Germany - BundesligaStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Bayer Leverkusen and Cologne, taking place on Sunday, 08 October 2023, at BayArena in Leverkusen.
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Bayer Leverkusen, Recent FormIn their last match Bayer Leverkusen enforced their superiority over Mainz 05 with a 3-0 away win. In that game they had 55% possession and managed 6 attempts on goal, with 3 on target, compared to Mainz 05 who had 10 attempts and 3 on target.
With 20 goals notched up in their last 6 matches, their manager Xabi Alonso will be very pleased with his team's form going forward, but he will be casting a cautious eye over his defence, who have shipped 6 goals in the same period. They have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 home games.
They have been performing well recently, both home and away, and remain unbeaten in their last 6 games.
On an individual basis, Victor Boniface will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 6 goals in Bayer Leverkusen's last 6 league games.
Cologne, Recent FormCologne won't feel too deflated by the 2-0 home defeat to Stuttgart, given that their opponents sit a full 14 places above them in the league table. Their share of possession in that meeting was 40%, while racking up 14 shots along the way, 5 of which were on target. Stuttgart had 18 shots on goal with 4 on target.
Having scored 4 goals and conceded 11 in their last 6 games, they will need to improve at both ends if they are to pick up more points from here on. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 away games, but they have failed to record a clean sheet in their last 14 games overall.
A win for Cologne is just a distant memory, having not won a single match in 8 games.
On an individual basis, Davie Selke will be looking to cause Bayer Leverkusen some problems having scored 4 goals in Cologne's last 6 away games in the league.
In the previous league meeting between these two sides, it was Cologne that came out on top with a 1-2 win.
The stats show that in the last 4 meetings between Leverkusen and their rivals, Die Geißböcke, the former have conceded at least one goal.
Leverkusen has a poor track record in the league when they host Cologne, losing in their last 2 home games.
Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Arthur de Matos Soares (Tendon), Timothy Fosu-Mensah (Knee), Noah Mbamba (Knee) and Patrik Schick (Groin) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Steffen Baumgart has a number of injury concerns in his Cologne squad to contend with: Damion Downs (Cold), Noah Katterbach (Cruciate ligament), Eric Martel (Achilles tendon), Mathias Olesen (Muscle) and Jan Thielmann (Knee)
Bayer Leverkusen Playing at home | Cologne Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Goals scored | 0.7 |
| 1.3 | Goals conceded | 1.3 |
| 18' | Time first goal scored | 37' |
| 40' | Time first goal conceded | 71' |
| 1.7 | Yellow cards | 1.3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.7 | Subs used | 4.3 |
| 5-1 | Biggest victory | - |
| - | Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
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