Leverkusen vs Cologne 2023-24 German Bundesliga

Bayer Leverkusen

22': Jonas Hofmann
32': Jeremie Frimpong
67': Victor Boniface

FT
3 - 0

FC Cologne

Leverkusen move top of Bundesliga with 3-0 win over Cologne

Bayer Leverkusen hammer sorry Cologne to stay top of the Bundesliga

Bayer Leverkusen cruised past Cologne 3-0 on Sunday to take the lead in the Bundesliga title race with their sixth win in seven league matches.

Match Commentary

22': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, 1. FC Köln 0. Jonas Hofmann (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
23': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
32': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, 1. FC Köln 0. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo.
45'+3': Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
61': Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
62': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Max Finkgrafe replaces Faride Alidou.
67': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, 1. FC Köln 0. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonas Hofmann.
71': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli replaces Florian Wirtz.
71': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Piero Hincapié replaces Edmond Tapsoba.
75': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Mathias Olesen replaces Denis Huseinbasic.
75': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Steffen Tigges replaces Eric Martel.
81': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Adam Hlozek replaces Victor Boniface.
81': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
88': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Gustavo Puerta replaces Jonas Hofmann.
90'+1': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Luca Kilian replaces Rasmus Carstensen.
90'+2': Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Damion Downs replaces Davie Selke.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, 1. FC Köln 0.

Game Information

Competition: German Bundesliga

Venue: BayArena
Location: Leverkusen, Germany
Attendance: 30,210

German Bundesliga Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+40	Bayern Munich	14	38	0
+14	Borussia Dortmund	15	32	1
+13	RB Leipzig	14	29	3
+11	Bayer Leverkusen	14	26	4

Full Table

Statistics

KOE		B04
7	Fouls	8
0	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	2
4	Corner Kicks	11
7	Saves	3
36.3	Possession	63.7
7	SHOTS	23
3	ON GOAL	10
0.4	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
333	Accurate Passes	682
413	Passes	740
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
5	Accurate Crosses	4
12	Crosses	14
0.4	Cross %	0.3
47	Long Balls	36
17	Accurate Long Balls	31
0.4	Long Balls %	0.9
1	Blocked Shots	9
8	Effective Tackles	4
16	Tackles	7
0.5	Tackle %	0.6
6	Interceptions	7
26	Effective Clearances	7
26	Clearances	7

Line-Ups

Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Lukas Hradecky (GK)
4	Jonathan Tah
12	Edmond Tapsoba
6	Odilon Kossounou
34	Granit Xhaka
25	Exequiel Palacios
20	Alejandro Grimaldo
30	Jeremie Frimpong
22	Victor Boniface
10	Florian Wirtz
7	Jonas Hofmann

Substitutes:

Robert Andrich, Piero Hincapié, Matej Kovar, Nathan Tella, Nadiem Amiri, Gustavo Puerta, Amine Adli, Adam Hlozek, Josip Stanisic.

FC Cologne (4-1-3-2)

No.	Name
1	Marvin Schwäbe (GK)
24	Jeff Chabot
4	Timo Hübers
6	Eric Martel
17	Leart Paqarada
18	Rasmus Carstensen
7	Dejan Ljubicic
11	Florian Kainz
8	Denis Huseinbasic
27	Davie Selke
40	Faride Alidou