Bayer Leverkusen defeated 1. FC Köln 3-1 in Bundesliga. The fixture is part of the Regular Season - 32 stage in the 2019 season. The match was played at BayArena in Leverkusen. S. Jablonski officiated the match. The full-time result capped a Bayer Leverkusen vs 1. FC Köln meeting in Bundesliga with detailed post-match statistics available on Sportra. This match centre covers lineups, live events, player ratings, team statistics, xG, head-to-head history, and related news for Bayer Leverkusen and 1. FC Köln. On Sportra you can view xG, lineups, match statistics, events, player ratings, predictions, head-to-head history, and related news for this fixture.
BundesligaRecorded meetings: 8 (available previous meetings, not necessarily all-time).
Bayer Leverkusen defeated 1. FC Köln 3-1 in Bundesliga. The fixture is part of the Regular Season - 32 stage in the 2019 season. The match was played at BayArena in Leverkusen. S. Jablonski officiated the match. The full-time result capped a Bayer Leverkusen vs 1. FC Köln meeting in Bundesliga with detailed post-match statistics available on Sportra. This match centre covers lineups, live events, player ratings, team statistics, xG, head-to-head history, and related news for Bayer Leverkusen and 1. FC Köln. On Sportra you can view xG, lineups, match statistics, events, player ratings, predictions, head-to-head history, and related news for this fixture.
BundesligaRecorded meetings: 8 (available previous meetings, not necessarily all-time).
Former Chelsea striker Carlton Cole (Picture: YouTube) Carlton Cole says Chelsea summer signing Morgan Rogers ‘messed up’ Arsenal’s transfer window by joining the Blues from Aston Villa. Rogers, 24, was heavily linked with Arsenal earlier in the summer and during England’s World Cup campaign. Mikel Arteta identified Rogers as one of his top targets to bolster a Gunners squad that won the Premier League and reached the Champions League final last season. Arsenal were believed to be leading the race to sign Rogers but Chelsea swooped in with an incredible £117m deal, making the West Brom academy graduate the most expensive British player in history. Exclusive Premier League previews Get ahead of the start of the season with our weekly football newsletter. Sign up now for free. Ex-England striker Cole believes Rogers’ decision to join Chelsea ‘messed up’ Arsenal’s transfer window and says the Gunners still need to sign another attacking midfielder who can play on the left. Arteta is a known admirer of Bradley Barcola but Arsenal are currently behind Liverpool in that particular transfer race as they are reluctant to meet PSG’s £140m asking price. ‘Arsenal’s squad depth is something else,’ West Ham hero and former Chelsea star Cole said on the Dressing Room podcast. Chelsea summer signing Morgan Rogers (Picture: Getty) ‘Bruno Guimaraes has come in – he’s a brilliant player – and I still think they probably want one more signing before the window shuts. ‘I know they’re still trying to do a little bit of business. I think they need another left-sided forward, they’re obvious in the running to sign Barcola – they need someone like that. ‘I think it was supposed to Morgan Rogers, he was supposed to go there, but he opted for Chelsea which messed up Arsenal because I think it was nearly done before Chelsea swooped in and he agreed to go there. Why Morgan Rogers chose Chelsea ‘I’m joining the biggest club in London,’ Rogers said at his Chelsea unveiling. ‘The way the club wants to go and how it wants to move forward, it is something that I want to be a part of and I think it was just perfect for me. ‘I’m really excited about the project with the new manager, the players we’ve got and where the club is heading. That’s why I’m here and I can’t wait to get started.’ https://www.instagram.com/p/DbFxKCfsDDX/?hl=en ‘I’ve heard that Barcola would prefer to go to Arsenal than Liverpool but Arsenal won’t pay the fee that’s required for him. Liverpool would still be a great place for him to flourish.’ While Cole believes Arsenal could do with securing one more major signing before the transfer deadline, he does expect the Gunners to retain their Premier League crown. Arteta’s side won the title by seven points last season and secured a statement 3-0 win over Manchester City in Sunday’s Community Shield. Mikel Arteta missed out on the England star (Picture: Getty) ‘I’m going to go with Arsenal to win the league ahead of Chelsea and Man City,’ Cole said when asked for his Premier League title prediction. ‘Arsenal have the best squad and if they get Victor Osimhen in as well they’re going to be flying. He will be up there for the Golden Boot if he goes to Arsenal. ‘But I think they’re still alright with what they’ve got at the moment. They just need to sort out that left-hand side. ‘Chelsea are an interesting one because they’ve got no European games, they haven’t got the Saturday-Tuesday fixture pill-up. ‘Xabi Alonso at the helm as well, he knows how to win games, he proved that at Bayer Leverkusen. ‘I just think that squad is very, very strong considering that don’t need to worry about European games. ‘I’ve put Man City third, I think they will find it tough without Pep Guardiola and Rodri, they’re going to find it hard.’ For more stories like this, check our sport page. Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Comment now Comments Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source
Arsenal are on the brink of sealing another transfer (Picture: Getty) Visionhaus/Getty Images) Arsenal are poised to sign Ezri Konsa from Aston Villa after a dramatic breakthrough in transfer talks. The Premier League champions are desperate to make reinforcements at the back with Jurrien Timber and William Saliba set to miss the start of the season through injury. Mikel Arteta has been eager to recruit a defender capable of offering cover at both right-back and centre-half with Konsa emerging as their top target. Arsenal have also explored a move for another England international in Bayer Leverkusen’s Jarell Quansah. Exclusive Premier League previews Get ahead of the start of the season with our weekly football newsletter. Sign up now for free. Having already lost Morgan Rogers to Chelsea, Villa were determined to hold onto their defender and were thought to be asking for £60million for the 28-year-old. Arsenal saw an opening offer believed to be worth £30m rejected earlier this month. But The Athletic reports Arsenal are now closing in on a deal after positive talks at ‘ownership level’ to reduce the valuation gap. Arsenal have strengthened in midfield and attack with the signings of Bruno Guimareas and Christos Tzolis. Arsenal closing in on the England star (Picture: Bradley Collyer/PA Wire) Speaking after Sunday’s Community Shield win over Manchester City, Arteta underlined the need to strengthen at the back with key figures still sidelined. Asked whether his focus was now on defensive reinforcements after the arrival of Guimareas, Arteta said: ‘We know there are certain areas that through injuries we are weaker and we need to strengthen.‘We’re trying to do that and we’ve been trying to do that for weeks. Only when the opportunity is right for the club will we do it.’ Arsenal begin the defence of their Premier League title against newly-promoted Coventry City on Friday. Timber still recovering from a groin issue (Picture: Arsenal FC via Getty Images) Arteta will be without half of his first-choice back four with Timber and Saliba still sidelined. Timber has not started a game since March due to a groin injury, undergoing minor surgery last month. Arteta has spoken positively of he Netherlands international progress but he is still working his way back to full fitness behind the scenes. Saliba meanwhile is expected to miss the opening months of the campaign as a result of a back injury which flared up during the World Cup. Comment now Comments Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source
German side 1.FC Koln are confident of holding off hijack attempts to land Tottenham Hotspur winger Mikey Moore. The post Club Confident Of Holding Off Hijack Attempt For Tottenham Hotspur Star appeared first on Inside Futbol | Latest Football News, Transfer Rumours & Articles.
Everton are facing growing competition for La Liga right-back Hector Fort, with Real Sociedad now also keen. The post Everton Face Growing Competition For La Liga Star appeared first on Inside Futbol | Latest Football News, Transfer Rumours & Articles.
BBC Sport pundit Chris Sutton thinks Kieran McKenna's decision to leave Ipswich after winning promotion underlines the difficulty of staying in the Premier League. If they are playing counter-attack, I don't think there are many better players than him with his pace in behind.
Udinese has rejected two separate approaches worth around €30 million each from Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund for teenage defender Matteo Palma, according to TuttoMercatoWeb. Both Bundesliga clubs made concrete offers for the centre-back this week, but Udinese has no plans to sell. TuttoMercatoWeb reports that proposals “in the region of €30 million” arrived from […] The post Udinese rejects Bayer Leverkusen and Dortmund bids for Matteo Palma appeared first on SoccerNews.
