Stuttgart vs Bayer Leverkusen - prediction, team news, lineups

Stuttgart's MHPArena volition beryllium the staging crushed for a titanic clash against Bayer Leverkusen connected Saturday successful the Bundesliga, with decision for either squad astir surely acceptable to outgo them Champions League football.

Stuttgart and Leverkusen are 5th and 4th with 58 points respectively heading into the penultimate matchweek of the league season, and the 2 sides are besides level connected points with sixth-placed Hoffenheim.

Match preview

Stuttgart's run has been 1 of progression irrespective of their last placement erstwhile considering the information they finished ninth with conscionable 50 points successful 2024-25.

However, Die Roten look to beryllium stumbling astatine the incorrect clip fixed they are winless successful 3 Bundesliga matches, astir precocious drawing 3-3 with Hoffenheim connected May 2.

Die Roten's extremity quality of 20 is 3 little than the full amassed by Leverkusen, though having scored 10 goals successful their past 4 games, it would beryllium foolish to judge that they are incapable of closing that gap.

Perhaps boss Sebastian Hoeness should beryllium much acrophobic by his team's antiaircraft frailties, with his broadside having conceded astatine slightest 2 goals successful 4 of their past six top-flight outings.

It should beryllium highlighted that Stuttgart's antiaircraft grounds astatine location has been affirmative erstwhile considering they person kept 3 cleanable sheets successful 5 Bundesliga clashes astatine MHPArena, and they besides won 3 of those matches.

Victory for Leverkusen would not lone permission them successful a presumption of spot up of their last crippled against newly-promoted Hamburger SV, but it would besides avenge the 4-1 nonaccomplishment they suffered successful the reverse fixture connected January 10.

The visitors volition cognize that settling for a stalemate connected the play would beryllium incredibly risky fixed Hoffenheim volition beryllium expected to bushed 15th-placed Werder Bremen connected Saturday.

Kasper Hjulmand oversaw an awesome 4-1 triumph against RB Leipzig connected May 2, and helium volition beryllium peculiarly pleased that his players constricted their opponents to conscionable 2 large chances portion creating 9 of their own.

That was Die Werkself's 2nd consecutive win, arsenic good arsenic their 4th successful 5 league fixtures, portion they person present scored astatine slightest 2 goals successful 4 of their six astir caller league games.

Die Schwarzroten person been acold from flawless astatine the other extremity of the transportation having kept conscionable 1 cleanable expanse successful 7 top-flight clashes.

Leverkusen are unbeaten successful 5 distant Bundesliga matches, and a triumph connected Saturday would beryllium their 4th successful their past six contests connected the road.

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Team News

Stuttgart guardant Deniz Undav has been 1 of the standout stars of the Bundesliga this season, but helium has failed to people successful his past 4 league games, truthful helium indispensable amended successful the last 3rd if helium is to usher his broadside to Champions League football.

Midfielder Angelo Stiller has performed excellently this term, though his enactment without the shot volition beryllium tested further fixed that ball-winner Atakan Karazor is suspended, with Chema Andres acceptable to deputise.

Julian Chabot and Ramon Hendriks person started 24 and 20 top-flight matches this run respectively, and they could beryllium trusted successful cardinal defence erstwhile again.

Leverkusen volition person their astir important stars disposable for this weekend's clash, including attackers Ibrahim Maza and Nathan Tella, who volition beryllium expected to enactment striker Patrik Schick.

Exequiel Palacios and Aleix Garcia were some selected successful a treble pivot against Leipzig, and the duo are acceptable to patrol the mediate of the transportation connected Saturday.

Stuttgart imaginable starting lineup:

Nubel; Assignon, Chabot, Hendriks, Mittelstadt; Chema, Stiller; Leweling, El Khannouss, Fuhrich; Undav

Bayer Leverkusen imaginable starting lineup:

Flekken; Quansah, Andrich, Tapsoba; Culbreath, Palacios, Garcia, Grimaldo; Maza, Tella; Schick 

We say: Stuttgart 2-3 Bayer Leverkusen

The chances of either squad keeping a cleanable expanse are slim, and with some apt needing to triumph successful bid to stay successful the contention for apical four, Saturday's crippled could beryllium an entertaining affair.

Stuttgart volition person to trust upon their beardown location grounds if they are to get the amended of Leverkusen, but the visitors' resilience connected the roadworthy whitethorn beryllium excessively overmuch to overcome.

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