Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-0 FC Köln: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 8 October 2023

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-0 FC Köln

Bundesliga · Sunday 8 October 2023, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-0 FC Köln: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen won against FC Köln 3-0 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 8 October 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.

Jonas Hofmann opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Jonas Hofmann (22'), Jeremie Frimpong (32') and Victor Boniface (67'). FC Köln did not score.

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 4 yellow cards; FC Köln received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 3rd on 16 points from 6 and FC Köln 18th on 1 point from 6. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and FC Köln 17th with 27.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and FC Köln in a 4-1-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonas Hofmann of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (9.9), ahead of Alejandro Grimaldo (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins, 1 draw and 4 for FC Köln.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Jonas HofmannBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Jeremie FrimpongBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 24'Yellow card · Steffen BaumgartFC Köln
  • 32'Goal · Jeremie FrimpongBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-0
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Edmond TapsobaBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 61'Yellow card · Jonathan TahBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 66'Yellow card · Xabi AlonsoBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 67'Goal · Victor BonifaceBayer 04 Leverkusen · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5, draws 1, FC Köln 4.

Team news

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

Lukas Hradecky, Odilon Kossounou, Jonathan Tah, Edmond Tapsoba, Jeremie Frimpong, Exequiel Palacios, Granit Xhaka, Alejandro Grimaldo, Jonas Hofmann, Florian Wirtz, Victor Boniface

FC Köln line-up (4-1-3-2)

Marvin Schwäbe, Rasmus Carstensen, Timo Hübers, Jeff Chabot, Leart Paçarada, Eric Martel, Denis Huseinbasic, Dejan Ljubicic, Florian Kainz, Faride Alidou, Davie Selke