Manchester United should have signed Joao Pedro, according to Michael Owen (Picture: Getty) Michael Owen says he is a ‘huge fan’ of Joao Pedro and Manchester United should have looked to sign the ‘unbelievable’ forward before he joined Chelsea. Pedro left Brighton to complete a £60million move to Chelsea 12 months ago and the 24-year-old went on to enjoy an impressive debut season in an otherwise wretched campaign for the club. The versatile attacker quickly established himself as the Blues’ first-choice centre-forward ahead of fellow summer signing Liam Delap and finished with 20 goals to his name in all competitions. No doubt still hurting after missing out on Brazil’s World Cup squad, he will be looking to get off on the right foot under new manager Xabi Alonso this coming season, starting against local rivals Fulham in a week’s time. Get the latest transfer news every morning Sign up to our daily football newsletter for personalised updates on who your team is trying to sign and who won't be around next season. After finishing down in tenth last term, Chelsea have no European football to contend with this time around – giving Alonso the luxury of being able to focus purely on domestic football over the coming weeks and months. According to Owen, this could prove massively beneficial for Alonso’s men, who he is backing to finish second in the top flight behind reigning champions Arsenal. Asked to name his favourites to challenge Arsenal, Owen told The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast sponsored by Midnite: ‘Chelsea. This could be way off the mark but they’ve got no Europe at all and you see how important that has been over the years. It was brilliant for Manchester United last year. Owen has high hopes for Chelsea under new manager Alonso (Picture: The Good, The Bad & The Football) Pedro scored 20 goals for Chelsea last season (Picture: Getty) ‘This manager [Xabi Alonso] did something similar with an unfancied team in Germany [Bayer Leverkusen], he’s going to change a lot, they’ve bought well.’ Owen has high hopes for Chelsea’s all-star attack this season and believes Manchester United missed a trick not trying to sign Pedro before the Blues came in for the Brazilian last year. ‘I’m a huge Joao Pedro fan, I think he’s unbelievable. In fact, Manchester United should have bought him about four years ago when he was at Watford,’ the ex-England, United and Liverpool striker explained. {"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Xabi Alonso unveiled as new Chelsea manager","contentUrl":"https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2026\/07\/13\/2914846474672192337\/480x270_MP4_2914846474672192337.mp4","description":"Xabi Alonso has been posing with his own Chelsea shirt as he holds his first press conference as the new manager at Stamford Bridge.","duration":"T30S","height":270,"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/07\/13\/17\/109989603-0-image-m-5_1783958963915.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-07-13T17:13:59+0100","width":480} To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page window.addEventListener('metroVideo:relatedVideosCarouselLoaded', function(data) { if (typeof(data.detail) === 'undefined' || typeof(data.detail.carousel) === 'undefined' || typeof(data.detail.carousel.el_) === 'undefined') { return; } var player = data.detail.carousel.el_; var container = player.closest('.metro-video-player'); var placeholder = container.querySelector('.metro-video-player__up-next-placeholder'); if (placeholder) { container.removeChild(placeholder); container.classList.add('metro-video-player--related-videos-loaded'); } }); ‘United had nobody up front for years and I thought, “That Joao Pedro”, I love him. ‘Him, Morgan Rogers and Cole Palmer as a front three… strange signings in Danny Welbeck and Jordan Henderson obviously.’ While acknowledging ‘question marks’ surrounding Robert Sanchez, Owen feels Chelsea could ‘catch
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Former Chelsea striker Carlton Cole (Picture: YouTube) Carlton Cole says Chelsea summer signing Morgan Rogers ‘messed up’ Arsenal’s transfer window by joining the Blues from Aston Villa. Rogers, 24, was heavily linked with Arsenal earlier in the summer and during England’s World Cup campaign. Mikel Arteta identified Rogers as one of his top targets to bolster a Gunners squad that won the Premier League and reached the Champions League final last season. Arsenal were believed to be leading the race to sign Rogers but Chelsea swooped in with an incredible £117m deal, making the West Brom academy graduate the most expensive British player in history. Exclusive Premier League previews Get ahead of the start of the season with our weekly football newsletter. Sign up now for free. Ex-England striker Cole believes Rogers’ decision to join Chelsea ‘messed up’ Arsenal’s transfer window and says the Gunners still need to sign another attacking midfielder who can play on the left. Arteta is a known admirer of Bradley Barcola but Arsenal are currently behind Liverpool in that particular transfer race as they are reluctant to meet PSG’s £140m asking price. ‘Arsenal’s squad depth is something else,’ West Ham hero and former Chelsea star Cole said on the Dressing Room podcast. Chelsea summer signing Morgan Rogers (Picture: Getty) ‘Bruno Guimaraes has come in – he’s a