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  • Match Ended
  • 83'
    Substitution
    • Alidou, Faride
    • Tigges, Steffen

    Steffen Tigges is replacing Faride Alidou for the home team.

  • 83'
    Substitution
    • Maina, Linton
    • Huseinbasic, Denis

    Timo Schultz (1. FC Cologne) is making a fourth substitution, with Denis Huseinbasic replacing Linton Maina.

  • 82'
    Substitution
    • Martel, Eric
    • Schmitz, Benno Erik

    The home team have replaced Eric Martel with Benno Erik Schmitz. This is the third substitution made today by Timo Schultz.

  • 82'
    Substitution
    • Xhaka, Granit
    • Palacios, Exequiel

    The away team replace Granit Xhaka with Exequiel Palacios.

  • 79'
    Substitution
    • Hincapie, Piero
    • Tapsoba, Edmond

    The away team have replaced Piero Hincapie with Edmond Tapsoba. This is the fourth substitution made today by Xabi Alonso.

  • 73'
    Goal !
    • Grimaldo, Alex (Scorer)
    • Adli, Amine (Assist)

    Goal! Alex Grimaldo extends Leverkusen's lead to 0-2.

    Great play from Amine Adli to set up the goal.

  • 69'
    Substitution
    • Diehl, Justin
    • Paqarada, Leart

    Timo Schultz (1. FC Cologne) is making a second substitution, with Leart Paqarada replacing Justin Diehl.

  • 65'
    Substitution
    • Schick, Patrik
    • Iglesias, Borja

    Borja Iglesias is on a sub for Patrik Schick for Leverkusen.

  • 65'
    Substitution
    • Hofmann, Jonas
    • Adli, Amine

    Amine Adli is replacing Jonas Hofmann for Leverkusen at RheinEnergieStadion.

  • 65'
    Substitution
    • Adamyan, Sargis
    • Diehl, Justin

    1. FC Cologne make their first substitution with Justin Diehl replacing Sargis Adamyan.

  • 59'
    Yellow Card
    • Stanisic, Josip

    Josip Stanisic (Leverkusen) has been booked and must now be careful not to get a second yellow card.

  • 46'
    Substitution
    • Frimpong, Jeremie
    • Tella, Nathan

    Xabi Alonso is making the team's first substitution at RheinEnergieStadion with Nathan Tella replacing Jeremie Frimpong.

  • 37'
    Goal !
    • Frimpong, Jeremie (Scorer)

    Goal! Jeremie Frimpong gives Leverkusen a 0-1 lead.

  • 30'
    Yellow Card
    • Martel, Eric

    At RheinEnergieStadion, Eric Martel has been yellow-carded for the home team.

  • 23'
    Yellow Card
    • Frimpong, Jeremie

    Jeremie Frimpong for Leverkusen has been booked by Tobias Stieler and receives a first yellow card.

  • 16'
    Yellow Card
    • Ljubicic, Dejan

    Dejan Ljubicic (1. FC Cologne) has been booked and will miss the next match due to a suspension.

  • 14'
    Red Card
    • Thielmann, Jan

    Jan Thielmann (1. FC Cologne) sees red and is sent off in Cologne!

  • Match Started

Line-ups

Cologne
(4-4-2)
(3-4-2-1)
Bayer Leverkusen
1Schwabe18Cartstensen4Hubers24Chabot35Finkgrafe40Alidou6Martel7Ljubicic37Maina23Adamyan29Thielmann1Hradecky2Stanisic4Tah3Hincapie30Frimpong8Andrich34Xhaka20Grimaldo7Hofmann10Wirtz14Schick
Bayer Leverkusen
(3-4-2-1)

