Bayer 04 Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart are going to clash on Saturday the 12th of February at 6:30 pm in the 22nd week of the Bundesliga. The match will be played in Leverkusen at the BayArena.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen occupies the 3rd place in the standings with 38 points. It comes from a 2-5 win against Borussia Dortmund in its last match in the Bundesliga. Up to now, it has won 11 times, draw 5 times, and lost 5 times.​​

Bayer 04 Leverkusen won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 19th of December against SC Freiburg and the score was 2-1.

VfB Stuttgart occupies the 17th position in the standings with 18 points. It comes from a 2-3 loss against Eintracht Frankfurt in its last match in the Bundesliga. Up to now, it has won 4 times, draw 6 times, and lost 11 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Bayer 04 Leverkusen​

Line - Ups​
4-4-2
14 May
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-SC Freiburg
2-1
4-2-3-1
07 May
TSG Hoffenheim-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2-4
4-2-3-1
02 May
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Eintracht Frankfurt
2-0
4-2-2-2
23 Apr
SpVgg Greuther Fürth-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-4
5-3-2
17 Apr
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-RB Leipzig
0-1
4-2-3-1
10 Apr
VfL Bochum 1848-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
0-0
4-2-3-1
02 Apr
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Hertha BSC
2-1
3-4-1-2
20 Mar
VfL Wolfsburg-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
0-2
4-2-3-1
13 Mar
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-FC Köln
0-1
3-4-2-1
05 Mar
FC Bayern München-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-1
4-2-3-1
26 Feb
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-DSC Arminia Bielefeld
3-0
4-2-3-1
18 Feb
FSV Mainz 05-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
3-2
4-2-3-1
12 Feb
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-VfB Stuttgart
4-2
4-2-3-1
06 Feb
Borussia Dortmund-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2-5
4-1-4-1
22 Jan
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-FC Augsburg
5-1
4-2-3-1
15 Jan
Borussia Mönchengladbach-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-2
4-2-3-1
08 Jan
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-FC Union Berlin
2-2
4-3-2-1
19 Dec
SC Freiburg-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2-1
4-2-3-1
15 Dec
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-TSG Hoffenheim
2-2
4-2-3-1
12 Dec
Eintracht Frankfurt-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
5-2
4-2-3-1
04 Dec
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-SpVgg Greuther Fürth
7-1
4-2-3-1
28 Nov
RB Leipzig-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-3
4-4-2
20 Nov
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-VfL Bochum 1848
1-0
4-2-3-1
07 Nov
Hertha BSC-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-1
3-4-2-1
30 Oct
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-VfL Wolfsburg
0-2
4-2-3-1
24 Oct
FC Köln-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2-2
4-2-3-1
17 Oct
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-FC Bayern München
1-5
4-2-3-1
03 Oct
DSC Arminia Bielefeld-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
0-4
4-2-3-1
25 Sep
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-FSV Mainz 05
1-0
4-2-3-1
19 Sep
VfB Stuttgart-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-3
4-2-3-1
11 Sep
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Borussia Dortmund
3-4
4-2-3-1
28 Aug
FC Augsburg-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-4
4-2-3-1
21 Aug
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Borussia Mönchengladbach
4-0
4-2-3-1
14 Aug
FC Union Berlin-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-1

Bayer 04 Leverkusen has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (17 times or 80.95%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (17 times), 4-1-4-1 (once), 4-3-2-1 (once), 4-4-2 (once) and 3-4-2-1 (once).

Gerardo Seoane is expected to play against VfB Stuttgart with the following players: L. Grill, M. Bakker, J. Tah, P. Hincapié Reyna, J. Frimpong, R. Andrich, K. Demirbay, K. Bellarabi, F. Wirtz, M. Diaby and P. Schick.

If the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Bayer 04 Leverkusen would be 24.55.

Gerardo Seoane will probably not be able to employ D. Sinkgraven, J. Baumgartlinger and E. Palacios because of injury.

