Bayer Leverkusen vs FC Cologne

17 April 2021 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Sören Storks

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Leon Bailey 5’, 76’
  • Moussa Diaby 51’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen won comfortably, 3-0 at home to FC Cologne. Bayer Leverkusen led 1-0 at half-time.

Leon Bailey put Bayer Leverkusen ahead with a header in the 5th minute, set up by Moussa Diaby, Moussa Diaby made it 2-0 in the 51st minute, set up by Leon Bailey, and Bailey made it 3-0 in the 76th minute, set up by Kerem Demirbay.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 1.99 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to FC Cologne's 0.83 from 13.

Match stats

Bayer Leverkusen FC Cologne
8 Shots 14
5 Shots on Target 2
2 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.99 xG 0.83
1.99 Non-penalty xG 0.83
2 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen FC Cologne
Kick-off
Leon Bailey
Assist: Moussa Diaby1-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
5’
Half-time1-0
Moussa Diaby
Assist: Leon Bailey2-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
51’
Leon Bailey
Assist: Kerem Demirbay3-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
76’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Bayer Leverkusen
  • Edmond Tapsoba
FC Cologne
  • Rafael Czichos

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.99 0.83 5’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 5’ 51’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), 2-0 51’ 76’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), 3-0 76’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.99 0.83 5’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 Bailey 5’ 51’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), 2-0 Diaby 51’ 76’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), 3-0 Bailey 76’
Bayer Leverkusen 1.99 xGFC Cologne 0.83 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 FC Cologne attacking Bayer Leverkusen attacking 
51’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.95 xG, goal 5’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 76’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.20 xG, goal 79’ Dominick Drexler (FC Cologne), open play, 0.17 xG, blocked 41’ Marius Wolf (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.14 xG, off target 83’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 10’ Max Meyer (FC Cologne), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 79’ Emmanuel Dennis (FC Cologne), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 48’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 82’ Max Meyer (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 45’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 86’ Benno Schmitz (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 20’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 66’ Max Meyer (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+1’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 36’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 61’ Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 51’ Max Meyer (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 25’ Tin Jedvaj (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork 86’ Sebastiaan Bornauw (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 51’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.95 xG, goal 5’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 76’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.20 xG, goal 79’ Dominick Drexler (FC Cologne), open play, 0.17 xG, blocked 41’ Marius Wolf (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.14 xG, off target 83’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 10’ Max Meyer (FC Cologne), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 79’ Emmanuel Dennis (FC Cologne), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 48’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 82’ Max Meyer (FC Cologne), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 45’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 86’ Benno Schmitz (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 66’ Max Meyer (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 20’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+1’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 36’ Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 61’ Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 51’ Max Meyer (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 25’ Tin Jedvaj (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork 86’ Sebastiaan Bornauw (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lukas Hradecky GK900 0.000.000
Edmond Tapsoba DEF901 0.030.000
Sven Bender DEF900 0.000.031
Tin Jedvaj DEF471 0.020.000
Moussa Diaby MID74111 0.950.571
Wendell MID580 0.000.000
Charles Aránguiz MID900 0.000.000
Exequiel Palacios MID470 0.000.000
Nadiem Amiri MID900 0.000.021
Leon Bailey MID84212 0.771.082
Patrik Schick FWD902 0.190.000
Jonathan Tah Sub430 0.000.000
Jeremie Frimpong Sub430 0.000.000
Daley Sinkgraven Sub320 0.000.000
Kerem Demirbay Sub1611 0.030.201
Lucas Alario Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 58% Avg odds 1.64
Draw 24% Avg odds 3.95
FC Cologne win 18% Avg odds 5.41

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Bayer Leverkusen WLLWD
FC Cologne DLDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: FC Cologne 0-4 Bayer Leverkusen, 16 Dec 20 Next meeting: FC Cologne 2-2 Bayer Leverkusen, 24 Oct 21  All Bayer Leverkusen vs FC Cologne meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.