Struggling Köln will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Bayer Leverkusen in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Köln has the most conceded goals (13) at home in Bundesliga
- Bayer Leverkusen is in the best form (5-1-0)
It's no vacation for neither Köln nor Bayer 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.
Köln form and stats
Köln's struggle is real here at RheinEnergieStadion with only 2 points collected from 6 Bundesliga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-2-4.
It's back home for Köln, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Mainz 05 away with the result 1-0. Elvis Rexhbecaj found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Wolfsburg that ended 2-2.
Köln are traveling soon after this match as the Bundesliga match at RB Leipzig awaits in three days.
Köln are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Köln have conceded 13 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
Bayer Leverkusen's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Bayer Leverkusen, who have the most clean sheets (3) away in Bundesliga, collect 14 points from their 6 away matches in the Bundesliga. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Things are running smoothly for Bayer Leverkusen who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Wolfsburg. A great winning streak in away games for Bayer Leverkusen as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Stuttgart have they travelled home without three points.
Leon Bailey (2), Florian Wirtz and Lucas Alario scored in Leverkusen's previous match, the home game against Hoffenheim that ended 4-1. A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Slavia Praha.
A new game in only three days for Bayer Leverkusen, the Bundesliga home match versus Bayern München. Busy days.
Leverkusen has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Köln wins - draws - Bayer Leverkusen wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Alario 8 goals |  L. Bailey Butler 4 goals |   E. Skhiri 3 goals |
Köln missing players
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
| Köln | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 10 | 11 | 23 |
| 17 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 82% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 73% |
| 55% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 55% |
| 27% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 17% | 36% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 27% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 64% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 9.3 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 14.2 | 14 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| 33% | 38% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 32% | 38% |
- All of Köln's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bayer Leverkusen has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Bundesliga
- Bayer Leverkusen has the most clean sheets (3) away in Bundesliga
- Bayer Leverkusen have not yet lost a game.
- Bayer Leverkusen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Bayer Leverkusen is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Köln has the most conceded goals (13) at home in Bundesliga
- Köln have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Köln have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Köln have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Köln have yet to win a game at home.
- Köln haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 24 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 24 |
| 4 | Wolfsburg | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | Stuttgart | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
| 10 | Augsburg | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Hertha BSC | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 12 | Hoffenheim | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Freiburg | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 11 |
| 15 | Köln | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 10 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -14 | 7 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 5 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 23 | -25 | 4 |