Bayer Leverkusen 2–4 VfB Stuttgart
- Season
- Bundesliga
- 2026 · Regular Season - 8
- Venue
- BayArenaLeverkusen
Referee
Benjamin Brand
Bundesliga: VfB Stuttgart beat Bayer Leverkusen 4–2. Goals: Ermedin Demirović 14', Jamie Leweling 22', Patrik Schick 28', Bilal El Khannouss 51', Ermedin Demirović 65', Ibrahim Maza 79'.
Top rated
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
P. Schick7.7
Aleix García7.5
I. Maza7.2
E. Demirović9.0
B. El Khannouss7.6
D. Undav7.5
How the score moved
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
- Bayer Leverkusen
- VfB Stuttgart
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| When | Bayer Leverkusen | VFB |
|---|---|---|
| 14′ · Ermedin Demirović | 0 | 1 |
| 22′ · Jamie Leweling | 0 | 2 |
| 28′ · Patrik Schick | 1 | 2 |
| 51′ · Bilal El Khannouss | 1 | 3 |
| 65′ · Ermedin Demirović | 1 | 4 |
| 79′ · Ibrahim Maza | 2 | 4 |
| 90′ | 2 | 4 |
Chances and finishing
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
- Bayer Leverkusen
- VFB
Bayer LeverkusenGoals2xG2.07
- xG per shot
- 0.09
- Goals minus xG
- -0.07
VfB StuttgartGoals4xG2.88
- xG per shot
- 0.19
- Goals minus xG
- +1.12
How the chances split
Bayer Leverkusen win 27%Draw 17%VFB win 55%
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
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| Bayer Leverkusen | VFB | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 4 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 2.07 | 2.88 |
| xG per shot | 0.086 | 0.192 |
| Goals minus xG | -0.07 | +1.12 |
| Bayer Leverkusen win | 27% | |
| Draw | 17% | |
| VFB win | 55% |
Goals & cards
- 14′
- Equi FernándezFoul17′
- Carles Martínez NovellDissent18′
- 22′
- Patrik SchickAssist: Aleix García28′
- Facundo MedinaArgument40′
- Aleix GarcíaArgument40′
- 40′Jeffrey Julian Gaston ChabotArgument
- 40′Luca JaquezFoul
- 51′Bilal El KhannoussAssist: Chris Führich
- Ibrahim MazaFoul53′
- 58′Atakan KarazorFoul
- 64′
- 65′Ermedin DemirovićAssist: Deniz Undav
- Ibrahim MazaAssist: Miguel Gutiérrez79′
Key stats
- 63%Ball Possession37%
- 2.07Expected goals2.88
- 24Total Shots15
- 8Shots on goal7
- 12Corner Kicks3
Half by half
- Bayer Leverkusen
- VfB Stuttgart
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Facts
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
- Bayer Leverkusen: 4 won, 0 drawn, 1 lost in their last 5 matches.
- Bayer Leverkusen kept 2 clean sheets in their last 5 matches.
- Bayer Leverkusen scored 13 and conceded 6 in their last 5 matches.
- VfB Stuttgart: 2 won, 1 drawn, 2 lost in their last 5 matches.
- VfB Stuttgart kept 2 clean sheets in their last 5 matches.
- VfB Stuttgart scored 7 and conceded 5 in their last 5 matches.
