Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 VfB Stuttgart: result and report

Bundesliga · Friday 23 November 2018

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 VfB Stuttgart

Bundesliga · Friday 23 November 2018, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Bayer 04 Leverkusen · VfB Stuttgart · Bundesliga predictions

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 VfB Stuttgart: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen defeated VfB Stuttgart 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Friday 23 November 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Kevin Volland opened the scoring in the 76th minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Kevin Volland (76') and Kevin Volland (83'). VfB Stuttgart did not score.

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 3 yellow cards; VfB Stuttgart received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 13th on 11 points from 11 and VfB Stuttgart 18th on 8 points from 11. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 4th with 58 points, and VfB Stuttgart 16th with 28.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and VfB Stuttgart in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin Volland of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8.2), ahead of Dennis Aogo (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins, 2 draws and 1 for VfB Stuttgart.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Yellow card · Christian GentnerVfB Stuttgart
  • 18'Yellow card · T. JedvajBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 34'Yellow card · Pablo MaffeoVfB Stuttgart
  • 37'Yellow card · Sven BenderBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 39'Yellow card · Lars BenderBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 42'Yellow card · Marc Oliver KempfVfB Stuttgart
  • 76'Goal · Kevin VollandBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-0
  • 83'Goal · Kevin VollandBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 7, draws 2, VfB Stuttgart 1.

Team news

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

Lukas Hradecky, Lars Bender, Jonathan Tah, Sven Bender, Tin Jedvaj, Julian Baumgartlinger, Charles Aránguiz, Karim Bellarabi, Kai Havertz, Julian Brandt, Kevin Volland

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

Ron-Robert Zieler, Andreas Beck, Benjamin Pavard, Marc Oliver Kempf, Emiliano Insúa, Pablo Maffeo, Santiago Ascacíbar, Dennis Aogo, Nico González, Christian Gentner, Mario Gómez