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Bayer Leverkusen beat 1. FC Köln 2-1

8 Nov 2026 · Regular Season - 9

Bundesliga · Regular Season - 9 Match result
1. FC Köln
1 - 2
Bayer Leverkusen
8 Nov 2026 · RheinEnergieStadion
Bayer Leverkusen: result card

League position

#TeamPWDLPts
5Bayer Leverkusen951316
151. FC Köln92349

Full table

Form (last 5 matches)

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Goalscorers

Bayer Leverkusen
  • Aleix García 7'
  • Patrik Schick 85' (assist: Ibrahim Maza)
1. FC Köln
  • Said El Mala 90+2' (assist: Malek El Mala)

Lineups

Bayer Leverkusen
Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach: Carles Martínez
  • 1M. Flekken
  • 4J. Quansah
  • 12E. Tapsoba
  • 2F. Medina
  • 3Miguel Gutiérrez
  • 6E. Fernández
  • 24Aleix García
  • 9Afonso Moreira
  • 10M. Tillman
  • 30I. Maza
  • 14P. Schick
Bench

J. Hofmann, T. Oermann, Lucas Vázquez, M. Culbreath, V. Boniface, J. Blaswich, E. Ben Seghir, L. Badé, R. Andrich

1. FC Köln
Formation 3-5-2 · Coach: René Wagner
  • 1M. Schwäbe
  • 2J. Schmied
  • 22Jahmai Simpson-Pusey
  • 5T. Krauß
  • 28S. Sebulonsen
  • 37L. Maina
  • 23Paul Michael Junior Okon-Engstler
  • 47M. Moore
  • 3B. Sosa
  • 30M. Bülter
  • 10S. El Mala
Bench

A. Castro-Montes, Reigan Heskey, Í. Bergmann Jóhannesson, L. Lochoshvili, G. Mensah, J. Thielmann, L. Waldschmidt, R. Zieler, M. El Mala

Substitutions

Bayer Leverkusen
  • 76'▲ Jonas Hofmann ▼ Malik Tillman
  • 88'▲ Loïc Badé ▼ Facundo Medina
  • 88'▲ Robert Andrich ▼ Ibrahim Maza
1. FC Köln
  • 74'▲ Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson ▼ Tom Krauß
  • 75'▲ Malek El Mala ▼ Marius Bülter
  • 75'▲ Reigan Heskey ▼ Linton Maina
  • 84'▲ Luca Waldschmidt ▼ Mikey Moore
  • 84'▲ Alessio Castro-Montes ▼ Sebastian Soraas Sebulonsen

Cards

Bayer Leverkusen
  • 34' Facundo Medina
  • 52' Afonso Moreira
  • 53' Edmond Tapsoba
  • 90+5' Aleix García
  • 90+6' Jonas Hofmann
1. FC Köln
  • 40' Tom Krauß
  • 46' Mikey Moore
  • 52' Linton Maina
  • 57' Joel Schmied
  • 70' Borna Sosa
  • 90+5' Jahmai Simpson-Pusey

Match statistics

Bayer Leverkusen1. FC Köln
Possession62%38%
Shots1412
Shots on goal86
Corners62
Fouls1212
Offsides01
Yellow cards56
Red cards00
Saves56
Expected goals (xG)1.751.59

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