Statistics

Ball possession
Cologne28%
72% Bayer Leverkusen
Shots
3Off goal60On goal6

1
Shots blocked
4
1
Corner kicks
9
2
Offsides
2
4
Saves
0
8
Fouls
7
2
Yellow cards
2
1
Red cards
0

Cologne vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting tips

The most common result of matches between 1. FC Cologne and Bayer Leverkusen when 1. FC Cologne is playing at home is 1-1. 4 matches have ended with this result.
The most common result of matches between 1. FC Cologne and Bayer Leverkusen is 0-2. 6 matches have ended with this result.
During the last 23 meetings with 1. FC Cologne playing at home, 1. FC Cologne have won 6 times, there have been 9 draws while Bayer Leverkusen have won 8 times. The goal difference is 32-29 in favour of Bayer Leverkusen.
During the last 46 meetings, 1. FC Cologne have won 11 times, there have been 11 draws while Bayer Leverkusen have won 24 times. The goal difference is 85-53 in favour of Bayer Leverkusen.
1. FC Cologne's last home win against Bayer Leverkusen was in 2019.
Last season's matches: 1-2 (1. FC Cologne at home) and 1-2 (Bayer Leverkusen at home).
Bayer Leverkusen have a winning streak of 4 matches in Bundesliga.
Did you know that 1. FC Cologne scores 25% of their goals between the minutes 76-90?
Did you know that Bayer Leverkusen scores 22% of their goals between the minutes 61-75?
Bayer Leverkusen have a winning streak of 5 matches.
Bayer Leverkusen haven't lost in their last 36 games.
Bayer Leverkusen have a winning streak of 4 matches away from home.
Bayer Leverkusen have lost none of their last 17 away matches.
1. FC Cologne haven't scored in 5 of their 11 home matches in Bundesliga this season.
Bayer Leverkusen haven't scored in 0 of their 11 away matches in Bundesliga this season.
Bayer Leverkusen's away record this season: 9-2-0.
Davie Selke is 1. FC Cologne's top scorer with 5 goals. Victor Boniface has scored 10 times for Bayer Leverkusen.
Linton Maina has assisted the most goals for 1. FC Cologne with 2. Alex Grimaldo is Bayer Leverkusen's biggest assister (9).
Julian Chabot has more yellow cards (5) than any other player at 1. FC Cologne. Jonathan Tah has collected 6 for Bayer Leverkusen.
A year ago, 1. FC Cologne were number 12 in the table with 27 points. Now they are number 16 with 17 points.
A year ago, Bayer Leverkusen were number 9 in the table with 31 points. Now they are number 1 with 61 points.
Bayer Leverkusen have scored at least one goal for 5 consecutive matches.
1. FC Cologne wins 1st half in 26% of their matches, Bayer Leverkusen in 57% of their matches.
1. FC Cologne wins 26% of halftimes, Bayer Leverkusen wins 57%.
The winner of their last meeting was Bayer Leverkusen.
On their last meeting Bayer Leverkusen won by 3 goals.
When 1. FC Cologne leads 1-0 at home, they win in 66% of their matches.
When Bayer Leverkusen leads 0-1 away, they win in 94% of their matches.
When 1. FC Cologne is down 0-1 home, they win 0% of their matches.
When Bayer Leverkusen is down 1-0 away, they win 25% of their matches.
In Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen has better performance than 1. FC Cologne.
Bayer Leverkusen's performance of the last 5 matches is better than 1. FC Cologne's.
In the last 5 meetings 1. FC Cologne won 2, Bayer Leverkusen won 2, 1 draws.
1. FC Cologne scores 1.2 goals in a match against Bayer Leverkusen and Bayer Leverkusen scores 1.6 goals against 1. FC Cologne (on average).
Average number of goals in meetings between 1. FC Cologne and Bayer Leverkusen is 2.8.
Average number of goals in the first half in meetings between 1. FC Cologne and Bayer Leverkusen is 1.6.
1. FC Cologne scores 1.09 goals when playing at home and Bayer Leverkusen scores 2.11 goals when playing away (on average).
If Jonas Hofmann scores against 1. FC Cologne it will be his 5th goal for Bayer Leverkusen this season.
If Dejan Ljubicic receives a yellow card in today's match, he will be suspended after collecting 5 yellow cards so far this season.
This was Dejan Ljubicic's 5th yellow card for the season.
This was Jeremie Frimpong's 5th yellow card for the season.
The most common end-result when 1. FC Cologne are down 0-1 at home this season is 1-1.
Bayer Leverkusen is undefeated this season when playing at home and taking the lead 1-0.
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Head to head

