In this 31st week match, on Fri May 5th, Bayer Leverkusen will host Köln at Bayarena in a clash of the Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Bayer Leverkusen is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Union Berlin. Union Berlin had 9 on net, and Bayer Leverkusen had 9, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Bayer Leverkusen should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches, while 11th placed Köln is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Freiburg. Ritsu Doan scored the first goal for Freiburg in the 54th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Köln couldn’t manage to score, and Freiburg took the shutout win. Köln looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Bayer Leverkusen took the match by a score of 2 to 1 in front of a crowd of almost 50000 fans. Benno Schmitz scored the first goal for Köln in the 30th minute, then Nadiem Amiri tied it up for Bayer Leverkusen in the 65th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 71st minute on a goal by Moussa Diaby to cap off a wild match.
Köln hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Linton Maina and Eric Martel, and they each have 1 goal. Adam Hložek has been the most effective weapon for Bayer Leverkusen lately. The Czech midfielder has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches
Xabier Alonso Olano’s Bayer Leverkusen squad will be without Patrik Schick and Exequiel Palacios, while Julian Chabot, Florian Dietz and Smajic are unavailable to play for Köln.