Bayer Leverkusen vs VfB Stuttgart Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 1st November 2024

VfB Stuttgart could close the current gap on the top four, when they face off against Bayer Leverkusen this coming Friday. Their current position in the Bundesliga standings naturally favours Bayer Leverkusen, but VfB Stuttgart won't be short on motivation.

Bayer Leverkusen are currently looking at 15 points on their account, having played eight matches, leaving them two places off the current Bundesliga leaders. Meanwhile, VfB Stuttgart find themselves as number 8 in the Bundesliga with 12 points following eight rounds.

A match between Bayer Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart has been such an equal encounter lately, that none of their last three matches produced a winner. This has the look of a match which could be decided by the odds mistake.

Before their upcoming match in the Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen are performing absolutely brilliant, when it comes to goal scoring. In the past ten outings, they performed a formidable average of 2.7 goals per game. An awe-inspiring total of 27 goals. They let 16 goals slip in, which creates an average of 1.6 per game. During this run they fought their way to one clean sheets.

VfB Stuttgart show off splendid stats in their last ten matches, where they hit the target 2.2 times on average per game. They scored 22 goals and conceded 16, an average of 1.6 a game. They held on for a clean sheet in two of these.

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 2-2 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest this coming Friday?

Bayer Leverkusen vs VfB Stuttgart Prediction

Bayer Leverkusen Form

Bayer Leverkusen currently look solid, going undefeated in three matches, which started by drawing 1-1 against Brest. They followed that up by sharing the spoils with Werder Bremen in a 2-2 encounter, before beating Elversberg in a 3-0 encounter. Bayer Leverkusen claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Bundesliga. They also drew two and lost one, as they scored 14 and conceded 12 goals.

VfB Stuttgart Form

VfB Stuttgart are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Juventus got left behind in a 0-1 win, before Holstein Kiel got hammered in a 2-1 victory. Kaiserslautern was the most recent victim in a 2-1 win for VfB Stuttgart. In their last six away matches in the Bundesliga, VfB Stuttgart won twice, while also recording two draws. They endured two defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying 12 goals conceded and nine scored.

Anything but a home win for Bayer Leverkusen will be a massive surprise, and with goals flowing freely VfB Stuttgart could be in for a hammering.

Bayer Leverkusen have taken five points from their last four games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. They won one of these matches with a scoreline of seven goals to seven. VfB Stuttgart won one of their last three matches against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table, scoring six and conceding eight goals. They collected three points from these. Bayer Leverkusen lost just once so far this season in the Bundesliga and after eight games played they recorded four wins and three draws VfB Stuttgart have a record of three wins, three draws and two defeats in the Bundesliga.

Bayer Leverkusen vs VfB Stuttgart Squads

Bayer Leverkusen Squad

Alonso will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against VfB Stuttgart from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

Lukas Hradecky (0/7), Matej Kovar (0/1), Niklas Lomb (0/0), Alejandro Grimaldo (1/8), Arthur (0/1), Edmond Tapsoba (0/8), Jeanuel Belocian (0/2), Jeremie Frimpong (1/8), Jonathan Tah (1/8), Nordi Mukiele (0/2), Piero Hincapie (1/8), Sadik Fofana (0/0), Aleix Garcia (0/7), Exequiel Palacios (0/3), Florian Wirtz (4/8), Granit Xhaka (1/8), Jonas Hofmann (1/2), Matija Marsenic (0/0), Nathan Tella (0/4), Robert Andrich (2/6), Amine Adli (0/7), Ken Izekor (0/0), Martin Terrier (1/8), Patrik Schick (0/6), Victor Okoh Boniface (6/8).

VfB Stuttgart Squad

Listed below is the full squad of VfB Stuttgart players that the manager Sebastian Hoeness will choose from for the upcoming game:

Alexander Nuebel (0/8), Dennis Seimen (0/0), Fabian Bredlow (0/0), Stefan Drljaca (0/0), Ameen Al Dakhil (0/0), Anrie Chase (0/7), Anthony Rouault (0/6), Dan-Axel Zagadou (0/2), Frans Kraetzig (0/1), Jeff Chabot (0/8), Josha Vagnoman (0/7), Leonidas Stergiou (0/0), Maximilian Mittelstaedt (0/8), Pascal Stenzel (0/3), Ramon Hendriks (0/3), Angelo Stiller (0/8), Atakan Karazor (0/8), Boris Tashchi (0/0), Chris Fuehrich (0/7), Enzo Millot (3/8), Fabian Rieder (1/8), Leonhard Muenst (0/0), Luca Raimund (0/0), Nikolas Nartey (0/0), Yannik Keitel (0/0), Deniz Undav (5/8), El Bilal Toure (2/7), Ermedin Demirovic (5/8), Jamie Leweling (1/8), Justin Diehl (0/1), Nick Woltemade (0/4), Thomas Kastanaras (0/0), Wahid Faghir (0/0).

Bayer Leverkusen vs VfB Stuttgart Team News

Bayer Leverkusen have an almost full squad available against VfB Stuttgart at BayArena with only one player possibly missing.

Victor Okoh Boniface sit this one out for Bayer Leverkusen due to an injury.

VfB Stuttgart have three on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Bayer Leverkusen on Friday. Jeff Chabot and Atakan Karazor sit this one out for VfB Stuttgart, serving a suspension instead of travelling to meet Bayer Leverkusen.

Dan-Axel Zagadou nurses an injury and won't be travelling with VfB Stuttgart.

Bayer Leverkusen vs VfB Stuttgart Lineups

Bayer Leverkusen vs VfB Stuttgart H2H

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Bayer Leverkusen played against VfB Stuttgart. It finished 2-2 in a great match between the pair. Bayer Leverkusen claimed six wins against VfB Stuttgart in the last ten encounters, leaving them with a small psychological edge before their next meeting.

Bayer Leverkusen vs VfB Stuttgart Results

As both teams found their way to the goal seven times in their previous ten matches, betting on BTTS naturally would have been profitable. Odds on both teams finding the back of the net are best priced at 4/9 with the bookies.

Bayer Leverkusen vs VfB Stuttgart Betting Tips

Deniz Undav look like great value to find the back of the net this coming Friday, having hit the target five times in recent Bundesliga matches for VfB Stuttgart. His total for the season says five goals scored in this Bundesliga campaign. With six goals lately for Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, Victor Okoh Boniface is also a player worth mentioning.

In their last 10 matches at BayArena across all tournaments Bayer Leverkusen won five times, drew four and lost one times. VfB Stuttgart claimed five wins, two draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. Goals are usually flowing for Bayer Leverkusen on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in eight of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened seven times for VfB Stuttgart in their last 10 league games away from home.

Under 2.5 goals happened four times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Bayer Leverkusen managed an average of 2.2 goals, with VfB Stuttgart averaging one goal in these. Both teams not to score was a winning bet three times in this run of matches. Bayer Leverkusen saw over 2.5 goals in seven of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 2.4 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for VfB Stuttgart, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.6 times goals per game.