Bundesliga: What this game might not have in glitz it should compensate in guts and attitude. Get set for FC Köln - Bayer 04 Leverkusen!
- FC Köln have the most points from losing position (12) in Bundesliga
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It's no vacation for neither FC Köln nor Bayer 04 Leverkusen as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
FC Köln form and stats
FC Köln have played 6 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Köln are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus SC Freiburg. Tigges, an attacker, was the champion performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.33 (out of 10). Tigges hit one key pass.
A 2-2 result against Nice before that, played at home in the Europa Conference League.
FC Köln are traveling soon after this match as the Bundesliga match at Hertha BSC awaits in three days.
FC Köln have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at RheinEnergieStadion with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Köln's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bayer 04 Leverkusen so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Bayer 04 Leverkusen are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Andrich, Hložek, Diaby (2) and Bakker scored in Bayer 04 Leverkusen's previous match, the home game against FC Union Berlin that ended 5-0. That win felt nice as this team had gone three league games without winning. As mentioned above, Bayer 04 Leverkusen was the only team on the pitch versus FC Union Berlin in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. Attacker Diaby got a player rating of 8.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Diaby scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
One match before, 0-0 at home against Club Brugge in the Champions League.
Take note that 10 of this team's 12 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
After this away game Leverkusen return home for a Bundesliga game against Stuttgart. That game is only three sleeps after this.
For Bayer 04 Leverkusen, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (FC Köln wins - draws - Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Kainz 5 goals |   J. Frimpong 5 goals |  M. Diaby 4 goals |
FC Köln missing players
Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players
| FC Köln | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 20 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 25 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 14 | 25 |
| 92% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 54% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 77% |
| 54% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 54% |
| 38% | 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 69% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 46% |
| 8% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 17% | 23% |
| 31% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 31% |
| 6 | 6.5 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 5.2 | 5.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 12.8 | 15 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8 | 12 |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.7 | 5.4 |
| 36% | 32% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 27% | 30% |
| 12.3 | 11.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 16.5 | 12.3 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 6.5 | 4.8 |
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Köln have the most points from losing position (12) in Bundesliga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 29 | 28 |
| 2 | SC Freiburg | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | FC Union Berlin | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | RB Leipzig | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Werder Bremen | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 19 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Mainz 05 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | Wolfsburg | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | FC Köln | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 17 |
| 13 | FC Augsburg | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -7 | 14 |
| 14 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -4 | 12 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 11 |
| 17 | Bochum | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -24 | 7 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -18 | 6 |
