Schick Brace Fires Leverkusen to Derby Win at Köln

Patrik Schick delivered a decisive brace as Bayer 04 Leverkusen claimed a 2–1 away victory over 1. FC Köln in the Rhine derby on Bundesliga matchday 31.

Leverkusen struck first shortly before the break. In the 43rd minute, Schick converted a penalty to give the visitors a 1–0 lead, sending Köln into half-time on the back foot. Earlier in the game, Edmond Tapsoba had received a yellow card for Leverkusen in the 10th minute, underlining the derby intensity.

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Just after the restart, Schick doubled Leverkusen’s advantage. In the 52nd minute he finished a move created by Nathan Tella, whose assistance set up the Czech forward to make it 2–0 and put the visitors firmly in control.

Köln responded with a wave of substitutions around the hour mark, including the introduction of Alessio Castro-Montes and Jan Thielmann. A further double change in the 72nd minute brought on Gian-Luca Waldschmidt and Felipe Chavez, and it was Waldschmidt who pulled the hosts back into the contest.

In the 77th minute, Waldschmidt scored for Köln to reduce the deficit to 2–1, finishing after good work from Said El Mala. The goal set up a tense closing phase, during which Köln pushed for an equaliser while Leverkusen turned to their bench, bringing on Malik Tillman, Eliesse Ben Seghir, Nicolás Ezequiel Fernández, Arthur Augusto and later Loïc Bade to help see out the result.

The match also saw yellow cards for Ísak Jóhannesson of Köln just before half-time and Leverkusen goalkeeper Janis Blaswich in the 90th minute. No further goals followed, and Leverkusen held on for an important derby win.

More granular match statistics such as possession figures, shot counts, and full line-ups were not available at the time of writing.

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Bundesliga Standings

Season: 2025/26

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	FC Bayern München	32	26	5	1	116	35	81	83	D W W W W
2	Borussia Dortmund	32	20	7	5	65	32	33	67	L W L L W
3	RB Leipzig	32	19	5	8	63	42	21	62	L W W W W
4	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	32	17	7	8	66	43	23	58	W W L W W
5	VfB Stuttgart	32	17	7	8	66	46	20	58	D D L W L
6	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	32	17	7	8	64	48	16	58	D W W D L
7	SC Freiburg	32	12	8	12	45	53	-8	44	D L W W L
8	Eintracht Frankfurt	32	11	10	11	57	60	-3	43	L D L W D
9	FC Augsburg	32	11	7	14	42	56	-14	40	W D W D D
10	1. FSV Mainz 05	32	9	10	13	41	50	-9	37	W L D L W
11	Borussia Mönchengladbach	32	8	11	13	37	50	-13	35	W D D L D
12	Hamburger SV	32	8	10	14	36	51	-15	34	W L L L D
13	1. FC Union Berlin	32	8	9	15	37	57	-20	33	D L L L D
14	1. FC Köln	32	7	11	14	47	55	-8	32	D L D W D
15	SV Werder Bremen	32	8	8	16	37	57	-20	32	L D W L L
16	VfL Wolfsburg	32	6	8	18	42	67	-25	26	D D W L L
17	FC St. Pauli 1910	32	6	8	18	27	55	-28	26	L L D L D
18	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	32	5	8	19	38	69	-31	23	D W L W D