VfB Stuttgart vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 14th May 2023

VfB Stuttgart face Bayer Leverkusen at Mercedes-Benz Arena in one of the last matches of the season, as only three rounds remain in this current Bundesliga campaign.

VfB Stuttgart are out to avenge a disappointing loss against Bayer Leverkusen in their most recent meeting. According to the bookmakers, the home side could be in for another tough ride, though as it looks like an equal pairing at Mercedes-Benz Arena.

VfB Stuttgart go into their next Bundesliga match, scoring a humble average of 1.3 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 13 times, while conceding 18. That amounts to an average of 1.8 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring zero times.

Bayer Leverkusen travel to their next away match on Sunday having performed a tolerable average of 1.9 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 19 goals, whilst shipping eight goals against. An average of 0.8 goals against a game. They hung on to four clean sheets in this streak.

Bayer Leverkusen got the better of VfB Stuttgart in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 2-0 and 4-2, respectively.

VfB Stuttgart vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction

VfB Stuttgart Form

VfB Stuttgart have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it opened with a 2-1 victory against B. M'gladbach. Unable to follow that up, they went down 2-3 against Eintracht, before handing over all three points in a 2-1 defeat against Hertha Berlin. In their last six Bundesliga home matches, VfB Stuttgart have two wins, while they've drawn one and lost three. They scored nine and conceded nine goals.

VfB Stuttgart are closer to the relegation zone than they would have wished for at this late stage of the season. They are still capable of pulling clear though and securing another season in the top flight.

Bayer Leverkusen Form

In their previous three games, Bayer Leverkusen drew 0-0 with Union Berlin, then lost 1-2 against FC Koln and 1-0 against Roma. In their last six Bundesliga away matches, Bayer Leverkusen have three wins, they've drawn three and lost one zero. They scored ten while also conceding four times. They also experienced three draws and zero defeats.

VfB Stuttgart and Bayer Leverkusen seem a fairly equal pairing right now, with not a lot to separate the two sides. As such, going for a draw in the betting market seem worth a punt.

Bayer Leverkusen won six of their previous ten outings against teams from the bottom six and claimed 19 points. They scored 21 and conceded ten goals. VfB Stuttgart have a record of six wins, ten draws and 15 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Bayer Leverkusen so far pulled off 14 wins, six draws and 11 defeats in the Bundesliga.

VfB Stuttgart vs Bayer Leverkusen Squads

VfB Stuttgart Squad

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

Fabian Bredlow (0/12), Florian Mueller (0/19), Florian Schock (0/0), Nicolas Glaus (0/0), Antonis Aidonis (0/0), Borna Sosa (2/23), Dan-Axel Zagadou (0/15), Hiroki Ito (1/27), Josha Vagnoman (2/20), Konstantinos Mavropanos (2/26), Pascal Stenzel (0/11), Waldemar Anton (1/31), Atakan Karazor (0/26), Boris Tashchi (0/0), Chris Fuehrich (4/30), Enzo Millot (0/21), Genki Haraguchi (0/21), Gil Dias (1/7), Laurin Ulrich (0/1), Lilian Egloff (0/10), Nikolas Nartey (0/8), Omer Beyaz (0/0), Tanguy Coulibaly (3/11), Wataru Endo (4/30), Alou Kuol (0/0), Juan Perea (1/16), Luca Pfeiffer (0/18), Sehrou Guirassy (9/19), Silas Katompa Mvumpa (5/27), Thomas Kastanaras (0/4), Tiago Tomas (2/24).

Bayer Leverkusen Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 41 year-old Bayer Leverkusen manager Alonso will select his starting XI from these players:

Andrey Lunev (0/1), Lukas Hradecky (0/30), Niklas Lomb (0/0), Patrick Pentz (0/0), Daley Sinkgraven (0/12), Edmond Tapsoba (1/30), Jeremie Frimpong (8/31), Jonathan Tah (1/30), Mitchel Bakker (3/25), Noah Mbamba (0/0), Odilon Kossounou (0/24), Piero Hincapie (1/28), Timothy Fosu-Mensah (0/11), Ayman Azhil (0/0), Exequiel Palacios (3/22), Florian Wirtz (1/14), Joshua Eze (0/0), Kerem Demirbay (3/23), Nadiem Amiri (4/22), Robert Andrich (2/29), Adam Hlozek (5/26), Amine Adli (4/23), Callum Hudson-Odoi (0/14), Karim Bellarabi (0/8), Moussa Diaby (9/30), Patrik Schick (3/14), Sardar Azmoun (4/20).

VfB Stuttgart vs Bayer Leverkusen Team News

The injured and absent list looks to be stretched wide for VfB Stuttgart, as they prepare to meet Bayer Leverkusen, since seven could be missing.

Atakan Karazor, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Borna Sosa, Laurin Ulrich, Josha Vagnoman, Wataru Endo and Chris Fuehrich nurses various injuries and won't take part for VfB Stuttgart against Bayer Leverkusen at Mercedes-Benz Arena.

Bayer Leverkusen are juggling with three absent players on this coming Sunday when travelling to VfB Stuttgart.

Names like Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Joshua Eze and Patrik Schick most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play VfB Stuttgart.

VfB Stuttgart vs Bayer Leverkusen Lineups

VfB Stuttgart vs Bayer Leverkusen H2H

Bayer Leverkusen celebrated a 2-0 win as well as a 4-2 victory in the last two matches played against VfB Stuttgart. Bayer Leverkusen will be excited about a meeting with VfB Stuttgart, who have found it hard to deal with their upcoming visitors. Bayer Leverkusen go into the match with a 8-1-1 advantage. The bookies have Bayer Leverkusen to win this match at best price odds of 7/4.

VfB Stuttgart vs Bayer Leverkusen Results

Recent meetings between VfB Stuttgart and visiting side Bayer Leverkusen might have been action-packed, but not rich on goals. Backing under 2.5 goals was a winning bet no less than seven times in the last ten matches. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 11/10 with the bookies.

VfB Stuttgart vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Tips

VfB Stuttgart won three of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing two and losing five as well. Bayer Leverkusen won six from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew three and lost one in this run. In their previous 10 away games Bayer Leverkusen scored the opening goal five times, with VfB Stuttgart getting the first goal in five of their last 10 games on home soil.

Less than 2.5 goals came out three times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet six times. VfB Stuttgart managed an average of 0.7 goals, with Bayer Leverkusen averaging 2.2 goals. VfB Stuttgart scored an average of 1.5 goals in their last ten matches in which over 2.5 goals happened six times. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Bayer Leverkusen's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.6 goals in these matches.