Bayer Leverkusen v Stuttgart: Bundesliga matchday 8 preview
Fourth-placed Bayer Leverkusen, unbeaten at home in the Bundesliga this season, host 15th-placed Stuttgart, who won both of the last two meetings between the clubs.
The occasion and the table
Bayer Leverkusen host Stuttgart on matchday 8 of the Bundesliga, with kick-off on 31 October 2026 at 14:30. The two clubs arrive in very different positions in the early standings.
Bayer Leverkusen sit 4th in the table with 13 points from 7 matches. Their record shows 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats, with 16 goals scored and 12 conceded.
Stuttgart are 15th with 6 points from their 7 matches. They have recorded 2 wins, no draws and 5 defeats, scoring 10 goals and conceding 13.
Recent form and home/away records
Bayer Leverkusen have won 4 of their last 5 matches and lost the other. Their most recent outing was a 5-2 home win over Nürnberg. Before that, they lost 3-0 away to Hoffenheim. Prior to that defeat, they won 2-0 away at OFI Crete, before that they beat Freiburg 2-1 at home, and before that they won 4-0 away at Lech Poznań.
Their home record in the Bundesliga this season is perfect: 3 matches, 3 wins, 8 goals scored and just 1 conceded.
Stuttgart's last 5 matches have produced 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Most recently, they won 1-0 away at Paderborn. Before that, they lost 3-2 at home to Borussia Mönchengladbach, and before that they drew 1-1 at home with Atlético Madrid. Earlier still, they lost 1-0 away to Hamburg, and before that they won 3-0 away at Slovan Bratislava.
Away from home in the Bundesliga this season, Stuttgart have played 4 matches, winning 1 and losing 3, with 4 goals scored and 8 conceded.
Previous meetings
The last 2 meetings between the clubs both went Stuttgart's way. The most recent, on 9 May 2026, finished Stuttgart 3-1 Bayer Leverkusen.
Before that, on 10 January 2026, the match ended Bayer Leverkusen 1-4 Stuttgart. Bayer Leverkusen therefore come into this fixture having lost 3-1 and 4-1 in the two most recent encounters.
Players to watch
Patrik Schick is Bayer Leverkusen's top scorer in the Bundesliga this season with 6 goals, a significant share of his side's 16 league goals.
For Stuttgart, Ermedin Demirovic leads the way with 3 Bundesliga goals this season.
How the two sides tend to play
The numbers point to a Bayer Leverkusen side that scores freely. Their 16 league goals are the highest tally of the two teams, and their home defence has been especially solid, conceding only 1 goal in 3 matches.
Stuttgart have found league goals harder to come by, with 10 scored, and their 13 conceded is a slightly higher figure than Bayer Leverkusen's 12. Their away record, with 8 goals conceded in 4 matches, underlines the challenge they face on the road.
The recent profiles of the two sides are strikingly similar. In their last 5 matches, both Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart scored in 4, kept a clean sheet in 2, and saw both teams score in 2.
Estimated win chances
Estimates computed by goal888 from market data, with the margin removed, give Bayer Leverkusen a 54% chance of winning, a draw 22% and Stuttgart 24%. These figures are estimates drawn from market data, not a prediction of the outcome.
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