Recent form
Standings
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 |  SC Freiburg | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 |  Werder Bremen | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 |  SV Elversberg | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | VfB Stuttgart | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 |  Eintracht Frankfurt | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 |  Hamburger SV | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
Timeline
- 14′
- Equi FernándezFoul17′
- Carles Martínez NovellDissent18′
- 22′
- Patrik SchickAssist: Aleix García28′
- Facundo MedinaArgument40′
- Aleix GarcíaArgument40′
- 40′Jeffrey Julian Gaston ChabotArgument
- 40′Luca JaquezFoul
- 51′Bilal El KhannoussAssist: Chris Führich
- Ibrahim MazaFoul53′
- 58′Atakan KarazorFoul
- Off: Lucas VázquezOn: Jonas Hofmann62′
- 64′
- 65′Off: Chris FührichOn: Maximilian Mittelstädt
- 65′Off: Luca JaquezOn: Finn Jeltsch
- 65′Ermedin DemirovićAssist: Deniz Undav
- 72′Off: Deniz UndavOn: Nikolas Nartey
- Off: Afonso MoreiraOn: Malik Tillman75′
- Off: Equi FernándezOn: Robert Andrich75′
- Ibrahim MazaAssist: Miguel Gutiérrez79′
- Off: Aleix GarcíaOn: Victor Okoh Boniface83′
- 85′Off: Bilal El KhannoussOn: Dženan Pejčinović
- 85′Off: Jamie LewelingOn: Ameen Al Dakhil
Chances and finishing
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
- Bayer Leverkusen
- VFB
Bayer LeverkusenGoals2xG2.07
- xG per shot
- 0.09
- Goals minus xG
- -0.07
VfB StuttgartGoals4xG2.88
- xG per shot
- 0.19
- Goals minus xG
- +1.12
How the chances split
Bayer Leverkusen win 27%Draw 17%VFB win 55%
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
Show as a table
| Bayer Leverkusen | VFB | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 4 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 2.07 | 2.88 |
| xG per shot | 0.086 | 0.192 |
| Goals minus xG | -0.07 | +1.12 |
| Bayer Leverkusen win | 27% | |
| Draw | 17% | |
| VFB win | 55% |
Every shot, and how it ended
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
- Goals
- Saved
- Off target
- Blocked
Bayer Leverkusen24 shots2697
VfB Stuttgart15 shots4326
- 1511Inside the box
- 94Outside the box
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| Bayer Leverkusen | VFB | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 4 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| Off target | 9 | 2 |
| Blocked | 7 | 6 |
| Inside the box | 15 | 11 |
| Outside the box | 9 | 4 |
The ball: possession and passing
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
- Bayer Leverkusen
- VFB
63%Possession37%
82%431 of 527 passes72%234 of 327 passes
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| Bayer Leverkusen | VFB | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 63% | 37% |
| Passes | 527 | 327 |
| Completed | 431 | 234 |
| Pass accuracy | 82% | 72% |
Discipline
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
- 913Fouls
- 44Yellow cards
- 00Red cards
- 10Offsides
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| Bayer Leverkusen | VFB | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 9 | 13 |
| Yellow cards | 4 | 4 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 1 | 0 |
Every player's rating
The provider's match ratings out of ten, one dot per player who featured. Point at a dot for the name.
- Bayer Leverkusen
- VFB
Show as a table
| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. Demirović | VFB | 9.0 | 90 |
| P. Schick | Bayer Leverkusen | 7.7 | 90 |
| B. El Khannouss | VFB | 7.6 | 85 |
| Aleix García | Bayer Leverkusen | 7.5 | 83 |
| D. Undav | VFB | 7.5 | 72 |
| J. Leweling | VFB | 7.2 | 85 |
| I. Maza | Bayer Leverkusen | 7.2 | 90 |
| C. Führich | VFB | 6.9 | 65 |
| D. Seimen | VFB | 6.9 | 90 |
| Miguel Gutiérrez | Bayer Leverkusen | 6.8 | 90 |
| D. Pejčinović | VFB | 6.5 | 5 |
| E. Tapsoba | Bayer Leverkusen | 6.5 | 90 |
| V. Boniface | Bayer Leverkusen | 6.4 | 7 |
| J. Quansah | Bayer Leverkusen | 6.4 | 90 |
| F. Medina | Bayer Leverkusen | 6.3 | 90 |
| J. Hofmann | Bayer Leverkusen | 6.3 | 28 |
| J. Chabot | VFB | 6.3 | 90 |
| M. Mittelstädt | VFB | 6.2 | 25 |
| Afonso Moreira | Bayer Leverkusen | 6.2 | 75 |
| Finn Jeltsch | VFB | 6.2 | 25 |
