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

Bundesliga · Sunday 18 March 2018

Result

FC Köln 2-0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Sunday 18 March 2018, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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FC Köln 2-0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

FC Köln beat Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 18 March 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Yuya Osako opened the scoring in the 9th minute. FC Köln's goals came from Yuya Osako (9') and Simon Zoller (69'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen did not score.

Discipline: FC Köln received 3 yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game FC Köln were 18th on 17 points from 26 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5th on 44 points from 26. FC Köln went on to finish that season 18th with 22 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5th with 55.

FC Köln lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Leonardo Bittencourt of FC Köln (7.7), ahead of Jorge Meré (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Köln wins, 3 draws and 4 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Yellow card · Marco HögerFC Köln
  • 9'Goal · Yuya OsakoFC Köln · 1-0
  • 33'Red card · Lucas AlarioBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 35'Yellow card · Dominique HeintzFC Köln
  • 41'Yellow card · WendellBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 61'Yellow card · Leonardo BittencourtFC Köln
  • 69'Goal · Simon ZollerFC Köln · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Köln 3, draws 3, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4.

Team news

FC Köln line-up (3-4-2-1)

Timo Horn, Jorge Meré, Dominic Maroh, Dominique Heintz, Marcel Risse, Marco Höger, Vincent Koziello, Jonas Hector, Yuya Osako, Leonardo Bittencourt, Simon Zoller

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

Bernd Leno, Tin Jedvaj, Jonathan Tah, Sven Bender, Wendell, Julian Baumgartlinger, Charles Aránguiz, Julian Brandt, Kai Havertz, Leon Bailey, Lucas Alario