Bayer 04 Leverkusen: a match for Europe
73%after a loss
85%after a win
Chances of Europe: 73% after a defeat, 85% after a win (10,000 simulations of the rest of the season).
Match Centre: Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs VfB Stuttgart
Home
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
15:30
Sat 31 Oct · your time
in 18 h 21 min
Away
VfB Stuttgart
Wed 28 Oct · DFB Pokalat home
Bayer 04 Leverkusen5:2Nürnberg
Tapsoba 41', 49'Schick 70' (p)Hofmann 78'Vázquez 89'
Lubach 13'Haugen 30'
Sun 25 Oct · Bundesligaaway
TSG Hoffenheim3:0Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Kramaric 79' (p)Prass 89'Moerstedt 90+5'
Sun 18 Oct · Bundesligaat home
Bayer 04 Leverkusen2:1SC Freiburg
Maza 19'Schick 76'
Scherhant 14'
Thu 15 Oct · Europa Leagueaway
Lech Poznań0:4Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Schick 29' (p), 41' (p)Tillman 32'Maza 88'
Fri 23 Oct · Bundesligaat home
VfB Stuttgart2:3Borussia Mönchengladbach
Demirovic 5', 83'
Scally 38'Machino 51'Mohya 66'
Tue 20 Oct · Champions Leagueat home
VfB Stuttgart1:1Atlético de Madrid
Leweling 36'
Alvarez 47'
Wed 14 Oct · Champions Leagueaway
Slovan Bratislava0:3VfB Stuttgart
Undav 29'Cruz 64' (og)Demirovic 90'
Pre-match chances
52% Bayer 04 Leverkusen
23% draw
VfB Stuttgart 25%
Pre-match result forecast (provider data).
A dot on a form pip marks another competition.
Where to watch: ESPN Select+3
Stadium: BayArena, Leverkusen
Referee: Benjamin Brand
What to watch for
Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.
Patrik Schick: 4 goals and 1 assist in 5 league matches
Goals4
xG2.52
Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 2.5).
Last meeting, 9 May: VfB Stuttgart – Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3:1
LDDLWW
Benjamin Brand: 3.6 yellow cards per match
3.6 yellow cards per match
This season in all competitions: 5 matches, no red card, 1 penalty.
VfB Stuttgart: a match for Europe
19%after a loss
31%after a win
Chances of Europe: 19% after a defeat, 31% after a win (10,000 simulations of the rest of the season).
VfB Stuttgart have not won 9 out of their 11 most recent away Bundesliga matches.
Players to watch
Bundesliga, this season.
Patrik Schick
Bayer 04 Leverkusen · forward
6goals
2assists
7.50avg rating
Last match, TSG Hoffenheim: rating 6.7.
Josha Vagnoman
VfB Stuttgart · defender
2goals
1assist
7.16avg rating
Last match, Hamburger SV: rating 7.1.
Who is out
Injuries and suspensions
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- Christian KofaneInjured · return date unknown
- Eliesse Ben SeghirInjured · return date unknown
- Guéla DouéInjured · return date unknown
- Kennet EichhornInjured · return date unknown
- Loïc BadéInjured · return date unknown
- Martin TerrierInjured · return date unknown
- Moussa DiabyInjured · return date unknown
VfB Stuttgart
- Angelo StillerInjured · return date unknown
- Dan-Axel ZagadouInjured · return date unknown
- Josha VagnomanInjured · return date unknown
- Leo SauerInjured · return date unknown
- Tiago TomásInjured · return date unknown
Preview and report
Before the match
Leverkusen, beaten 3–0 at Hoffenheim, host Stuttgart, 15th in the Bundesliga table
Bayer 04 Leverkusen, fourth in the table with 13 points, host VfB Stuttgart in matchday 8. The visitors are 15th after seven matches with 6 points. In matchday 7, TSG Hoffenheim beat Leverkusen 3–0.
Automatically translated from Polish · AI-generated from GolVolt data and the sources listed below the article
Number of the match
6
That is how many goals Patrik Schick, Leverkusen's top Bundesliga scorer, has scored in seven league matches.
Leverkusen after the defeat at Hoffenheim
TSG Hoffenheim beat Leverkusen 3–0 in matchday 7. Leverkusen's top league scorer is Patrik Schick, who has scored 6 goals and provided 2 assists in seven matches.
Stuttgart with two wins in seven matches
VfB Stuttgart have 2 wins, 5 defeats and 6 points in the league. In their Friday match in matchday 7 they lost 2–3 to Borussia Mönchengladbach. Stuttgart have scored in three matches in a row.
