Three days after the 1-1 draw in the Europa League game in Seville, Bayer Leverkusen's coach Gerardo Seoane changed his team to three positions for the derby at 1. FC Köln.
Ex-Cologne Florian Wirtz, Patrik Schick and Odilon Kossounou will start on Sunday (3:30 p.m. / DAZN).
Cologne - There are even four changes in Cologne: Captain Jonas Hector returns to the defensive chain, Luca Kilian is in central defense.
"Luca has a different speed and is better in the development game," said Cologne trainer Steffen Baumgart before the kick-off at DAZN on the change from Jorge Meré to Kilian.
Ondrej Duda is also in the starting line-up and is making his 100th Bundesliga game.
Dejan Ljubicic returns to his position in defensive midfield.
“We also know that Leverkusen is of great quality when they start rolling.
That's why we have to solve it through compactness, ”said Baumgart.
dpa
