Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Bayer Leverkusen @ FC Cologne

Sun, Nov 8 · Bundesliga · RheinEnergieStadion

The odds have it FC Cologne 1.42, Bayer Leverkusen 2.13.Expected goals from DraftKings’ closing odds on ESPN’s match pages, as of Nov 4. Odds move until kickoff.

Bayer Leverkusen at FC Cologne: against expected, a game, this season, All games
a gameBayer Leverkusen8 gamesFC Cologne8 games
+0.59−0.64
+0.21+0.04
+0.55+0.05
−0.09−0.12
+4.2+0.3
−2.0−0.4
+0.22−0.42

Each number is over (+) or under (−) what the team’s opponents usually allow, a game. Lit is among the ten biggest either way. Tap a row for the games.

Analysis

What’s true going in. Each line says how it stood up; you judge.

The series

  • Bayer Leverkusen leads the series 19–7–6 since 2003-04. Bayer Leverkusen has won the last 4.seriesevery meeting →

If you squint

  • At home, FC Cologne’s points are 0.67 over expected in 4 games. 4 games is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.thinthe split →
  • On the road, Bayer Leverkusen’s goals conceded are 0.95 over expected in 4 games. 4 games is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.thinthe split →

Every meeting

DateWhereScore
Apr 25, 2026at FC CologneBayer Leverkusen 2, FC Cologne 1
Dec 13, 2025at Bayer LeverkusenBayer Leverkusen 2, FC Cologne 0
Mar 3, 2024at FC CologneBayer Leverkusen 2, FC Cologne 0
Oct 8, 2023at Bayer LeverkusenBayer Leverkusen 3, FC Cologne 0
May 5, 2023at Bayer LeverkusenFC Cologne 2, Bayer Leverkusen 1
Nov 9, 2022at FC CologneBayer Leverkusen 2, FC Cologne 1
Mar 13, 2022at Bayer LeverkusenFC Cologne 1, Bayer Leverkusen 0
Oct 24, 2021at FC CologneFC Cologne 2, Bayer Leverkusen 2
Apr 17, 2021at Bayer LeverkusenBayer Leverkusen 3, FC Cologne 0
Dec 16, 2020at FC CologneBayer Leverkusen 4, FC Cologne 0

Method

  • Over or under is each game against what the opponent usually allowed, or usually scored, in its other games that season, with half the home edge, averaged over the team’s games. The ten biggest numbers in the league either way are lit.
  • A game with no box score sits out.

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