Injuries on both sides
Leverkusen are without the injured Christian Kofane, Eliesse Ben Seghir, Guéla Doué, Kennet Eichhorn, Loïc Badé and Martin Terrier. For Stuttgart, Angelo Stiller, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Josha Vagnoman, Leo Sauer and Tiago Tomás will miss the game through injury.
Recent matches
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“This set-up” is Bayer 04 Leverkusen at home and VfB Stuttgart away, as in this match.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
all matches · 10
8W1D1L2.7scored per match1.1conceded per match
at home · 10
7W1D2L2.7scored per match1.2conceded per match
away · 10
6W1D3L2.2scored per match1.5conceded per match
- 28 Oct NürnbergHDFB Pokal 5:2W
- 25 Oct TSG HoffenheimABundesliga 3:0L
- 22 Oct OFIAEuropa League 0:2W
- 18 Oct SC FreiburgHBundesliga 2:1W
- 15 Oct Lech PoznańAEuropa League 0:4W
- 10 Oct FSV Mainz 05ABundesliga 3:4W
- 20 Sep RB LeipzigHBundesliga 2:0W
- 16 Sep CeljeHEuropa League 2:0W
- 12 Sep FC AugsburgABundesliga 2:2D
- 5 Sep FC Union BerlinHBundesliga 4:0W
- 29 Aug ElversbergABundesliga 3:2L
- 22 Aug Wehen WiesbadenADFB Pokal 0:4W
- 16 May Hamburger SVHBundesliga 1:1D
- 9 May VfB StuttgartABundesliga 3:1L
- 2 May RB LeipzigHBundesliga 4:1W
- 25 Apr FC KölnABundesliga 1:2W
- 22 Apr FC Bayern MünchenHDFB Pokal 0:2L
- 18 Apr FC AugsburgHBundesliga 1:2L
- 11 Apr Borussia DortmundABundesliga 0:1W
- 4 Apr VfL WolfsburgHBundesliga 6:3W
Wed 28 Oct · DFB Pokalat home
Bayer 04 Leverkusen5:2Nürnberg
Tapsoba 41', 49'Schick 70' (p)Hofmann 78'Vázquez 89'
Lubach 13'Haugen 30'
Sun 25 Oct · Bundesligaaway
TSG Hoffenheim3:0Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Kramaric 79' (p)Prass 89'Moerstedt 90+5'
Sun 18 Oct · Bundesligaat home
Bayer 04 Leverkusen2:1SC Freiburg
Maza 19'Schick 76'
Scherhant 14'
Thu 15 Oct · Europa Leagueaway
Lech Poznań0:4Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Schick 29' (p), 41' (p)Tillman 32'Maza 88'
Sat 10 Oct · Bundesligaaway
FSV Mainz 053:4Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Caci 33', 42'Hollerbach 90+2'
Andrich 5'Schick 9'Quansah 55'Diaby 65'
Sun 20 Sep · Bundesligaat home
Bayer 04 Leverkusen2:0RB Leipzig
Schick 44'Gutiérrez 57'
Wed 16 Sep · Europa Leagueat home
Bayer 04 Leverkusen2:0Celje
Seslar 15' (og)Medina 74'
Sat 12 Sep · Bundesligaaway
FC Augsburg2:2Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Gregoritsch 50', 55'
Kofane 18'Schick 89'
Sat 5 Sep · Bundesligaat home
Bayer 04 Leverkusen4:0FC Union Berlin
Fernández 1'Medina 28'Schick 48'Maza 66'
Sat 29 Aug · Bundesligaaway
Elversberg3:2Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Petkov 8'Campbell 9'Mokwa 46'
Schick 77'Kofane 90+1'
Sat 22 Aug · DFB Pokalaway
Wehen Wiesbaden0:4Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Schick 43'Vázquez 47'Tella 69'Kofane 79'
Sat 16 May · Bundesligaat home
Bayer 04 Leverkusen1:1Hamburger SV
Quansah 78'
Vieira 61'
Sat 9 May · Bundesligaaway
VfB Stuttgart3:1Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Demirovic 5'Mittelstädt 45+7' (p)Undav 58'
García 1'
Sat 2 May · Bundesligaat home
Bayer 04 Leverkusen4:1RB Leipzig
Schick 25', 76', 89'Tella 45'
Baumgartner 80'
Sat 25 Apr · Bundesligaaway