brilliant player – and I still think they probably want one more signing before the window shuts. ‘I know they’re still trying to do a little bit of business. I think they need another left-sided forward, they’re obvious in the running to sign Barcola – they need someone like that. ‘I think it was supposed to Morgan Rogers, he was supposed to go there, but he opted for Chelsea which messed up Arsenal because I think it was nearly done before Chelsea swooped in and he agreed to go there. Why Morgan Rogers chose Chelsea ‘I’m joining the biggest club in London,’ Rogers said at his Chelsea unveiling. ‘The way the club wants to go and how it wants to move forward, it is something that I want to be a part of and I think it was just perfect for me. ‘I’m really excited about the project with the new manager, the players we’ve got and where the club is heading. That’s why I’m here and I can’t wait to get started.’ https://www.instagram.com/p/DbFxKCfsDDX/?hl=en ‘I’ve heard that Barcola would prefer to go to Arsenal than Liverpool but Arsenal won’t pay the fee that’s required for him. Liverpool would still be a great place for him to flourish.’ While Cole believes Arsenal could do with securing one more major signing before the transfer deadline, he does expect the Gunners to retain their Premier League crown. Arteta’s side won the title by seven points last season and secured a statement 3-0 win over Manchester City in Sunday’s Community Shield. Mikel Arteta missed out on the England star (Picture: Getty) ‘I’m going to go with Arsenal to win the league ahead of Chelsea and Man City,’ Cole said when asked for his Premier League title prediction. ‘Arsenal have the best squad and if they get Victor Osimhen in as well they’re going to be flying. He will be up there for the Golden Boot if he goes to Arsenal. ‘But I think they’re still alright with what they’ve got at the moment. They just need to sort out that left-hand side. ‘Chelsea are an interesting one because they’ve got no European games, they haven’t got the Saturday-Tuesday fixture pill-up. ‘Xabi Alonso at the helm as well, he knows how to win games, he proved that at Bayer Leverkusen. ‘I just think that squad is very, very strong considering that don’t need to worry about European games. ‘I’ve put Man City third, I think they will find it tough without Pep Guardiola and Rodri, they’re going to find it hard.’ For more stories like this, check our sport page. Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Comment now Comments Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source
Arsenal are on the brink of sealing another transfer (Picture: Getty) Visionhaus/Getty Images) Arsenal are poised to sign Ezri Konsa from Aston Villa after a dramatic breakthrough in transfer talks. The Premier League champions are desperate to make reinforcements at the back with Jurrien Timber and William Saliba set to miss the start of the season through injury. Mikel Arteta has been eager to recruit a defender capable of offering cover at both right-back and centre-half with Konsa emerging as their top target. Arsenal have also explored a move for another England international in Bayer Leverkusen’s Jarell Quansah. Exclusive Premier League previews Get ahead of the start of the season with our weekly football newsletter. Sign up now for free. Having already lost Morgan Rogers to Chelsea, Villa were determined to hold onto their defender and were thought to be asking for £60million for the 28-year-old. Arsenal saw an opening offer believed to be worth £30m rejected earlier this month. But The Athletic reports Arsenal are now closing in on a deal after positive talks at ‘ownership level’ to reduce the valuation gap. Arsenal have strengthened in midfield and attack with the signings of Bruno Guimareas and Christos Tzolis. Arsenal closing in on the England star (Picture: Bradley Collyer/PA Wire) Speaking after Sunday’s Community Shield win over Manchester City, Arteta underlined the need to strengthen at the back with key figures still sidelined. Asked whether his focus was now on defensive reinforcements after the arrival of Guimareas, Arteta said: ‘We know there are certain areas that through injuries we are weaker and we need to strengthen.‘We’re trying to do that and we’ve been trying to do that for weeks. Only when the opportunity is right for the club will we do it.’ Arsenal begin the defence of their Premier League title against newly-promoted Coventry City on Friday. Timber still recovering from a groin issue (Picture: Arsenal FC via Getty Images) Arteta will be without half of his first-choice back four with Timber and Saliba still sidelined. Timber has not started a game since March due to a groin injury, undergoing minor surgery last month. Arteta has spoken positively of he Netherlands international progress but he is still working his way back to full fitness behind the scenes. Saliba meanwhile is expected to miss the opening months of the campaign as a result of a back injury which flared up during the World Cup. Comment now Comments Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source
German side 1.FC Koln are confident of holding off hijack attempts to land Tottenham Hotspur winger Mikey Moore. The post Club Confident Of Holding Off Hijack Attempt For Tottenham Hotspur Star appeared first on Inside Futbol | Latest Football News, Transfer Rumours & Articles.
