Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 FC Köln: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 28 October 2017

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 FC Köln

Bundesliga · Saturday 28 October 2017, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

Bayer 04 Leverkusen · FC Köln · Bundesliga predictions

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 FC Köln: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen won against FC Köln 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 28 October 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.

Serhou Guirassy opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from L. Bailey (54') and Sven Bender (73'). FC Köln scored through Serhou Guirassy (23').

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 3 yellow cards; FC Köln received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 9th on 12 points from 9 and FC Köln 18th on 2 points from 9. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 5th with 55 points, and FC Köln 18th with 22.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Köln in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sven Bender of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8.5), level with Leon Bailey (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins, 3 draws and 3 for FC Köln.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Serhou GuirassyFC Köln · 0-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Simon ZollerFC Köln
  • 45'Yellow card · Julian BaumgartlingerBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 54'Goal · L. BaileyBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-1
  • 59'Yellow card · WendellBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 73'Goal · Sven BenderBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Leonardo BittencourtFC Köln
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Lucas AlarioBayer 04 Leverkusen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, draws 3, FC Köln 3.

Team news

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

Bernd Leno, Panagiotis Retsos, Jonathan Tah, Sven Bender, Wendell, Julian Baumgartlinger, Charles Aránguiz, Leon Bailey, Kai Havertz, Julian Brandt, Kevin Volland

FC Köln line-up (4-4-2)

Timo Horn, Frederik Sørensen, Dominic Maroh, Dominique Heintz, Jannes Horn, Yuya Osako, Matthias Lehmann, Salih Özcan, Leonardo Bittencourt, Simon Zoller, Serhou Guirassy