FC Köln1:2Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Waldschmidt 77'
Schick 43' (p), 52'
Wed 22 Apr · DFB Pokalat home
Bayer 04 Leverkusen0:2FC Bayern München
Kane 22'Díaz 90+3'
Sat 18 Apr · Bundesligaat home
Bayer 04 Leverkusen1:2FC Augsburg
Schick 12'
Rieder 15', 90+7' (p)
Sat 4 Apr · Bundesligaat home
Bayer 04 Leverkusen6:3VfL Wolfsburg
Grimaldo 30' (p), 44'Schick 53' (p)Tapsoba 68'Maza 73'Tillman 90+6'
Wind 16'Maehle 31'Eriksen 38' (p)
VfB Stuttgart
all matches · 10
5W1D4L1.7scored per match1.0conceded per match
at home · 10
5W2D3L2.0scored per match1.2conceded per match
away · 10
4W2D4L1.7scored per match1.6conceded per match
- 28 Oct PaderbornADFB Pokal 0:1W
- 23 Oct Borussia MönchengladbachHBundesliga 2:3L
- 20 Oct Atlético de MadridHChampions League 1:1D
- 17 Oct Hamburger SVABundesliga 1:0L
- 14 Oct Slovan BratislavaAChampions League 0:3W
- 10 Oct PaderbornABundesliga 0:2W
- 19 Sep Borussia DortmundHBundesliga 0:1L
- 12 Sep TSG HoffenheimABundesliga 2:1L
- 9 Sep VikingHChampions League 3:1W
- 4 Sep FC KölnHBundesliga 4:1W
- 28 Aug FC Bayern MünchenABundesliga 5:1L
- 21 Aug Hansa RostockADFB Pokal 0:4W
- 23 May FC Bayern MünchenADFB Pokal 3:0L
- 16 May Eintracht FrankfurtABundesliga 2:2D
- 9 May Bayer 04 LeverkusenHBundesliga 3:1W
- 2 May TSG HoffenheimABundesliga 3:3D
- 26 Apr Werder BremenHBundesliga 1:1D
- 23 Apr SC FreiburgHDFB Pokal 2:1W
- 12 Apr Hamburger SVHBundesliga 4:0W
- 4 Apr Borussia DortmundHBundesliga 0:2L
Fri 23 Oct · Bundesligaat home
VfB Stuttgart2:3Borussia Mönchengladbach
Demirovic 5', 83'
Scally 38'Machino 51'Mohya 66'
Tue 20 Oct · Champions Leagueat home
VfB Stuttgart1:1Atlético de Madrid
Leweling 36'
Alvarez 47'
Wed 14 Oct · Champions Leagueaway
Slovan Bratislava0:3VfB Stuttgart
Undav 29'Cruz 64' (og)Demirovic 90'
Sat 12 Sep · Bundesligaaway
TSG Hoffenheim2:1VfB Stuttgart
Hlozek 13', 67'
Mittelstädt 48'
Wed 9 Sep · Champions Leagueat home
VfB Stuttgart3:1Viking
Demirovic 20', 26', 32'
Tripic 22'
Fri 4 Sep · Bundesligaat home
VfB Stuttgart4:1FC Köln
El Khannouss 39'Prömel 60'Demirovic 75'Vagnoman 90'
Hendriks 81'
Fri 28 Aug · Bundesligaaway
FC Bayern München5:1VfB Stuttgart
Upamecano 21'Olise 55'Vagnoman 57' (og)Pavlovic 82'Díaz 90+2'
Vagnoman 52'
Fri 21 Aug · DFB Pokalaway
Hansa Rostock0:4VfB Stuttgart
Pejcinovic 18', 37', 82'Tomás 74'
Sat 23 May · DFB Pokalaway
FC Bayern München3:0VfB Stuttgart
Kane 55', 80', 90+2' (p)
Sat 16 May · Bundesligaaway
Eintracht Frankfurt2:2VfB Stuttgart
Burkardt 72' (p), 90+2' (p)
Andrés 10'Nartey 45+4'
Sat 9 May · Bundesligaat home
VfB Stuttgart3:1Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Demirovic 5'Mittelstädt 45+7' (p)Undav 58'
García 1'
Sat 2 May · Bundesligaaway
TSG Hoffenheim3:3VfB Stuttgart
Kramaric 7', 49'Touré 23'
Führich 20'Demirovic 64'Tomás 90+5'
Thu 23 Apr · DFB Pokalat home
VfB Stuttgart2:1SC Freiburg
Undav 70'Tomás 119'
Eggestein 28'
Sun 12 Apr · Bundesligaat home
VfB Stuttgart4:0Hamburger SV
Stiller 21'Führich 32'Mittelstädt 56'El Khannouss 86'
Sat 4 Apr · Bundesligaat home
VfB Stuttgart0:2Borussia Dortmund
Adeyemi 90+4'Brandt 90+6'
Per match, the last 5 matches in all competitions: corners 7.0 · 7.6; cards 2.2 · 1.6
Head to head
40 meetings since 2005. The last 5 below.
