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Bundesliga | Gameweek 15
Nov 12, 2022 at 2.30pm UK
BayArena
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B. Leverkusen
2 - 0
Stuttgart

Diaby (30'), Tah (82')
Amiri (69'), Hlozek (90+2')
FT(HT: 1-0)

Zagadou (39'), Fuhrich (61'), Tomas (65')

Preview: Bayer Leverkusen vs. Stuttgart - prediction, team news, lineups

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Sports Mole previews Saturday's Bundesliga clash between Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
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Bayer Leverkusen will be aiming for a third successive league victory when they host Stuttgart in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

The visitors, meanwhile, would climb above their forthcoming opponents with a victory.


Match preview

After dropping back into the relegation places following their 2-0 defeat to RB Leipzig at the end of October, two straight victories since have significantly improved the general mood around Leverkusen.

Xabi Alonso's side ensured that they will compete in the Europa League after the turn of the calendar year by drawing 0-0 against Club Brugge last week, before thrashing Union Berlin 5-0 at the weekend and winning 2-1 away to FC Koln on Wednesday.

Die Werkself appeared to be heading for an eighth defeat in 14 league games after Benno Schmitz had given the hosts the lead on the half-an-hour mark, but goals from Nadiem Amiri and Moussa Diaby after the break turned the match on its head to move Leverkusen four points clear of the bottom three.

With Stuttgart only one point behind them one position above the relegation zone, putting together a third consecutive win would move them even further away from relegation trouble, and potentially as high as 10th in the table heading into the imminent break for the World Cup.

Stuttgart, meanwhile, secured a crucial win themselves by beating fellow strugglers Hertha Berlin 2-1 on Tuesday.

Dodi Lukebakio's 19th-minute equaliser cancelled out Serhou Guirassy's effort in the third minute, with both teams looking like shaking hands on a draw to remain level on points, but Konstantinos Mavropanos's 98th-minute winner sent the Mercedes-Benz Arena into delirium.

The win was Die Schwaben's third consecutive home win under interim head coach Michael Wimmer, who must feel that, if he can guide his side to a positive result in Leverkusen on Saturday, he would have a solid chance of being handed the role on a full-time basis during the World Cup period.

That will not be easy against an opposition growing in confidence under Alonso's tutelage, though, but even avoiding defeat would ensure that they head into the international break above the bottom three places given that Hertha are still only three points behind them in the relegation playoff position.

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Team News

Leverkusen will be without key man Robert Andrich through suspension after the midfielder received his fifth booking of the league campaign in Cologne, with Kerem Demirbay likely to replace him.

Patrik Schick, Sardar Azmoun and Florian Wirtz all remain sidelined with long-term injuries, while Paulinho may miss out due to a cold.

Stuttgart, meanwhile, will travel without their goalscoring hero from midweek Mavropanos, after the former Arsenal defender collected his fifth yellow card of the season before scoring the winner against Hertha.

Dan-Axel Zagadou may replace the Greece international in defence, while Wataru Endo and Chris Fuhrich appear unlikely to make the trip due to concussion and a muscle strain respectively, with Atakan Karazor potentially lining up in midfield.

Bayer Leverkusen possible starting lineup:
Hradecky; Tah, Tapsoba, Hincapie; Frimpong, Palacios, Demirbay, Bakker; Diaby, Hlozek, Hudson-Odoi

Stuttgart possible starting lineup:
Muller; Anton, Ito, Zagadou, Sosa; Ahamada, Karazor, Egloff; Silas, Guirassy, Tomas


We say: Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Stuttgart

There is little doubt that Leverkusen possess the attacking firepower to hurt Stuttgart, who are still awaiting their first league win on the road this season.

As such, we can envisage Alonso's side racking up a third straight victory in the Bundesliga to potentially put serious distance between themselves and the bottom three.


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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Bayern MunichBayern97203272523
2RB Leipzig96211551020
3Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurt95222314917
4Bayer LeverkusenB. Leverkusen94412015516
5Borussia DortmundDortmund95131715216
6Freiburg95131311216
7Union BerlinUnion Berlin943298115
8Stuttgart93421716113
9Borussia MonchengladbachBorussia M'bach94141514113
10Werder Bremen93331520-512
11Augsburg93241320-711
12Heidenheim93151212010
13Mainz 05Mainz92431213-110
14Wolfsburg92341617-19
15St Pauli9225711-48
16Hoffenheim92251319-68
17Holstein Kiel91261123-125
18VfL BochumVfL Bochum9018929-201
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