VfB Stuttgart vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen Preview

VfB Stuttgart vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Competition – German Bundesliga

Stadium – Mercedes-Benz Arena

Date: 8th December 2017

Kick-off time – 19:30 GMT+1

After back to back matches on the road, any team who has just returned to the top flight would be delighted to be playing in front of their fans again.

However, this applies to a few teams as it does to VFB Stuttgart.

Apart from Bayern Munich, the Swabians are the only other team not to have lost a game at home this season.

As a matter of fact, they have collected 16 of their 17 league points at home this season which is the league’s highest percentage.

Striker Chadrac Akolo has been of immense value for Stuttgart this season.

He made a substitute appearance in their last game following his recovery from an injury and should start here.

He has scored three goals in his last four home games and could be the game changer here again.

After finishing a disappointing 12th in the league last season, Bayer Leverkusen are back among the elite teams in Germany.

They drew 1-1 with Borussia Dortmund in their last game – a result which leaves them with no losses in their last nine league games (five draws and four wins).

Kevin Volland has been their star man this season.  He netted in the draw with Borussia Dortmund, a strike which takes him two goals clear of the next highest scoring German in the division.

He has now scored in his last four games and if he keeps this form, Stuttgart’s defence will have their work cut out.

The last meeting between these two sides ended in a 2-0 victory for Leverkusen.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

VfB Stuttgart

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Werder Bremen 1-0 VfB Stuttgart 2 Dec, 2017 German Bundesliga
D Hannover 96 1-1 VfB Stuttgart 24 Nov, 2017 German Bundesliga
W VfB Stuttgart 2-1 Borussia Dortmund 17 Nov, 2017 German Bundesliga
L Hamburg SV 3-1 VfB Stuttgart 4 Nov, 2017 German Bundesliga
W VfB Stuttgart 3-0 SC Freiburg 29 Oct, 2017 German Bundesliga

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 Borussia Dortmund 2 Dec, 2017 German Bundesliga
W Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Bayer Leverkusen 25 Nov, 2017 German Bundesliga
D Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 RB Leipzig 18 Nov, 2017 German Bundesliga
D FC Augsburg 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen 4 Nov, 2017 German Bundesliga
W Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 FC Cologne 28 Oct, 2017 German Bundesliga

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
VfB Stuttgart 0-2 Bayer Leverkusen 20 Mar, 2016 German Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen 4-3 VfB Stuttgart 24 Oct, 2015 German Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 VfB Stuttgart 13 Mar, 2015 German Bundesliga
VfB Stuttgart 3-3 Bayer Leverkusen 18 Oct, 2014 German Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 VfB Stuttgart 1 Feb, 2014 German Bundesliga


Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:

March 30, 2024
RB Leipzig 15:30 Mainz
Eintracht Frankfurt 15:30 Union Berlin
Borussia Mönchengladbach 15:30 SC Freiburg
Werder Bremen 15:30 Wolfsburg
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 15:30 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Bayern Munich 18:30 Borussia Dortmund
March 31, 2024
Augsburg 1907 13:30 FC Cologne
Stuttgart 15:30 Heidenheim
VFL Bochum 17:30 Darmstadt
April 5, 2024
Eintracht Frankfurt 18:30 Werder Bremen
April 6, 2024
FC Cologne 13:30 VFL Bochum
Heidenheim 13:30 Bayern Munich
Union Berlin 13:30 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Mainz 13:30 Darmstadt
SC Freiburg 13:30 RB Leipzig
Borussia Dortmund 16:30 Stuttgart
April 7, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 13:30 Augsburg 1907
Wolfsburg 15:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach
April 12, 2024
Augsburg 1907 18:30 Union Berlin

German Bundesliga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 26 22 4 0 66 18 +48 70
2 Bayern Munich 26 19 3 4 78 31 +47 60
3 Stuttgart 26 18 2 6 60 31 +29 56
4 Borussia Dortmund 26 14 8 4 53 32 +21 50
5 RB Leipzig 26 15 4 7 60 32 +28 49
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 26 10 10 6 42 35 +7 40
7 Augsburg 1907 26 9 8 9 43 42 +1 35
8 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 26 9 6 11 44 50 -6 33
9 SC Freiburg 26 9 6 11 36 48 -12 33
10 Werder Bremen 26 8 6 12 35 41 -6 30
11 Heidenheim 26 7 8 11 35 44 -9 29
12 Borussia Mönchengladbach 26 6 10 10 46 50 -4 28
13 Union Berlin 26 8 4 14 25 42 -17 28
14 Wolfsburg 26 6 7 13 31 44 -13 25
15 VFL Bochum 26 5 10 11 30 54 -24 25
16 Mainz 26 3 10 13 22 46 -24 19
17 FC Cologne 26 3 9 14 20 47 -27 18
18 Darmstadt 26 2 7 17 26 65 -39 13

German Bundesliga Results

March 17, 2024
Borussia Dortmund 3 - 1 Eintracht Frankfurt
SC Freiburg 2 - 3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
March 16, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 0 - 3 Stuttgart
Darmstadt 2 - 5 Bayern Munich
Heidenheim 1 - 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Mainz 2 - 0 VFL Bochum
Wolfsburg 1 - 3 Augsburg 1907
Union Berlin 2 - 1 Werder Bremen
March 15, 2024
FC Cologne 1 - 5 RB Leipzig
March 10, 2024
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 - 0 Wolfsburg
Eintracht Frankfurt 3 - 1 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
VFL Bochum 1 - 2 SC Freiburg
March 9, 2024
Werder Bremen 1 - 2 Borussia Dortmund
Augsburg 1907 1 - 0 Heidenheim
Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 - 3 FC Cologne
RB Leipzig 2 - 0 Darmstadt
Bayern Munich 8 - 1 Mainz
March 8, 2024
Stuttgart 2 - 0 Union Berlin
March 3, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 2 - 1 Werder Bremen
FC Cologne 0 - 2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

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