Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-2 FC Köln: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 5 December 2010

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-2 FC Köln

Bundesliga · Sunday 5 December 2010, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-2 FC Köln: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen beat FC Köln 3-2 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 5 December 2010. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Patrick Helmes opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Patrick Helmes (21'), Tranquillo Barnetta (55') and Stefan Reinartz (61'). FC Köln scored through Pedro Geromel (27') and Martin Lanig (65').

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card; FC Köln received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 4th on 26 points from 14 and FC Köln 17th on 12 points from 14. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 2nd with 68 points, and FC Köln 10th with 44.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Köln in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins, 1 draw and 0 for FC Köln.

Going into the match Bayer 04 Leverkusen's last five read D-D-W-W-W and FC Köln's D-W-L-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Patrick HelmesBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Pedro GeromelFC Köln · 1-1
  • 55'Goal · Tranquillo BarnettaBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-1
  • 61'Goal · Stefan ReinartzBayer 04 Leverkusen · 3-1
  • 65'Goal · Martin LanigFC Köln · 3-2
  • 75'Yellow card · Renato AugustoBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 90+2'Yellow card · PetitFC Köln

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5, draws 1, FC Köln 0.

Team news

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-2-3-1)

René Adler, Manuel Friedrich, Michal Kadlec, Stefan Reinartz, Tranquillo Barnetta, Renato Augusto, Sidney Sam, Arturo Vidal, Gonzalo Castro, Sami Hyypia, Patrick Helmes

FC Köln expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Miro Varvodić, Faryd Mondragón Aly, Yousif Mohamad, Pedro Geromel, Mišo Brečko, Stephan Salger, Fabrice Ehret, Kevin Pezzoni, Martin Lanig, Milivoje Novakovič, Lukas Podolski