Cologne
Matches:10
Bayer Leverkusen
30%
Wins: 3
10%
Draws: 1
60%
Wins: 6
Recent meetings
  1. Flag DEUBundesliga
    3 Mar 2024
    CologneCologne
    0 : 2
    Bayer LeverkusenBayer Leverkusen
  2. Flag DEUBundesliga
    8 Oct 2023
    Bayer LeverkusenBayer Leverkusen
    3 : 0
    CologneCologne
  3. Flag DEUBundesliga
    5 May 2023
    Bayer LeverkusenBayer Leverkusen
    1 : 2
    CologneCologne
  4. Flag DEUBundesliga
    9 Nov 2022
    CologneCologne
    1 : 2
    Bayer LeverkusenBayer Leverkusen
  5. Flag DEUBundesliga
    13 Mar 2022
    Bayer LeverkusenBayer Leverkusen
    0 : 1
    CologneCologne

Form

CologneCologne
  1. Flag DEUBundesliga
    20 Apr 2024
    Cologne
    0 : 2
    Darmstadt
  2. Flag DEUBundesliga
    13 Apr 2024
    Bayern Munich
    2 : 0
    Cologne
  3. Flag DEUBundesliga
    6 Apr 2024
    Cologne
    2 : 1
    Bochum
  4. Flag DEUBundesliga
    31 Mar 2024
    Augsburg
    1 : 1
    Cologne
  5. Flag DEUBundesliga
    15 Mar 2024
    Cologne
    1 : 5
    RB Leipzig
Bayer LeverkusenBayer Leverkusen
  1. Flag DEUBundesliga
    21 Apr 2024
    Borussia Dortmund
    1 : 1
    Bayer Leverkusen
  2. Flag nullUEFA Europa League
    18 Apr 2024
    West Ham
    1 : 1
    Bayer Leverkusen
  3. Flag DEUBundesliga
    14 Apr 2024
    Bayer Leverkusen
    5 : 0
    Werder Bremen
  4. Flag nullUEFA Europa League
    11 Apr 2024
    Bayer Leverkusen
    2 : 0
    West Ham
  5. Flag DEUBundesliga
    6 Apr 2024
    Union Berlin
    0 : 1
    Bayer Leverkusen

Cologne vs Bayer Leverkusen Standings

PosTeamWDLMPts
1Bayer Leverkusen25503080
2Bayern Munich21363066
...
16Bochum512133027
17Cologne410163022
18Darmstadt38193017

Match information

An upcoming Bundesliga match is set to feature 1. FC Cologne playing against Bayer Leverkusen. The match will take place on Sunday, 3 March 2024, at 14:30 UTC. The venue for this encounter is the RheinEnergieStadion.

Standing-wise, the home team, 1. FC Cologne, is currently positioned at 16th in the league, whereas Bayer Leverkusen is leading the pack, holding the 1st place position.

Reflecting on their last match on 8 October 2023, Bayer Leverkusen triumphed over 1. FC Cologne with a scoreline of 3-0. Considering their past 9 meetings, Bayer Leverkusen has had the upper hand with 5 wins compared to 1. FC Cologne's 3, and there's been 1 draw.

Looking at the 1. FC Cologne's head-to-head statistics at home, they have won 1 of these encounters, while Bayer Leverkusen has had 3 home wins and 2 as the guest team.

For those interested in watching the match in the United Kingdom, transmissions are available through various channels. Bookmaker bet365 will be streaming the match, alongside other streaming platforms such as NOW, Onefootball, and SKY GO. It will also be broadcast on Sky Sports Football.

Regarding predictions, there is a 20.28% chance of 1. FC Cologne securing a win, a 21.92% likelihood of a draw, and a 57.79% probability of a Bayer Leverkusen victory. Betting odds from bet365 reflect these chances with odds of 9 for a 1. FC Cologne win, 4.75 for a draw, and 1.36 in favor of a Bayer Leverkusen win.