Cologne vs Leverkusen: preview, line-ups and kick-off time

FC Cologne host Bayer Leverkusen at RheinEnergieStadion on Sunday 8 November 2026, kick-off 14:30 UTC, in the Bundesliga (round 9). Cologne have had 22 days of rest since playing Frankfurt (Bundesliga); Leverkusen have had 21 after facing Freiburg and travel about 15 km. Cologne are without 7 players (Joël Schmied, Imad Rondić, Rav van den Berg and others); Leverkusen are missing 6 (Martin Terrier, Eliesse Ben Seghir, Christian Kofane and others).