Last time · 9 May 2026 · Bundesliga
VfB Stuttgart 3:1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Demirovic 5' · Mittelstädt 45+7' (k) · Undav 58' · García 1'. VfB Stuttgart: 2 wins in a row in this fixture.
1wins
2wins
2 draws4.0 goals per match · both scored in 4 of 5
- 9 May 2026Bundesliga VfB Stuttgart3:1Bayer 04 Leverkusen Demirovic 5' · Mittelstädt 45+7' (k) · Undav 58' · García 1' Details
- 10 Jan 2026Bundesliga Bayer 04 Leverkusen1:4VfB Stuttgart Grimaldo 66' (k) · Leweling 7', 45' · Mittelstädt 29' (k) · Undav 45+2' Details
- 16 Mar 2025Bundesliga VfB Stuttgart3:4Bayer 04 Leverkusen Demirovic 14' · Woltemade 48' · Xhaka 62' (s) · Frimpong 56' · Hincapié 67' · Stiller 88' (s) · Schick 90+4' Details
- 1 Nov 2024Bundesliga Bayer 04 Leverkusen0:0VfB Stuttgart Details
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27 Apr 2024Bundesliga Bayer 04 Leverkusen2:2VfB Stuttgart Adli 61' · Andrich 90+6' · Führich 47' · Undav 56' before our records
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6 Feb 2024DFB Pokal Bayer 04 Leverkusen3:2VfB Stuttgart Andrich 50' · Adli 66' · Tah 90' · Anton 11' · Führich 58' before our records
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10 Dec 2023Bundesliga VfB Stuttgart1:1Bayer 04 Leverkusen Führich 40' · Wirtz 47' before our records
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14 May 2023Bundesliga VfB Stuttgart1:1Bayer 04 Leverkusen Guirassy 57' (k) · Palacios 70' (k) before our records
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12 Nov 2022Bundesliga Bayer 04 Leverkusen2:0VfB Stuttgart Diaby 30' · Tah 82' before our records
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12 Feb 2022Bundesliga Bayer 04 Leverkusen4:2VfB Stuttgart Diaby 41' · Adli 52' · Wirtz 85' · Schick 89' · Tomás 49', 88' before our records
2wins
1wins
2 draws3.2 goals per match · both scored in 3 of 5
- 10 Jan 2026Bundesliga Bayer 04 Leverkusen1:4VfB Stuttgart Grimaldo 66' (k) · Leweling 7', 45' · Mittelstädt 29' (k) · Undav 45+2' Details
- 1 Nov 2024Bundesliga Bayer 04 Leverkusen0:0VfB Stuttgart Details
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27 Apr 2024Bundesliga Bayer 04 Leverkusen2:2VfB Stuttgart Adli 61' · Andrich 90+6' · Führich 47' · Undav 56' before our records
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6 Feb 2024DFB Pokal Bayer 04 Leverkusen3:2VfB Stuttgart Andrich 50' · Adli 66' · Tah 90' · Anton 11' · Führich 58' before our records
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12 Nov 2022Bundesliga Bayer 04 Leverkusen2:0VfB Stuttgart Diaby 30' · Tah 82' before our records
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12 Feb 2022Bundesliga Bayer 04 Leverkusen4:2VfB Stuttgart Diaby 41' · Adli 52' · Wirtz 85' · Schick 89' · Tomás 49', 88' before our records
1wins
1wins
2 draws3.8 goals per match · both scored in 4 of 4
- 9 May 2026Bundesliga VfB Stuttgart3:1Bayer 04 Leverkusen Demirovic 5' · Mittelstädt 45+7' (k) · Undav 58' · García 1' Details
- 16 Mar 2025Bundesliga VfB Stuttgart3:4Bayer 04 Leverkusen Demirovic 14' · Woltemade 48' · Xhaka 62' (s) · Frimpong 56' · Hincapié 67' · Stiller 88' (s) · Schick 90+4' Details
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10 Dec 2023Bundesliga VfB Stuttgart1:1Bayer 04 Leverkusen Führich 40' · Wirtz 47' before our records
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14 May 2023Bundesliga VfB Stuttgart1:1Bayer 04 Leverkusen Guirassy 57' (k) · Palacios 70' (k) before our records
Expected lineups
The data provider's expected XI.
MFFlekken
JQQuansah
ETTapsoba
FMMedina
MGGutiérrez
EFFernández
AGGarcía
JHHofmann
IMMaza
NTTella
PSSchick
MFFunk
MMMittelstädt
RHHendriks
FJJeltsch
LAAssignon
ASStiller
AKKarazor
CFFührich
JMMalanga
BKEl Khannouss
EDDemirovic
Bayer 04 LeverkusenVfB Stuttgart
When the clubs announce the official lineups (usually an hour before kick-off), they replace the expected ones.