Everton are facing growing competition for La Liga right-back Hector Fort, with Real Sociedad now also keen. The post Everton Face Growing Competition For La Liga Star appeared first on Inside Futbol | Latest Football News, Transfer Rumours & Articles.
BBC Sport pundit Chris Sutton thinks Kieran McKenna's decision to leave Ipswich after winning promotion underlines the difficulty of staying in the Premier League. If they are playing counter-attack, I don't think there are many better players than him with his pace in behind.
Udinese has rejected two separate approaches worth around €30 million each from Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund for teenage defender Matteo Palma, according to TuttoMercatoWeb. Both Bundesliga clubs made concrete offers for the centre-back this week, but Udinese has no plans to sell. TuttoMercatoWeb reports that proposals “in the region of €30 million” arrived from […] The post Udinese rejects Bayer Leverkusen and Dortmund bids for Matteo Palma appeared first on SoccerNews.
Manchester United should have signed Joao Pedro, according to Michael Owen (Picture: Getty) Michael Owen says he is a ‘huge fan’ of Joao Pedro and Manchester United should have looked to sign the ‘unbelievable’ forward before he joined Chelsea. Pedro left Brighton to complete a £60million move to Chelsea 12 months ago and the 24-year-old went on to enjoy an impressive debut season in an otherwise wretched campaign for the club. The versatile attacker quickly established himself as the Blues’ first-choice centre-forward ahead of fellow summer signing Liam Delap and finished with 20 goals to his name in all competitions. No doubt still hurting after missing out on Brazil’s World Cup squad, he will be looking to get off on the right foot under new manager Xabi Alonso this coming season, starting against local rivals Fulham in a week’s time. Get the latest transfer news every morning Sign up to our daily football newsletter for personalised updates on who your team is trying to sign and who won't be around next season. After finishing down in tenth last term, Chelsea have no European football to contend with this time around – giving Alonso the luxury of being able to focus purely on domestic football over the coming weeks and months. According to Owen, this could prove massively beneficial for Alonso’s men, who he is backing to finish second in the top flight behind reigning champions Arsenal. Asked to name his favourites to challenge Arsenal, Owen told The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast sponsored by Midnite: ‘Chelsea. This could be way off the mark but they’ve got no Europe at all and you see how important that has been over the years. It was brilliant for Manchester United last year. Owen has high hopes for Chelsea under new manager Alonso (Picture: The Good, The Bad & The Football) Pedro scored 20 goals for Chelsea last season (Picture: Getty) ‘This manager [Xabi Alonso] did something similar with an unfancied team in Germany [Bayer Leverkusen], he’s going to change a lot, they’ve bought well.’ Owen has high hopes for Chelsea’s all-star attack this season and believes Manchester United missed a trick not trying to sign Pedro before the Blues came in for the Brazilian last year. ‘I’m a huge Joao Pedro fan, I think he’s unbelievable. In fact, Manchester United should have bought him about four years ago when he was at Watford,’ the ex-England, United and Liverpool striker explained. {"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Xabi Alonso unveiled as new Chelsea manager","contentUrl":"https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2026\/07\/13\/2914846474672192337\/480x270_MP4_2914846474672192337.mp4","description":"Xabi Alonso has been posing with his own Chelsea shirt as he holds his first press conference as the new manager at Stamford Bridge.","duration":"T30S","height":270,"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/07\/13\/17\/109989603-0-image-m-5_1783958963915.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-07-13T17:13:59+0100","width":480} To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page window.addEventListener('metroVideo:relatedVideosCarouselLoaded', function(data) { if (typeof(data.detail) === 'undefined' || typeof(data.detail.carousel) === 'undefined' || typeof(data.detail.carousel.el_) === 'undefined') { return; } var player = data.detail.carousel.el_; var container = player.closest('.metro-video-player'); var placeholder = container.querySelector('.metro-video-player__up-next-placeholder'); if (placeholder) { container.removeChild(placeholder); container.classList.add('metro-video-player--related-videos-loaded'); } }); ‘United had nobody up front for years and I thought, “That Joao Pedro”, I love him. ‘Him, Morgan Rogers and Cole Palmer as a front three… strange signings in Danny Welbeck and Jordan Henderson obviously.’ While acknowledging ‘question marks’ surrounding Robert Sanchez, Owen feels Chelsea could ‘catch
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