VfB Stuttgart vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bundesliga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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VfB Stuttgart vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen — Bundesliga at MHPArena.
- VfB Stuttgart 34 games · 62 pts (2025/26)
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 games · 59 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Robert Schroder
- Assistant 1 Jan Neitzel
- Assistant 2 Stefan Lupp
13 games this season 🟨 1.3/game ⚽ 5.8 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Bayern Munchen 34 89 2 Borussia Dortmund 34 73 3 RB Leipzig 34 65 4 VfB Stuttgart 34 62 5 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 34 61 6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 59 7 SC Freiburg 34 47 8 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 44 9 FC Augsburg 34 43 10 1. FSV Mainz 05 34 40 11 1. FC Union Berlin 34 39 12 Borussia Monchengladbach 34 38 13 Hamburger SV 34 38 14 1. FC Koln 34 32 15 SV Werder Bremen 34 32 16 VfL Wolfsburg 34 29 17 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 34 26 18 FC St. Pauli 1910 34 26 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 May Bayer 04 Leverkusen H 3–1 W 02 May TSG 1899 Hoffenheim A 3–3 D 26 Apr SV Werder Bremen H 1–1 D 23 Apr SC Freiburg H 2–1 W 19 Apr FC Bayern Munchen A 2–4 L 12 Apr Hamburger SV H 4–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 May VfB Stuttgart A 1–3 L 02 May RB Leipzig H 4–1 W 25 Apr 1. FC Koln A 2–1 W 22 Apr FC Bayern Munchen H 0–2 L 18 Apr FC Augsburg H 1–2 L 11 Apr Borussia Dortmund A 1–0 W Season Stats
VfB Stuttgart Bayer 04 Leverkusen #4 Position #6 62 Points 59 34 Played 34 18 / 8 / 8 W / D / L 17 / 8 / 9 71 Scored 68 49 Conceded 47 +22 GD +21 1.82 PPG 1.74 53% Win % 50% Key Stats
70% Both Teams to Score
H2H (23 games)61% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history32% Clean Sheets
VfB Stuttgart this season24% Clean Sheets
Bayer 04 Leverkusen this seasonVfB Stuttgart are 4th (62 pts). Bayer 04 Leverkusen are 6th (59 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
VfB Stuttgart0-152/216-303/231-453/346-602/261-752/176+3/3■ Scored ■ ConcededBayer 04 Leverkusen0-152/216-302/131-454/346-602/161-752/176+4/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against VfB Stuttgart and Bayer 04 Leverkusen has kicked off!
- 1' GOAL! Aleix Garcia scores on 1. Assisted by Christian Kofane
- 5' What an equalizer from Ermedin Demirovic!
- 6' What a strike from Ermedin Demirovic! The score is 2-1.
- 11' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Jarell Quansah suffering a number of foals already.
- 16' Bayer 04 Leverkusen is showing some good football. However, Bayer 04 Leverkusen are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 21' VfB Stuttgart looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Ermedin Demirovic scoring 1 goals.
- 26' Robert Andrich needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 31' Bayer 04 Leverkusen is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 36' Bayer 04 Leverkusen started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 36.
- 41' It’s high time Sebastian Hoeneß made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 46' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 46 minutes.
- 51' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Bayer 04 Leverkusen needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 52' What a strike from Maximilian Mittelstadt! The score is 3-1.
- 57' The travelling Bayer 04 Leverkusen supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 58' GOAL! Deniz Undav scores on 58.
- 63' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 68' It looks surprising Bayer 04 Leverkusen does not make any changes. Angelo Stiller has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 73' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 78' It looks like no one’s ball. Bayer 04 Leverkusen is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 80' A meaty challenge results in booking for Chris Fuhrich on 80.
- 85' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Montrell Culbreath made 540 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 90' That looks like a foul for a card for Tiago Tomas.
- Full Time. VfB Stuttgart beats Bayer 04 Leverkusen
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Lineups
VfB Stuttgart Lineups
3-4-1-2Starting XI
- 24
- 9
- 7
- 33
- 28
- 10
- 18
- 26
- 6
- 3
- 30
Bench
- 4
- 23
- 15
- 1
- 8
- 22
- 27
- 11
- 14
Coach Sebastian HoeneßBayer 04 Leverkusen Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 1
- 8
- 24
- 14
- 25
- 20
- 12
- 4
- 30
- 35
- 42
Bench
- 28
- 7
- 21
- 5
- 10
- 6
- 19
- 13
- 17
Coach Kasper Hjulmand -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Patrik Schick 4 Florian Wirtz 4 Amine Adli 3 Sasa Kalajdzic 3 Chris Fuhrich 3 Robert Andrich 3 Kevin Volland 2 Tiago Tomas 2 Head to Head
VfB Stuttgart Form
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Form
2026-05-09 VfB Stuttgart 3–1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen L 2026-05-02 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4–1 RB Leipzig W 2026-04-25 1. FC Koln 1–2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen W 2026-04-22 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0–2 FC Bayern Munchen L 2026-04-18 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1–2 FC Augsburg L 2026-04-11 Borussia Dortmund 0–1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.17 VfB Stuttgart xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.52 Bayer 04 Leverkusen xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 69%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: VfB Stuttgart winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.69Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 88% 12% ± 2.5 70% 30% ± 3.5 50% 50% ± 4.5 31% 69% Double Chance
VfB Stuttgart or Draw 75%Draw or Bayer 04 Leverkusen 47%VfB Stuttgart or Bayer 04 Leverkusen 78%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: VfB Stuttgart win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.1%2 – 1 8.6%2 – 2 6.5%3 – 1 Actual1 – 2 6.1%2 – 0 5.9%1 – 0 4.9%3 – 2 4.7%3 – 0 4.2%0 – 0 3.8%4 – 1 3.4%2 – 3 3.3%Asian Handicap — VfB Stuttgart
Handicap VfB Stuttgart covers Push Bayer 04 Leverkusen covers -2.5 16% — 84% -2 16% 15% 69% -1.5 31% — 69% -1 31% 20% 49% -0.5 51% — 49% +0.5 74% — 26% +1 74% 14% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 8% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
VfB Stuttgart keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Bayer 04 Leverkusen keeps clean sheet 12% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.