Out
Bayer 04 Leverkusen: Christian Kofane, Eliesse Ben Seghir, Guéla Doué, Kennet Eichhorn, Loïc Badé, Martin Terrier, Moussa DiabyVfB Stuttgart: Angelo Stiller, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Josha Vagnoman, Leo Sauer, Tiago Tomás
Coaches
Carles Martínez NovellBayer 04 Leverkusen Sebastian HoeneßVfB Stuttgart
Full squads (41 players)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Goalkeepers
Defenders
- 5 Loïc Badé
- 13 Arthur
- 15 Tim Oermann
- 17 Lucas Vázquez
- 20 Guéla Doué
- 44 Jeanuël Belocian
Midfielders
- 8 Robert Andrich
- 10 Malik Tillman
- 18 Kennet Eichhorn
- 19 Moussa Diaby
Forwards
- 9 Afonso Moreira
- 11 Martin Terrier
- 22 Victor Boniface
- 35 Christian Kofane
- 42 Montrell Culbreath
- – Eliesse Ben Seghir
- – Ndjicoura Bomba
Squad
- 36 Niklas Lomb
VfB Stuttgart
Goalkeepers
Defenders
- 2 Ameen Al-Dakhil
- 4 Josha Vagnoman
- 14 Luca Jaquez
- 20 Leonidas Stergiou
- 23 Dan-Axel Zagadou
- 24 Jeff Chabot
- 37 Maximilian Herwerth
- 47 Yanik Spalt
Midfielders
- 21 Grischa Prömel
- 28 Nikolas Nartey
- 30 Chema Andrés
- 39 Ertugrul Yigit
- 44 Leo Sauer
Forwards
- 8 Tiago Tomás
- 17 Dženan Pejčinović
- 18 Jamie Leweling
- 26 Deniz Undav
- 27 Badredine Bouanani
- 31 Justin Diehl
Player intelligence
Player comparison
Who wins?
The data provider's forecast, not GolVolt's. It says how often a match like this ends each way.
52%Bayer 04 Leverkusen
23%draw
25%VfB Stuttgart
Out of 20 matches like this, Bayer 04 Leverkusen win 10, 5 end level and VfB Stuttgart win 5.
The forecast leans to Bayer 04 Leverkusen. By Volt (strength from league results) Bayer 04 Leverkusen rate higher: 61.3 and 55.2.
Likeliest scores
The five likeliest from the score grid.
- 1:110%
- 2:19%
- 1:08%
- 2:08%
- 2:26%
How many goals?
The forecast, and under it what happened in each club's last 10 matches.
- 2+ goals82% Bayer 04 Leverkusen 10 of 10 · VfB Stuttgart 7 of 10
- 3+ goals62% Bayer 04 Leverkusen 7 of 10 · VfB Stuttgart 5 of 10
- 4+ goals40% Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5 of 10 · VfB Stuttgart 3 of 10
- 5+ goals26% Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 of 10 · VfB Stuttgart 2 of 10
Bayer 04 Leverkusen: at least two goals in each of the last 10 matches.
Goals at both ends
Chance that each side scores: 61%.
What this match changes in the season
European-place chance after each result.
Club
today
after a defeat
after a draw
after a win
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
today 80%
- after a defeat
- 73%
- after a draw
- 79%
- after a win
- 85%
VfB Stuttgart
today 24%
- after a defeat
- 19%
- after a draw
- 24%
- after a win
- 31%
Bayer 04 Leverkusen: 12 percentage points of European-place chance between a win and a defeat.
From 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season. How we count
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Pro analysis
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Volt matchup
61.3
55.2
Bayer 04 LeverkusenVfB Stuttgart
- GolVolt’s own goals model
- XI stability
- Matches with this profile
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- Kick-off
- Saturday 31 October, 15:30Your time · in 18 h 21 min
- Where to watch
- ESPN Select, ESPN+, Telemundo, Fandango (Stream) USA · change country
- Stadium
- BayArena Leverkusen · show map
- Referee
- Benjamin Brand 🇩🇪 3.0 yellow cards per match · This season · 3 matches
- Rest
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3 days · VfB Stuttgart 3 days Both last played: DFB Pokal
- Table
- 4. Bayer 04 Leverkusen (13 pts) and 15. VfB Stuttgart (6 pts) Matchday 8 of 34
- Weather
- 11°Cscattered cloudswind 10 km/h
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