Bayer Leverkusen vs FC Koln Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 5th May 2023

by Bob Maplewood at 11:44am on Fri 2nd February 2024

Bayer Leverkusen welcome FC Koln for yet another derby between the rivals in Bundesliga on Friday at BayArena.

Ranked as number six in the Bundesliga standings, Bayer Leverkusen, have so far collected 48 points this season, while FC Koln collected 35 points. This puts them up as number 11 after 30 rounds.

Bayer Leverkusen aim to continue their fine run of matches without defeat this coming Friday, and motivation should be as high as the mood in the Bayer Leverkusen-camp before their upcoming challenges.

Bayer Leverkusen scored 20 times, conceded nine and held on for four clean sheets in their last ten games.

FC Koln scored eight goals, conceded 17 and kept their opponents from scoring two times in ten matches.

FC Koln were knocked out cold when Bayer Leverkusen took a 2-1 win in their latest encounter. It served as pay back for the 1-0 defeat, FC Koln handed out in the game before.

Bayer Leverkusen vs FC Koln Prediction

Bayer Leverkusen Form

Bayer Leverkusen collected seven points from their last three matches, as they ran out 1-4 and 2-0 winners against Union St.Gilloise and RB Leipzig, respectively. Against Union Berlin, they had to settle for a draw after a 0-0 draw. In their last six Bundesliga home matches, Bayer Leverkusen have four wins, no draws and two defeats. They scored 13 and conceded eight goals.

Bayer Leverkusen went into the season with the ambition of qualifying for a European competition. They still have all to play for here at the business end of the season.

FC Koln Form

In their last three matches, FC Koln drew 1-1 with Mainz 05, won 1-3 against Hoffenheim, and lost 0-1 against Freiburg. In their last six away matches in the Bundesliga, FC Koln won twice, while also recording two draws. They endured two defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying 11 goals conceded and seven scored.

Bayer Leverkusen had their sights set on qualifying for Europe, and this is still a highly probable outcome to the season, but they need to remain focused.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, and we fully expect the trend to continue, when Bayer Leverkusen renew FC Koln their acquaintance.

Bayer Leverkusen took 29 points from their last 14 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Bundesliga table. This amounts to nine wins after scoring 30 times and conceding 16. FC Koln fought their way to one win and seven points from their last ten games against teams inside the top six. They were on target eight times in these matches, but also let in 17 goals. Bayer Leverkusen have a record of 14 wins, six draws and ten defeats in the Bundesliga this season. FC Koln show off eight wins, 11 draws and 11 defeats in the Bundesliga.

Bayer Leverkusen vs FC Koln Stats

Bayer Leverkusen have not lost the last 13 matches in a row
Bayer Leverkusen have won 9 of the last 11 matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
Bayer Leverkusen have scored in 15 of the last 16 matches
Bayer Leverkusen have scored in 14 of the last 15 home matches
Bayer Leverkusen have won 9 of the last 11 matches

In the last 3 matches in a row FC Koln played, both teams scored
In the last 3 away matches in a row FC Koln played, both teams scored
In the last 3 FC Koln away matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
FC Koln have not won 8 of the last 10 matches
In the last 3 FC Koln away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5

Bayer Leverkusen vs FC Koln Squads

Bayer Leverkusen Squad

Xabi Alonso will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against FC Koln from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

Andrey Lunev (0/1), Lukas Hradecky (0/29), Niklas Lomb (0/0), Patrick Pentz (0/0), Daley Sinkgraven (0/12), Edmond Tapsoba (1/29), Jeremie Frimpong (8/30), Jonathan Tah (1/29), Mitchel Bakker (3/24), Noah Mbamba (0/0), Odilon Kossounou (0/24), Piero Hincapie (1/27), Timothy Fosu-Mensah (0/11), Ayman Azhil (0/0), Exequiel Palacios (3/21), Florian Wirtz (1/13), Joshua Eze (0/0), Kerem Demirbay (3/23), Nadiem Amiri (4/21), Robert Andrich (2/28), Adam Hlozek (5/25), Amine Adli (3/22), Callum Hudson-Odoi (0/14), Karim Bellarabi (0/7), Moussa Diaby (9/29), Patrik Schick (3/14), Sardar Azmoun (4/19).

FC Koln Squad

Here is the full team squad of FC Koln. The 51 year-old Steffen Baumgart will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Julian Roloff (0/0), Marvin Schwaebe (0/0), Matthias Koebbing (0/0), Timo Horn (0/0), Benno Schmitz (1/28), Georg Strauch (0/0), Jonas Hector (0/28), Julian Chabot (0/17), Kristian Pedersen (0/5), Luca Kilian (1/15), Nikola Soldo (0/7), Rijad Smajic (0/0), Timo Huebers (1/25), Dejan Ljubicic (4/23), Denis Huseinbasic (3/20), Dimitrios Limnios (0/1), Ellyes Skhiri (6/28), Eric Martel (1/26), Florian Kainz (6/28), Jan Thielmann (2/19), Joshua Schwirten (0/0), Kingsley Schindler (0/25), Linton Maina (3/29), Mathias Olesen (0/13), Tim Lemperle (0/10), Davie Selke (3/26), Florian Dietz (1/11), Justin Diehl (0/2), Mark Uth (0/3), Sargis Adamyan (1/23), Sebastian Andersson (0/0), Steffen Tigges (5/27).

Bayer Leverkusen vs FC Koln Team News

Bayer Leverkusen could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against FC Koln.

Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Joshua Eze and Patrik Schick are all absent from the Bayer Leverkusen squad that faces FC Koln at BayArena.

FC Koln could have up to seven players on the injured and absent players for their match on Friday atBayArena

FC Koln need to do without Davie Selke, Luca Kilian, Sargis Adamyan, Jan Thielmann, Mark Uth, Florian Dietz and Sebastian Andersson, who are not fit enough to travel to BayArena.

Bayer Leverkusen vs FC Koln Lineups

Bayer Leverkusen vs FC Koln H2H

FC Koln were knocked out cold when Bayer Leverkusen took a 2-1 win in their latest encounter. It served as pay back for the 1-0 defeat, FC Koln handed out in the game before. Bayer Leverkusen tend to have the upper hand against FC Koln, grabbing all three points five times in ten matches. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 11/17.

Bayer Leverkusen vs FC Koln Results

Both teams to score paid out five times in the previous ten matches between home side Bayer Leverkusen and FC Koln. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 2/3.

Bayer Leverkusen vs FC Koln Betting Tips

Sardar Azmoun managed to hit the target twice recently for Bayer Leverkusen, while Davie Selke, added two strikes in Bundesliga for FC Koln in his last six outings.

In their last 10 matches at BayArena across all tournaments Bayer Leverkusen won six times, drew one and lost three times. FC Koln claimed three wins, three draw and four defeats in their last 10 games away. Whereas FC Koln scored the opening goal in four of their last 10 away games, Bayer Leverkusen scored the first goal six times in 10 at BayArena.

The last ten encounters between Bayer Leverkusen and FC Koln saw over 2.5 goals scored seven times, with Bayer Leverkusen averaging 1.8 goals a game. FC Koln scored 1.2 goals on average in these, as both teams scored five times in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Bayer Leverkusen, who scored an average of two goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of FC Koln's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.8 goals in these matches.

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Over 2.5

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between Bayer Leverkusen and FC Koln.

Bayer Leverkusen to win

Bayer Leverkusen look in strong shape, while FC Koln don't look quite as convincing, which makes betting on the home win a no-brainer in this match.