📏 Form Guide

Cologne

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Cologne head into this game following on from a 1-1 Bundesliga stalemate against St. Pauli.

In that game, Cologne had 51% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 1 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Cologne was Luca Waldschmidt (86'). For their opponents, St. Pauli got 13 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Karol Mets (69') scored for St. Pauli.

Fixtures with Cologne have proved to be entertaining encounters of late with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past six clashes alone, the sum total of 21 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 11 of these accredited to Cologne. We shall soon see if that trend will end up being sustained here.

Leading up to this clash, Cologne:

• have not won against Bayer Leverkusen in their previous 3 league games.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Bayer Leverkusen

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Bayern Munich in DFB-Pokal competition, Bayer Leverkusen and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Bayer Leverkusen had 47% possession and 4 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. For their opponents, Bayern Munich had 20 shots on goal with 11 of them on target. Harry Kane (22') and Luis Díaz (93') scored for Bayern Munich.

The stats don’t lie, and Bayer Leverkusen have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 11 goals in total. In defence, Bayer Leverkusen have not been doing too well.

Leading up to this clash, Bayer Leverkusen:

• remain undefeated by Cologne in games played away from home for the previous 4 matches in the league. A very decent away record against them.
• are undefeated in their previous 4 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 09/11/2022 tells us that Cologne have won 1 of these games and Bayer Leverkusen 5, with the tally of drawn matches being 0.

A combined sum of 18 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 from Köln and 13 created by Leverkusen. The average goals per game has been 3.

The previous league encounter between these clubs was Bundesliga match day 14 on 13/12/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 Cologne.

In that game, Bayer Leverkusen managed 61% possession and 17 shots on goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Martin Terrier (66') and Robert Andrich (72').

At the other end, Cologne had 5 shots on goal with 4 on target.

The match was refereed by Harm Osmers.

📰 Team News: Cologne

It’s our opinion that Köln will possibly go for a 4-4-2 formation this time with Marvin Schwaebe, Sebastian Sebulonsen, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Cenk Ozkacar, Jan Thielmann, I. B. Johannesson, Eric Martel, A. Castro-Montes, Jakub Kaminski, Marius Buelter and Said El Mala.

🗞️ Team News: Bayer Leverkusen

There’s a good chance that Leverkusen appear most likely to play in a 3-4-2-1 lineup, starting the game with Mark Flekken, Robert Andrich, Loic Bade, Edmond Tapsoba, Montrell Culbreath, Exequiel Palacios, Aleix Garcia, Alejandro Grimaldo, Ibrahim Maza, Ernest Poku and Patrik Schick.

💭 Prediction

We envisage that Cologne will likely be able to put a goal past this Bayer Leverkusen outfit, but one goal possibly won’t quite prevent defeat.

We can see a 1-2 victory for Bayer Leverkusen at the end of this one. Should be an interesting one.

Andre Moura, 13:05 25/04/2026