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Werkself TV shows the highlights of Bayer 04's 2-1 win at 1. FC Köln on Matchday 31 of the 2025/26 Bundesliga season...
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Patrik Schick's brace fired Bayer 04 Leverkusen to a 2-1 victory at 1. FC Köln on Bundesliga Matchday 31 and a fifth consecutive victory against their local rivals. The Czech netted the opening goal with a penalty shortly before half-time and doubled the lead soon after the restart with his 100th competitive goal for the Werkself. Luca Waldschmidt reduced the deficit for the hosts, whose five-match unbeaten run came to an end. In further good news, Arthur and Eliesse Ben Seghir made comebacks from injury.
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Bayer 04 head down the road to visit the RheinEnergieSTADION for the first time in over two years on Matchday 31 in the Bundesliga. That most recent game ended in a 2-0 win, just like the reverse fixture at the BayArena this season. The Werkself haven’t lost in Cologne since December 2019 and will have the support of 5,000 fans as they look to make it four straight victories in all competitions over their local rivals. Here’s all you need to know ahead of Saturday’s derby (15:30 CEST) in our matchday news.
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Bayer 04 are way to FC Köln at the end of a three-game week. Ahead of the match on Saturday 25 April (kick-off: 15:30 CEST), head coach Kasper Hjulmand spoke about the importance of the derby and the qualities required to get a result.
Show more| W | D | L | Go. | G. Dif. PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Bayern | 26 | 4 | 1 | 113 : 32 | CL | 31 +81 82 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 20 | 7 | 4 | 65 : 31 | CL | 31 +34 67 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 19 | 5 | 7 | 62 : 38 | CL | 31 +24 62 |
| 4 | VfB Stuttgart | 17 | 6 | 8 | 63 : 43 | CL | 31 +20 57 |
| 5 | TSG Hoffenheim | 17 | 6 | 8 | 61 : 45 | EL | 31 +16 57 |
| 6 | Bayer 04 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 62 : 42 | ECL | 31 +20 55 |
| 7 | Frankfurt | 11 | 10 | 10 | 56 : 58 | 31 -2 43 | |
| 8 | SC Freiburg | 12 | 7 | 12 | 44 : 52 | 31 -8 43 | |
| 9 | FC Augsburg | 10 | 7 | 14 | 39 : 55 | 31 -16 37 | |
10![]() | Mainz 05 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 39 : 49 | 31 -10 34 | |
| 11 | M´gladbach | 7 | 11 | 13 | 36 : 50 | 31 -14 32 | |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 8 | 8 | 15 | 36 : 54 | 31 -18 32 | |
| 13 | Union Berlin | 8 | 8 | 15 | 35 : 55 | 31 -20 32 | |
| 14 | 1. FC Köln | 7 | 10 | 14 | 45 : 53 | 31 -8 31 | |
| 15 | Hamburger SV | 7 | 10 | 14 | 34 : 50 | 31 -16 31 | |
| 16 | St. Pauli | 6 | 8 | 17 | 26 : 53 | REL | 31 -27 26 |
| 17 | VfL Wolfsburg | 6 | 7 | 18 | 41 : 66 | AB | 31 -25 25 |
| 18 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 5 | 7 | 19 | 35 : 66 | AB | 31 -31 22 |






























