Köln — Bayer Leverkusen, 8 November: preview and prediction

live Bundesliga · Matchday 9 Sunday 8 November · 14:30 UTC

Köln 15th · 9 pts DDLWL

0 : 2 live 1st half 0:1

Bayer Leverkusen 6th · 13 pts LLWWW

venue to be confirmed · referee Felix Zwayer, Germany

Match predictionValue

Over 1.5 goals

89% · Over 2.5 goals in 7 of 8 Bayer Leverkusen games

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast the forecast is fixed before kick-off and is not recalculated during the match

Köln 38% draw 22% Bayer Leverkusen 40%

fans 41 votes

Köln 36% draw 12% Bayer Leverkusen 52%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match progress

updates automatically

A. Garcia 0-1 7'

F. Medina 34'

T. Krauss 40'

M. Moore 46'

L. Maina 52'

A. Moreira 52'

E. Tapsoba 53'

J. Schmied 57'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Köln 3-5-2 4-2-3-1 Bayer Leverkusen

Marvin Schwäbe  
Joel Schmied  22 Jahmai Simpson-Pusey  5 Tom Krauß  
Sebastian Sebulonsen  37 Linton Maina  23 Paul Okon-Engstler  47 Mikey Moore  3 Borna Sosa  
Marius Bülter  10 Said El Mala  

Patrik Schick  
Afonso Moreira  10 Malik Tillman  30 Ibrahim Maza  
Ezequiel Fernández  24 Aleix García  
Jarell Quansah  12 Edmond Tapsoba  2 Facundo Medina  3 Miguel Gutiérrez  
Mark Flekken  

Köln bench

17Alessio Castro-Montes
14Gideon Mensah
29Jan Uwe Thielmann
7Luca Waldschmidt
24Luka Lochoshvili
19Malek El Mala
11Reigan Heskey
20Ron-Robert Zieler
8Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson

Bayer Leverkusen bench

29Eliesse Ben Seghir
28Janis Blaswich
7Jonas Hofmann
5Loïc Badé
17Lucas Vázquez
42Montrell Culbreath
8Robert Andrich
15Tim Oermann
22Victor Okoh Boniface

Live match stats

19 metrics for the full match

38%Possession62%

9Shots8

4Shots on target5

3Shots off target3

2Blocked shots0

6Shots inside box4

3Shots outside box4

66Attacks72

27Dangerous attacks37

1Corners4

10Fouls7

4Yellow cards3

4Saves4

224Passes371

199Accurate passes334

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Köln

Bayer LeverkusenThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

What to know

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Köln host Bayer Leverkusen on matchday 9 of the Bundesliga on 8 November. Kick-off at 14:30 UTC.

Köln sit 15th on 9 points after 8 matches (2 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses), winless in 3 matches. Bayer Leverkusen sit 6th on 13 points after 8 matches (4 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses).

Of the last 2 meetings Köln won 0, Bayer Leverkusen won 2. Aggregate score — 1:4.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Köln last five Bayer Leverkusen

DDLWL form LLWWW

8 Matches 8

2 — 3 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 4 — 1 — 3

9 — 12 Scored — conceded 18 — 16

1.13 Points per game 1.63

1.13 Goals scored per game 2.25

1 Clean sheets 2

2 Failed to score 1

unbeaten in 2 Current streak winless in 2

Köln at home: 4 matches, 2 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses, goals 6—4, 2 points per match.

Bayer Leverkusen away: 4 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses, goals 8—11, 1 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

0 Köln wins 0 draws 2 Bayer Leverkusen wins goals 1:4 Köln — Bayer Leverkusen

25/04/2026	Köln — Bayer Leverkusen	1:2	Bundesliga
13/12/2025	Bayer Leverkusen — Köln	2:0	Bundesliga

League table

before the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
5	Werder Bremen	9	4	3	2	17—15	15
6	Bayer Leverkusen	8	4	1	3	18—16	13
7	Elversberg	9	4	1	4	17—18	13
…
14	Hoffenheim	8	3	0	5	14—16	9
15	Köln	8	2	3	3	9—12	9
16	Union Berlin	8	1	4	3	7—19	7

Full Bundesliga table

Köln — Bayer Leverkusen, 8 November 2026, 14:30 UTC