| A. Al Dakhil | VFB | 6.1 | 5 |
| N. Nartey | VFB | 6.1 | 18 |
| R. Hendriks | VFB | 6.0 | 90 |
| L. Jaquez | VFB | 5.9 | 65 |
| R. Andrich | Bayer Leverkusen | 5.9 | 15 |
| E. Fernández | Bayer Leverkusen | 5.8 | 75 |
| G. Prömel | VFB | 5.8 | 90 |
| A. Karazor | VFB | 5.7 | 90 |
| M. Tillman | Bayer Leverkusen | 5.7 | 15 |
| M. Flekken | Bayer Leverkusen | 5.6 | 90 |
| Lucas Vázquez | Bayer Leverkusen | 5.2 | 62 |
The goalkeepers
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
43%
M. Flekken
M. Flekken- Saves
- 3
- Conceded
- 4
- Rating
- 5.6
75%
D. Seimen
D. Seimen- Saves
- 6
- Conceded
- 2
- Rating
- 6.9
- Bayer Leverkusen
- VfB Stuttgart
Top stats
- 63%Ball Possession37%
- 2.07Expected goals2.88
- 24Total Shots15
- 8Shots on goal7
- 12Corner Kicks3
Shots
- 9Shots off Goal2
- 7Blocked shots6
- 15Shots insidebox11
- 9Shots outsidebox4
Passing
- 527Total passes327
- 431Passes accurate234
- 82%Pass accuracy72%
Defence & set pieces
- 3Goalkeeper Saves6
- 13Free Kicks8
- 1Offsides0
Discipline
- 9Fouls13
- 4Yellow Cards4
- 0Red Cards0
Half by half
- Bayer Leverkusen
- VfB Stuttgart
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 2 | 2 | 4 |
15.6M. Flekken
247.5AAleix García
65.8E. Fernández
147.7⚽P. Schick
99.0⚽2E. Demirović
267.5AD. Undav
117.6⚽B. El Khannouss
416.9D. SeimenBayer Leverkusen4-2-3-1VFB3-4-1-2Bayer Leverkusen4-2-3-1Coach: Carles Martínez
Bench
8R. AndrichM
28J. BlaswichG
22V. BonifaceF
42M. CulbreathM
39K. DoganayM
7J. HofmannM
15T. OermannD
10M. TillmanM
37D. BuckF
VfB Stuttgart3-4-1-2Coach: S. Hoeneb
Bench
| 6E. FernándezM | 75 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1M. FlekkenG | 90 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10M. TillmanM | 15 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15T. OermannD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7J. HofmannM | 28 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39K. DoganayM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42M. CulbreathM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22V. BonifaceF | 7 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28J. BlaswichG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8R. AndrichM | 15 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14P. SchickF | 90 | 7.7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4J. QuansahD | 90 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9Afonso MoreiraM | 75 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2F. MedinaD | 90 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 1 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30I. MazaM | 90 | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17Lucas VázquezM | 62 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3Miguel GutiérrezD | 90 | 6.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24Aleix GarcíaM | 83 | 7.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 3 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12E. TapsobaD | 90 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37D. BuckF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bayern München | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| 2 |  Borussia Dortmund | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| 3 |  RB Leipzig | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | SC Freiburg | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Werder Bremen | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | SV Elversberg | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | VfB Stuttgart | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Hamburger SV | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 11 |  FSV Mainz 05 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 12 |  SC Paderborn 07 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 |  FC Augsburg | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 14 |  1899 Hoffenheim | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 15 |  1. FC Köln | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 16 |  Union Berlin | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 17 |  FC Schalke 04 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 18 |  Borussia Mönchengladbach | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 |