FC Köln 0-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 25 February 2012

Result

FC Köln 0-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Saturday 25 February 2012, 14:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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FC Köln 0-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

FC Köln were beaten by Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 25 February 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Lars Bender opened the scoring in the 16th minute. FC Köln did not score. Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Lars Bender (16') and Lars Bender (50').

Discipline: FC Köln received 1 yellow card; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received no yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Köln were 14th on 24 points from 22 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6th on 34 points from 22. FC Köln went on to finish that season 17th with 30 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5th with 54.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Köln wins, 1 draw and 6 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Lars BenderBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-1
  • 22'Yellow card · Sascha RietherFC Köln
  • 50'Goal · Lars BenderBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-2

Head-to-head

9 meetings: FC Köln 2, draws 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6.

Team news

FC Köln expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Michael Rensing, Pedro Geromel, Sascha Riether, Ammar Jemal, Henrique Sereno, Mišo Brečko, Mato Jajalo, Christian Clemens, Martin Lanig, Lukas Podolski, Sławomir Peszko

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

Bernd Leno, Daniel Schwaab, Vedran Ćorluka, Ömer Toprak, Michal Kadlec, Stefan Reinartz, Lars Bender, Andre Schürrle, Renato Augusto, Gonzalo Castro, Stefan Kießling