Leverkusen vs VFB Stuttgart | Pre Match
Leverkusen vs VFB Stuttgart
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
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Against no other team have Bayer 04 Bayer 04 Leverkusen have won as many matches as they have against Stuttgart in all competitions (W44 D22, L23). Leverkusen have lost just one of their last 25 competitive matches against Stuttgart (W18 U6), in April 2018 in the Bundesliga (0-1 home), and have won each of their last six home games against them.
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Under Sebastian Hoeneß, VfB Stuttgart have won each of their six Bundesliga Saturday evening matches. Since the Bundesliga top match was introduced in the 2009-10 season, only FC Bayern have won more in a row at this kick-off time, doing so between 2020 to 2022 (12).
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen remain unbeaten in 45 matches across all competitions this season (W38 D7), which is the current record for team in the big five European leagues. However, with draws in their last two, Leverkusen are without a win in two competitive matches in a row for the first time this season.
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With 80 points from 30 games for Bayer 04 Leverkusen this season, this is the second-best record at this stage in Bundesliga history, behind only FC Bayern’s 81 points in 2012-13. Leverkusen also extended their record of 30 unbeaten Bundesliga games from the start of a season, while with four games remaining, Bayer 04 could still break FC Bayern's Bundesliga points record from 2012-13 (91).
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Against Bremen last time out (1-2), VfB Stuttgart suffered their first defeat since losing 2-3 in the DFB-Cup quarter-finals against Bayer 04 Leverkusen in early February 2024. Each of VfB’s last six competitive losses have been away from home, while they have only lost two matches in a row once previously this term, in January 2024 (2).
