 1-2 Union Berlin Union Berlin AL1
20.12.2023 Union Berlin Union Berlin 2-0 HT 0-0 Köln Köln AL1
04.03.2023 Union Berlin Union Berlin 0-0 HT 0-0 Köln Köln AL1
11.09.2022 Köln Köln 0-1 HT 0-1 Union Berlin Union Berlin AL1
01.04.2022 Union Berlin Union Berlin 1-0 HT 0-0 Köln Köln AL1
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Union Berlin
2-2
AWAY Köln
1.15 xG 1.75
59% Ball Possession 41%
13 Total Shots 8
3 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 5
352 Passes 247
76% Pass Accuracy 74%
31 Box Touches 20
28 Crosses 12
2 Yellow Cards 3
POST-MATCH Union Berlin vs Köln
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Union Berlin and Köln couldn't be separated, finishing 2-2. Half-time: 0-1.

We called this one close before kick-off — 40% / 23% / 37% — and a draw is about as on-script as that read gets.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 53% and both teams to score was close to even at 52%.

On the day, Union Berlin had 59% of the ball to Köln's 41%, shots finished 13-8, expected goals 1.15 to 1.75.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Union Berlin had the better of it with 4 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.17 goals for Union Berlin and 0.50 for Köln.

What was the final score of Union Berlin vs Köln?

Union Berlin 2-2 Köln in the Germany - Bundesliga on 02/05/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Union Berlin vs Köln?

Before kick-off our model rated a Union Berlin win the most likely single outcome at about 40%, with the full match-result split Union Berlin 40%, draw 23%, Köln 37%. The final score 2-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — while Match Result (Union Berlin) went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Union Berlin) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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