Bundesliga match preview: Stuttgart versus Bayer Leverkusen

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 03.October
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Mercedes-Benz-Arena (60449 seats)

The Bundesliga league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Stuttgart and Bayer Leverkusen are placed 6th and 12th respectively.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Stuttgart form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Bundesliga game of the season here at Mercedes-Benz-Arena. Last season these fans witnessed 12 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses from Stuttgart's 17 home games. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Stuttgart, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

It's back home for Stuttgart, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Mainz 05 away with the result 4-1. Mateo Klimowicz, Silas Wamangituka, Saša Kalajdžić and Daniel Didavi found the net in that victory. Preceding that match was the home game against Freiburg that was lost 2-3.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Stuttgart at home in the league. 2 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Bayer Leverkusen form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Bundesliga away game of the season. During their previous season 17 away games resulted in 10 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Bayer Leverkusen's last game was the home draw against RB Leipzig (1-1). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Wolfsburg.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Bayer Leverkusen has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Stuttgart, one draw and eight wins for Bayer Leverkusen. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

StuttgartS. Kalajdzic
S. Kalajdzic
2 goals
StuttgartS. Wamangituka
S. Wamangituka
2 goals
StuttgartD. Didavi
D. Didavi
1 goals

Stuttgart missing players

Bayer Leverkusen missing players

Stuttgart Bayer Leverkusen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
6 2 2 Scored S 0 0 1
4 3 3 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
41 26 26 Total Shots T S 0 7 18
14 7 7 Shots on Target S O 0 3 7
43% 29% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 14%
Stuttgart Last season Bayer Leverkusen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
17 12   Won W   10 19
7 2   Drew D   2 6
10 3   Lost L   5 9
62 36   Scored S   29 61
41 15   Conceded C   22 44
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
82% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 85%
62% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 59%
32% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 38%
18% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 21%
59% 59%   BTTS BTTS   53% 56%
32% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 29%
15% 12%   Failed to Score F T   24% 18%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.3 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.8
5 3   Red cards R C   5 6
 
575 279   Total Shots T S   225 499
200 93   Shots on Target S O   89 181
31% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 34%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Augsburg 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
2 Eintracht Frankfurt 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
3 RB Leipzig 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
4 Arminia Bielefeld 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
5 Bayern München 1 1 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3
6 Stuttgart 2 1 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 3
7 Hertha BSC 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 3
8 Borussia Dortmund 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3
9 Freiburg 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
10 Hoffenheim 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
11 Werder Bremen 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 -1 3
12 Bayer Leverkusen 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
13 Wolfsburg 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Union Berlin 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
15 Borussia M'gladbach 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
16 Köln 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
17 Mainz 05 2 0 0 2 2 7 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 -5 0
18 Schalke 04 2 0 0 2 1 11 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 8 -10 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arminia Bielefeld 34 18 14 2 65 30 17 9 7 1 32 12 17 9 7 1 33 18 35 68
2 Stuttgart 34 17 7 10 62 41 17 12 2 3 36 15 17 5 5 7 26 26 21 58
3 Heidenheim 34 15 10 9 45 36 17 11 4 2 32 13 17 4 6 7 13 23 9 55
4 Hamburger SV 34 14 12 8 62 46 17 10 4 3 35 20 17 4 8 5 27 26 16 54
5 Darmstadt 98 34 13 13 8 48 43 17 7 9 1 29 18 17 6 4 7 19 25 5 52
6 Hannover 96 34 13 9 12 54 49 17 6 8 3 27 21 17 7 1 9 27 28 5 48
7 Erzgebirge Aue 34 13 8 13 46 48 17 11 3 3 32 18 17 2 5 10 14 30 -2 47
8 Bochum 34 11 13 10 53 51 17 6 8 3 37 30 17 5 5 7 16 21 2 46
9 Greuther Furth 34 11 11 12 46 45 17 7 3 7 23 23 17 4 8 5 23 22 1 44
10 Sandhausen 34 10 13 11 43 45 17 5 8 4 20 19 17 5 5 7 23 26 -2 43
11 Holstein Kiel 34 11 10 13 53 56 17 5 6 6 23 24 17 6 4 7 30 32 -3 43
12 Jahn Regensburg 34 11 10 13 50 56 17 8 4 5 29 24 17 3 6 8 21 32 -6 43
13 Osnabrück 34 9 13 12 46 48 17 6 4 7 26 25 17 3 9 5 20 23 -2 40
14 St. Pauli 34 9 12 13 41 50 17 8 6 3 24 14 17 1 6 10 17 36 -9 39
15 Karlsruher SC 34 8 13 13 45 56 17 5 7 5 26 27 17 3 6 8 19 29 -11 37
16 Nurnberg 34 8 13 13 45 58 17 3 7 7 15 31 17 5 6 6 30 27 -13 37
17 Wehen Wiesbaden 34 9 7 18 45 65 17 4 4 9 20 38 17 5 3 9 25 27 -20 34
18 Dynamo Dresden 34 8 8 18 32 58 17 5 4 8 19 24 17 3 4 10 13 34 -26 32
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 34 26 4 4 100 32 17 13 2 2 53 15 17 13 2 2 47 17 68 82
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 21 6 7 84 41 17 11 3 3 46 17 17 10 3 4 38 24 43 69
3 RB Leipzig 34 18 12 4 81 37 17 7 8 2 38 21 17 11 4 2 43 16 44 66
4 Borussia M'gladbach 34 20 5 9 66 40 17 12 2 3 40 21 17 8 3 6 26 19 26 65
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 6 9 61 44 17 9 4 4 32 22 17 10 2 5 29 22 17 63
6 Hoffenheim 34 15 7 12 53 53 17 7 1 9 26 37 17 8 6 3 27 16 0 52
7 Wolfsburg 34 13 10 11 48 46 17 4 7 6 19 23 17 9 3 5 29 23 2 49
8 Freiburg 34 13 9 12 48 47 17 9 2 6 23 17 17 4 7 6 25 30 1 48
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 6 15 59 60 17 8 4 5 36 27 17 5 2 10 23 33 -1 45
10 Hertha BSC 34 11 8 15 48 59 17 6 3 8 23 32 17 5 5 7 25 27 -11 41
11 Union Berlin 34 12 5 17 41 58 17 8 3 6 24 20 17 4 2 11 17 38 -17 41
12 Schalke 04 34 9 12 13 38 58 17 5 7 5 20 27 17 4 5 8 18 31 -20 39
13 Mainz 05 34 11 4 19 44 65 17 5 2 10 18 29 17 6 2 9 26 36 -21 37
14 Köln 34 10 6 18 51 69 17 6 4 7 28 27 17 4 2 11 23 42 -18 36
15 Augsburg 34 9 9 16 45 63 17 5 5 7 28 29 17 4 4 9 17 34 -18 36
16 Werder Bremen 34 8 7 19 42 69 17 2 3 12 15 36 17 6 4 7 27 33 -27 31
17 Fortuna Dusseldorf 34 6 12 16 36 67 17 4 6 7 18 28 17 2 6 9 18 39 -31 30
18 Paderborn 34 4 8 22 37 74 17 2 2 13 21 46 17 2 6 9 16 28 -37 20

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The Bundesliga is the top league of the football pyramid in Germany. It is the football league with the highest average stadium attendance worldwide. Bundesliga has 18 teams who play from August to May, a total of 306 fixtures to decide a final league table and the German championship.