Bayer Leverkusen — Stuttgart 2:4, 31 October: match result

match finished Bundesliga · Matchday 8 Saturday 31 October · 14:30 UTC

Bayer Leverkusen 6th · 13 pts LLWWW

2 : 4 1st half 1:2

Stuttgart 11th · 9 pts WWLLW

BayArena · referee B. Brand

Match predictionBold

No stalemate here

82% · Bayer Leverkusen sit 5 places higher in the table

Prediction landed. We predicted “No stalemate here”, and the match finished 2:4.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen 47% draw 22% Stuttgart 31%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Bayer Leverkusen win, and the match finished 2:4. Fans backed Bayer Leverkusen win — they got it wrong.

fans 38 votes

Bayer Leverkusen 58% draw 10% Stuttgart 32%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

E. Demirovic 0-1 14'

E. Fernandez 17'

C. Martinez 18'

J. Leweling 0-2 22'

P. Schick assist: A. Garcia 1-2 28'

F. Medina 40'

A. Garcia 40'

L. Jaquez 40'

J. Chabot 40'

B. El Khannouss assist: C. Fuhrich 1-3 51'

I. Maza 53'

A. Karazor 58'

J. Hofmann for Lucas 62'

E. Demirovic 64'

E. Demirovic assist: D. Undav 1-4 65'

M. Mittelstadt for C. Fuhrich 65'

F. Jeltsch for L. Jaquez 65'

N. Nartey for D. Undav 72'

M. Tillman for A. Moreira 75'

R. Andrich for E. Fernandez 76'

I. Maza assist: M. Gutierrez 2-4 79'

V. Boniface for A. Garcia 83'

D. Pejcinovic for B. El Khannouss 85'

A. Al Dakhil for J. Leweling 85'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Bayer Leverkusen 4-2-3-1 4-2-3-1 Stuttgart

Mark Flekken  
Jarell Quansah  12 Edmond Tapsoba  2 Facundo Medina  3 Miguel Gutiérrez  
Ezequiel Fernández  24 Aleix García  
Lucas Vázquez  30 Ibrahim Maza  9 Afonso Moreira  
Patrik Schick  

Ermedin Demirović  
Bilal El Khannouss  26 Deniz Undav  10 Chris Führich  
Atakan Karazor  21 Grischa Prömel  
Jamie Leweling  14 Luca Jaquez  24 Jeff Chabot  3 Ramon Hendriks  
Dennis Seimen  

Bayer Leverkusen bench

37Dustin Buck
28Janis Blaswich
7Jonas Hofmann
39Kénan Doganay
10Malik Tillman
42Montrell Culbreath
8Robert Andrich
15Tim Oermann
22Victor Okoh Boniface

Stuttgart bench

2Ameen Al-Dakhil
17Dženan Pejčinović
1Fabian Bredlow
29Finn Jeltsch
22Lorenz Assignon
7Maximilian Mittelstädt
28Nikolas Nartey
8Tiago Tomás
47Yanik Spalt

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

63%Possession37%

24Shots15

8Shots on target7

9Shots off target2

7Blocked shots6

16Shots inside box11

8Shots outside box4

121Attacks81

80Dangerous attacks26

12Corners3

1Offsides0

9Fouls13

4Yellow cards4

3Saves6

525Passes319

431Accurate passes228

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Bayer Leverkusen

StuttgartThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart met on matchday 8 of the Bundesliga on 31 October at BayArena. Final score — 2:4.

Bayer Leverkusen sit 6th on 13 points after 8 matches (4 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses). Stuttgart sit 11th on 9 points after 9 matches (4 wins, 0 draws, 5 losses), won 2 matches in a row.

Of the last 2 meetings Bayer Leverkusen won 0, Stuttgart won 2. Aggregate score — 2:7.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Bayer Leverkusen last five Stuttgart

LLWWW form WWLLW

8 Matches 9

4 — 1 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 4 — 0 — 5

18 — 16 Scored — conceded 15 — 15

1.63 Points per game 1.33

2.25 Goals scored per game 1.67

2 Clean sheets 2

1 Failed to score 2

winless in 2 Current streak unbeaten in 2

Bayer Leverkusen at home: 4 matches, 3 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 10—5, 2.25 points per match.

Stuttgart away: 5 matches, 2 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses, goals 8—10, 1.2 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

0 Bayer Leverkusen wins 0 draws 2 Stuttgart wins goals 2:7 Bayer Leverkusen — Stuttgart

09/05/2026	Stuttgart — Bayer Leverkusen	3:1	Bundesliga
10/01/2026	Bayer Leverkusen — Stuttgart	1:4	Bundesliga

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
5	Werder Bremen	9	4	3	2	17—15	15
6	Bayer Leverkusen	8	4	1	3	18—16	13
7	Elversberg	9	4	1	4	17—18	13
8	Stuttgart	9	4	0	5	15—15	12
9	Eintracht Frankfurt	9	3	3	3	15—20	12
10	Hamburger SV	9	4	0	5	10—20	12

Full Bundesliga table

Bayer Leverkusen — Stuttgart, 31 October 2026, 14:30 UTC : score 2:4