Develop their own tactics or adapt for the opposition? Both Bayer 04 Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart must try something more fresh than in earlier matches. Read more!
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- VfB Stuttgart have yet to win a game away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bayer 04 Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats
2-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Bundesliga numbers at home for Bayer 04 Leverkusen so far this season. When Bayer 04 Leverkusen hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Schalke 04, VfL Bochum 1848, Hertha BSC, Bayer 04 Leverkusen and FC Augsburg), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Bayer 04 Leverkusen are returning here after visiting FC Köln and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Diaby and Amiri scored the goal(s). Leverkusen goalkeeper Hrádecký did an outstanding job against FC Köln with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Tapsoba was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.65 out of 10. The defender Tapsoba won 5 of 6 duels.
Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Union Berlin.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Bayer 04 Leverkusen matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats (from 7 games).
Goal fest? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 11 of the 13 latest league matches with this club has seen at least three goals.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (15 in 7 games), Bayer 04 Leverkusen's attacking play is working. Bayer 04 Leverkusen have conceded 11 from these games.
VfB Stuttgart form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for VfB Stuttgart so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-3 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Wimmer, the Stuttgart manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
VfB Stuttgart are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the fixture against Hertha BSC (placed 16th). Late drama in the previous game, when Mavropanos scored the winning goal eight minutes into stoppage time to defeat Hertha BSC. Mavropanos, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.63. Mavropanos scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.
Prior to that match, the VfB Stuttgart manager Wimmer faced defeat when travelling to Borussia M'gladbach and losing 1-3.Observe that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.
Stuttgart have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 7 goals have been scored. For VfB Stuttgart, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have not lost in the last 7 fixtures (6-1-0) versus VfB Stuttgart.Top Goalscorers
  J. Frimpong 5 goals |  M. Diaby 5 goals |   S. Guirassy 4 goals |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players
VfB Stuttgart missing players
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | VfB Stuttgart | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| 26 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 15 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 93% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 79% |
| 79% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 83% | 64% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 83% | 50% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 21% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 7% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 3.8 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 4 | 3.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 2.2 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.9 | 15.4 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 14.5 |
| 5.2 | 6.9 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 32% | 31% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 28% |
| 12.9 | 8.7 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.3 | 12.9 |
| 4.9 | 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
- All of Bayer 04 Leverkusen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as VfB Stuttgart have scored away.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- VfB Stuttgart have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- VfB Stuttgart have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- VfB Stuttgart have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Bayern München | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 34 | 31 |
| 2 | Union Berlin | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 7 | Werder Bremen | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | VfL Wolfsburg | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | Borussia M'gladbach | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | TSG Hoffenheim | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | FC Köln | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Hertha BSC | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 17 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -23 | 10 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 9 |
