📏 Form Guide

Bayer Leverkusen

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Bayer Leverkusen will play in this fixture following on from a 1-1 Bundesliga 1 stalemate vs Borussia Dortmund.

In that game, Bayer Leverkusen had 52% possession and 13 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Bayer Leverkusen was Josip Stanišić (97'). On the other side, Borussia Dortmund had 8 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Niklas Füllkrug (81') scored for Borussia Dortmund.

Bayer Leverkusen have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, hitting the target every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.

They have managed to rack up 14 during that time and have conceded a total of 2.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Bayer Leverkusen:

• have not lost a league tie with Stuttgart in their previous 9 games. Quite a long unbeaten run against them.
• have not emerged victorious against Stuttgart in their last 2 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 16 league matches at home. An amazing run.

Stuttgart

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After a losing effort in their last game against Werder Bremen in Bundesliga 1 action, Stuttgart will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Stuttgart managed 69% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Stuttgart was Deniz Undav (71'). Werder Bremen got 9 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Marvin Ducksch (28', 49') scored for Werder Bremen.

Over the course of their previous 6 outings, Stuttgart have bagged a tally of 13 goals. Stuttgart have also managed to score in every single one of those games. During that period, they’ve seen 5 goals go against them. Let’s see whether or not that trend will be continued on into this next match.

Ahead of this clash, Stuttgart have not beaten Bayer Leverkusen in away games against them for the last 4 matches in the league. Not the best of away records.

↔️ Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head results stretching back to 19/09/2021 reveals that these fixtures have been miserable for Stuttgart. They have not managed to come away with any wins whatsoever whereas Bayer Leverkusen have been too good for them, winning in 67 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

A combined sum of 21 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 14 from Leverkusen and 7 belonging to Stuttgart. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.

🗞️ Team News: Bayer Leverkusen

The Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso will be thankful to have no fitness concerns at all coming into this clash with a fully healthy squad to pick from.

It seems likely that Leverkusen will possibly line up in a 3-4-2-1 formation for the game with Lukas Hradecky, Odilon Kossounou, Jonathan Tah, Edmond Tapsoba, Jeremie Frimpong, Alejandro Grimaldo, Exequiel Palacios, Robert Andrich, Jonas Hofmann, Amine Adli and Patrik Schick.

📋 Team News: Stuttgart

Stuttgart boss Sebastian Hoeneß has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Nikolas Nartey (Fitness), Josha Vagnoman (Foot injury) and Dan-Axel Zagadou (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be making appearances. Angelo Stiller cannot play in this game through suspension.

From our viewpoint, Stuttgart seem most likely to utilise a 3-4-2-1 lineup, starting Alexander Nuebel, Leonidas Stergiou, Waldemar Anton, Hiroki Ito, Jamie Leweling, M. Mittelstaedt, Atakan Karazor, Enzo Millot, Deniz Undav, Chris Fuehrich and Serhou Guirassy.

💡 Prediction

Our feeling is that Bayer Leverkusen will probably dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.

In contrast, Stuttgart will be up against it to make a breakthrough although we do see them hitting back at some stage here, too.

We’re predicting a controlled 3-1 victory for Bayer Leverkusen when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 16:06 27/04/2024