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

Bundesliga · Friday 5 May 2023

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-2 FC Köln

Bundesliga · Friday 5 May 2023, 18:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

Bayer 04 Leverkusen · FC Köln · Bundesliga predictions

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-2 FC Köln: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lost to FC Köln 1-2 in the Bundesliga on Friday 5 May 2023. The half-time score was 1-2.

Davie Selke opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goal came from Amine Adli (28'). FC Köln scored through Davie Selke (14') and Davie Selke (36').

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card; FC Köln received 6 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 6th on 48 points from 30 and FC Köln 11th on 35 points from 30. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 6th with 50 points, and FC Köln 11th with 42.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and FC Köln in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Davie Selke of FC Köln (8.7), ahead of Amine Adli (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins, 2 draws and 3 for FC Köln.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Davie SelkeFC Köln · 0-1
  • 28'Goal · Amine AdliBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-1
  • 36'Goal · Davie SelkeFC Köln · 1-2
  • 45'Yellow card · J. ThielmannFC Köln
  • 69'Yellow card · Mathias OlesenFC Köln
  • 71'Yellow card · Davie SelkeFC Köln
  • 80'Yellow card · Amine AdliBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 80'Yellow card · Julian ChabotFC Köln
  • 80'Yellow card · Linton MainaFC Köln
  • 83'Yellow card · Benno SchmitzFC Köln

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5, draws 2, FC Köln 3.

Team news

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

Lukas Hradecky, Edmond Tapsoba, Jonathan Tah, Piero Hincapié, Jeremie Frimpong, Robert Andrich, Nadiem Amiri, Mitchel Bakker, Moussa Diaby, Amine Adli, Florian Wirtz

FC Köln line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marvin Schwäbe, Benno Schmitz, Timo Hübers, Jeff Chabot, Jonas Hector, Dejan Ljubicic, Ellyes Skhiri, Jan Thielmann, Florian Kainz, Linton Maina, Davie Selke