1. FC Köln v Bayer Leverkusen

15th1–25th

14:30 UTC

Match statistics

Full-time statistics
1. FC Köln		Bayer Leverkusen
12	Shots	14
6	Shots on target	8
2	Corners	6
12	Fouls	12
6	Yellow cards	5
0	Red cards	0
1	Offsides	0
392	Passes	638
38%	Possession %	62%
1.59	xG	1.75

Over 1.5: 85%
Over 2.5: 65%
Over 3.5: 43%
Both score: 63%

Model pick: Bayer Leverkusen 55%
Likely score: 1-1 10%
Expected goals: 1.28 – 2.06

Advised bets

No advised bet on this fixture. The available prices are close enough to our own numbers that there is nothing worth backing. Most fixtures end up here, and manufacturing a selection for every game is exactly how tipster records get destroyed.

Our probabilities against the market

Our probability and fair price for every market we publish, next to the best price we last captured and the probability it implies (bookmaker margin included).
Market	Selection	Ours	Fair	Best price	Implied	Gap
Match result	1. FC Köln	22.9%	4.37	4.50 Bet365	22.2%	+0.7
Match result	Draw	22.1%	4.52	4.33 Betfair	23.1%	-1.0
Match result	Bayer Leverkusen	55.0%	1.82	1.91 Betfair	52.4%	+2.6
Total goals	Over 1.5	85.0%	1.18	1.19 Betano	84.0%	+1.0
Total goals	Under 1.5	15.0%	6.68	7.00 BetVictor	14.3%	+0.7
Total goals	Over 2.5	64.8%	1.54	1.60 Betano	62.5%	+2.3
Total goals	Under 2.5	35.2%	2.84	2.90 Betano	34.5%	+0.7
Total goals	Over 3.5	42.8%	2.34	2.42 Betano	41.3%	+1.4
Total goals	Under 3.5	57.2%	1.75	1.82 Betano	54.9%	+2.3
Both teams to score	Both teams to score — Yes	63.4%	1.58	1.55 William Hill	64.5%	-1.1
Both teams to score	Both teams to score — No	36.6%	2.73	2.80 Betfair	35.7%	+0.9

A positive gap means our probability is higher than the price implies. That is information, not a recommendation: a pick is only published where the gap clears our bar after allowing for model error, and those appear above.

Bayer Leverkusen favoured against 1. FC Köln

Our model makes 1. FC Köln 23% to win this Bundesliga fixture, with the draw at 22% and Bayer Leverkusen at 55%. The goal projection is 1.28 for 1. FC Köln against 2.06 for Bayer Leverkusen — a substantial edge to Bayer Leverkusen on expected output. A combined 3.34 goals points to a high-tempo game with chances at both ends, which puts over 2.5 at 65% and both teams to score at 63%. The single most likely scoreline is 1-1 at 10%, though no individual scoreline is ever likely in absolute terms — that is the nature of a low-scoring sport. This sits in the awkward middle of the distribution, where the model has a view but not a strong one. All figures come from a Dixon–Coles adjusted Poisson model fitted on recent results and expected goals. They are estimates, not forecasts of fact.

Most likely scores: 1-1 10%; 1-2 10%; 0-2 8%; 0-1 7%; 1-3 7%

This season

Season records for 1. FC Köln and Bayer Leverkusen
1. FC Köln		Bayer Leverkusen
9	Played	9
2-3-4	W-D-L	5-1-3
1.00	Pts / game	1.78
1.11	Goals for / game	2.22
1.56	Goals against / game	1.89
56%	Over 2.5	89%
78%	BTTS	67%
11%	Clean sheets	22%
22%	Failed to score	11%
2-2-1	Home record	3-0-1
0-1-3	Away record	2-1-2
L1	Streak	W1

2026/27 league matches only, computed from results on record. 1. FC Köln · Bayer Leverkusen

Full-match statistics, per game this season

Produced

Season per-match averages, produced
14.3	Shots	15.5
4.7	Shots on target	5.8
4.7	Corners	6.2
2.83	Cards	2.67
11.5	Fouls	10.5
52	Possession %	56
1.25	xG	1.57
6 matches	sample	6 matches

Conceded

Season per-match averages, conceded
11.8	Shots	15.5
5.3	Shots on target	4.8
4.8	Corners	3.8
3.17	Cards	3.37
12.0	Fouls	10.5
48	Possession %	44
1.27	xG	2.39
6 matches	sample	6 matches

Form comparison

Per-match averages over the last 5 matches (5 in sample), captured when this prediction was published and never recomputed since.
1. FC Köln	Metric	Bayer Leverkusen
1.80	Goals scored	2.20 (better)
0.80 (better)	Goals conceded	2.00
1.60	Expected goals (xG)	2.15 (better)
	Big chances
5.75	Shots on target	7.80 (better)
14.00	Total shots	20.60 (better)
	Touches in opp. box
4.50	Corners	8.40 (better)
52.3	Possession %	58.4 (better)
446	Passes	554 (better)
	Tackles
10.25 (better)	Fouls	11.20
1.25	Offsides	1.00 (better)
	Throw-ins
1.50 (better)	Yellow cards	2.60
0.00	Red cards	0.00

Big chances, Touches in opp. box, Throw-ins are not supplied by our current data provider (api-football). Rather than estimate them and present the estimate as a measurement, we show nothing.

Head to head

Full record →

1. FC Köln wins: 0
Draws: 0
Bayer Leverkusen wins: 3
Goals / game: 2.67
Over 2.5: 67%
Both score: 67%

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Bundesliga table

League table
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts	Form
1	Bayern München	9	6	3	0	+20	21	Bayern München won 3 of the last 5
2	Borussia Dortmund	9	6	3	0	+9	21	Borussia Dortmund won 2 of the last 5
3	SC Freiburg	9	6	1	2	+10	19	SC Freiburg won 3 of the last 5
4	RB Leipzig	9	6	0	3	+14	18	RB Leipzig won 4 of the last 5
5	Bayer Leverkusen	9	5	1	3	+3	16	Bayer Leverkusen won 3 of the last 5
6	Werder Bremen	9	4	3	2	+2	15	Werder Bremen won 2 of the last 5
7	SV Elversberg	9	4	1	4	-1	13	SV Elversberg won 2 of the last 5
8	VfB Stuttgart	9	4	0	5	0	12	VfB Stuttgart won 3 of the last 5
9	1899 Hoffenheim	9	4	0	5	-1	12	1899 Hoffenheim won 3 of the last 5
10	Eintracht Frankfurt	9	3	3	3	-5	12	Eintracht Frankfurt won 2 of the last 5
11	Hamburger SV	9	4	0	5	-10	12	Hamburger SV won 3 of the last 5
12	FSV Mainz 05	9	3	1	5	-1	10	FSV Mainz 05 won 1 of the last 5
13	SC Paderborn 07	9	2	4	3	-3	10	SC Paderborn 07 won 1 of the last 5
14	FC Augsburg	9	2	3	4	0	9	FC Augsburg won 0 of the last 5
15	1. FC Köln	9	2	3	4	-4	9	1. FC Köln won 1 of the last 5
16	Union Berlin	9	1	4	4	-14	7	Union Berlin won 1 of the last 5
17	FC Schalke 04	9	1	3	5	-6	6	FC Schalke 04 won 0 of the last 5
18	Borussia Mönchengladbach	9	1	1	7	-13	4	Borussia Mönchengladbach won 1 of the last 5