Köln’s unbeaten home record meets Leverkusen’s away defensive problem
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Köln’s unbeaten home record meets Leverkusen’s uneven away results, with Schick’s scoring form providing the visitors’ main attacking threat.
Before kickoff
Köln’s home edge against Leverkusen’s away record
Can Köln’s unbeaten home record expose Leverkusen’s away defence? The hosts have won two and drawn two of their four home games, scoring six goals and conceding four. Leverkusen’s away record is one win, one draw and two losses, with eight goals scored, 11 conceded and no clean sheets. That contrast gives Köln the stronger defensive platform, although Leverkusen average 2.00 goals per away game.
Two different teams?
Home and away form for 1. FC Köln
- At Home
- Away
Bundesliga home and away records this season Season data from the article’s source snapshot; this chart is not a statistic for this match alone.
The table and recent form
The provisional Bundesliga standings place Bayer Leverkusen sixth with 13 points from eight games, four points ahead of 1. FC Köln in 14th with nine points from eight games. Bayern München lead with 18 points; Köln trail the leaders by nine points and Leverkusen by five.
Across their most recent eight matches, Köln’s form is Win, Loss, Draw, Loss, Win, Loss, Draw, Draw. Leverkusen’s is Loss, Win, Draw, Win, Win, Win, Loss, Loss. Köln therefore enter after two consecutive draws, while Leverkusen have two consecutive losses in the same eight-match sample.
Schick carries the clearest goal threat
P. Schick is Leverkusen’s leading scorer in the supplied league chart, with seven goals and two assists in eight appearances. I. Maza has three goals and two assists in eight appearances. At kickoff, can Köln’s home defence contain Schick’s seven-goal league return while Leverkusen protect an away defence with no clean sheets?
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1. FC Köln
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
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| 1 | Bayern München | DWWDW | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 18 | |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | DWDDW | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 18 | |
| 3 | SC Freiburg | WLLWD | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 16 | |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | WWLWL | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 15 | |
| 5 | Werder Bremen | WWDDW | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 15 | |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | LLWWW | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 13 | |
| 7 | SV Elversberg | WLWLD | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 13 | |
| 8 | Hamburger SV | WLLWW | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 12 | |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | WLWLD | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 11 | |
| 10 | FSV Mainz 05 | LLWLW | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 10 | |
| 11 | FC Augsburg | LDLDL | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 9 | |
| 12 | VfB Stuttgart | WLLWL | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 9 | |
| 13 | 1899 Hoffenheim | LWWLL | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 9 | |
| 14 | 1. FC Köln | DDLWL | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | |
| 15 | SC Paderborn 07 | DWDLW | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | |
| 16 | Union Berlin | DDDWL | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 7 | |
| 17 | FC Schalke 04 | LDLLD | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | |
| 18 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | LDWLL | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 4 |