In a weekend match in week 20, on Saturday Feb 6th, Bayer Leverkusen hosts Stuttgart in a meeting of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. Bayer Leverkusen is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Rot-Weiss Essen. Leon Bailey struck first for Bayer Leverkusen in the 105th minute, then Kefkir tied it up for Rot-Weiss Essen in the 108th minute But luckily in the 117th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Simon Engelmann. Bayer Leverkusen is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed Stuttgart is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Borussia M’gladbach. Silla Wamangituka scored the first goal for Stuttgart in the 2nd minute, then Marcus Thuram tied it up for Borussia M’gladbach in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Lars Stindl Finally they completed the comback in the 50th minute on a goal by Alassane Pléa to cap off a wild match. Stuttgart is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
Stuttgart and Bayer Leverkusen last played eachother at the Mercedes-benz-arena on Oct 3rd. Stuttgart and Bayer Leverkusen battled to a 1-1 draw. Patrik Schick scored the first goal for Bayer Leverkusen in the 7th minute, then Sasa Kalajdzic tied it up for Stuttgart in the 76th minute earning Stuttgart at least a draw.
Stuttgart is glad to have Wamangituka in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Bayer Leverkusen is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Wirtz and Moussa Diaby each only have 1 goal in their last 5
Peter Bosz’s squad will be without Karim Bellarabi, Charles Aránguiz, Paulinho, Wendell, Mitchell Weiser, Julian Baumgartlinger, Nadiem Amiri, Sven Bender, Lars Bender, Patrik Schick, Exequiel Palacios and Santiago Arias, while Pellegrino Matarazzo’s squad will be without Hamadi Al Ghaddioui, Waldemar Anton, Philipp Forster, Sosa, Castro Randon, Clinton Mola, Maxime Awoudja and Lilian Egloff.