A. Lunev and K. Odilon will definitely miss the match.

VfB Stuttgart​

Line - Ups​
4-3-3
14 May
VfB Stuttgart-FC Köln
2-1
3-4-2-1
08 May
FC Bayern München-VfB Stuttgart
2-2
3-4-3
30 Apr
VfB Stuttgart-VfL Wolfsburg
1-1
4-3-3
24 Apr
Hertha BSC-VfB Stuttgart
2-0
4-3-3
16 Apr
FSV Mainz 05-VfB Stuttgart
0-0
4-3-3
08 Apr
VfB Stuttgart-Borussia Dortmund
0-2
4-3-3
02 Apr
DSC Arminia Bielefeld-VfB Stuttgart
1-1
4-3-3
19 Mar
VfB Stuttgart-FC Augsburg
3-2
4-3-3
12 Mar
FC Union Berlin-VfB Stuttgart
1-1
4-3-3
05 Mar
VfB Stuttgart-Borussia Mönchengladbach
3-2
4-5-1
25 Feb
TSG Hoffenheim-VfB Stuttgart
2-1
4-3-3
19 Feb
VfB Stuttgart-VfL Bochum 1848
1-1
4-5-1
12 Feb
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-VfB Stuttgart
4-2
4-4-2
05 Feb
VfB Stuttgart-Eintracht Frankfurt
2-3
3-4-2-1
22 Jan
SC Freiburg-VfB Stuttgart
2-0
3-4-2-1
15 Jan
VfB Stuttgart-RB Leipzig
0-2
3-4-2-1
08 Jan
SpVgg Greuther Fürth-VfB Stuttgart
0-0
3-4-2-1
19 Dec
FC Köln-VfB Stuttgart
1-0
3-1-4-2
14 Dec
VfB Stuttgart-FC Bayern München
0-5
3-4-2-1
11 Dec
VfL Wolfsburg-VfB Stuttgart
0-2
3-5-2
05 Dec
VfB Stuttgart-Hertha BSC
2-2
3-4-2-1
26 Nov
VfB Stuttgart-FSV Mainz 05
2-1
3-1-4-2
20 Nov
Borussia Dortmund-VfB Stuttgart
2-1
3-4-1-2
06 Nov
VfB Stuttgart-DSC Arminia Bielefeld
0-1
3-1-4-2
31 Oct
FC Augsburg-VfB Stuttgart
4-1
3-1-4-2
24 Oct
VfB Stuttgart-FC Union Berlin
1-1
3-1-4-2
16 Oct
Borussia Mönchengladbach-VfB Stuttgart
1-1
3-1-4-2
02 Oct
VfB Stuttgart-TSG Hoffenheim
3-1
4-1-4-1
26 Sep
VfL Bochum 1848-VfB Stuttgart
0-0
3-4-1-2
19 Sep
VfB Stuttgart-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-3
3-4-2-1
12 Sep
Eintracht Frankfurt-VfB Stuttgart
1-1
3-4-2-1
28 Aug
VfB Stuttgart-SC Freiburg
2-3
3-4-2-1
20 Aug
RB Leipzig-VfB Stuttgart
4-0
3-4-2-1
14 Aug
VfB Stuttgart-SpVgg Greuther Fürth
5-1

VfB Stuttgart has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 47.62%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (10 times), 3-1-4-2 (6 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 4-4-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 4-1-4-1 (once).

Pellegrino Matarazzo is expected to play against Bayer 04 Leverkusen with the following players: F. Müller, P. Stenzel, K. Mavropanos, H. Ito, B. Sosa, S. Wamangituka, C. Führich, W. Endo, O. Mangala, P. Förster and W. Faghir.

Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of VfB Stuttgart would be 24.45.

W. Anton, N. Nartey, S. Kalajdzic, O. Marmoush and M. Sankoh will definitely miss the match.