VfB Stuttgart 3-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 9 May 2026

Result

VfB Stuttgart 3-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Saturday 9 May 2026, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

VfB Stuttgart · Bayer 04 Leverkusen · Bundesliga predictions

VfB Stuttgart 3-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

VfB Stuttgart beat Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 9 May 2026. The half-time score was 2-1.

Aleix García opened the scoring in the 1st minute. VfB Stuttgart's goals came from Ermedin Demirovic (5'), Maximilian Mittelstädt (45+7', penalty) and Deniz Undav (58'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Aleix García (1').

Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 2 yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game VfB Stuttgart were 5th on 58 points from 32 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4th on 58 points from 32. VfB Stuttgart went on to finish that season 4th with 62 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6th with 59.

VfB Stuttgart lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ermedin Demirovic of VfB Stuttgart (8.0), ahead of Deniz Undav (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 VfB Stuttgart win, 4 draws and 5 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Aleix GarcíaBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-1
  • 5'Goal · Ermedin DemirovicVfB Stuttgart · 1-1
  • 45+7'Penalty goal · Maximilian MittelstädtVfB Stuttgart · 2-1
  • 58'Goal · Deniz UndavVfB Stuttgart · 3-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Chris FührichVfB Stuttgart
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Exequiel PalaciosBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Tiago TomásVfB Stuttgart

Head-to-head

10 meetings: VfB Stuttgart 1, draws 4, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5.

Team news

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VfB Stuttgart line-up (3-4-1-2)

Alexander Nübel, Ramon Hendriks, Jeff Chabot, Maximilian Mittelstädt, Jamie Leweling, Chema Andrés, Angelo Stiller, Chris Führich, Nikolas Nartey, Ermedin Demirovic, Deniz Undav

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (3-4-2-1)

Mark Flekken, Jarell Quansah, Robert Andrich, Edmond Tapsoba, Montrell Culbreath, Aleix García, Exequiel Palacios, Alejandro Grimaldo, Patrik Schick, Ibrahim Maza, Christian Kofane