VfB Stuttgart 3-1 Bayer Leverkusen result, stats and report

Bayern München dismantled VfB Stuttgart 5-1 at the Allianz Arena on Friday night, with goals from Upamecano, Olise, a Stuttgart own goal, Pavlovic, and Luis Díaz completing a thoroughly dominant home display. Stuttgart competed for patches of this match but were never going to live with Bayern on this form.

Ermedin Demirovic scored three times inside 32 minutes as VfB Stuttgart dismantled Viking 3-1 in the UEFA Champions League, producing a first-half display of clinical, relentless attacking football.

Elversberg stunned Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 in the Bundesliga, scoring three goals before the hour mark and surviving a frantic late comeback to claim a famous home win. Leverkusen dominated possession and piled on the pressure but could not find an equaliser despite hitting the woodwork twice.

Bayer Leverkusen put four past Union Berlin without reply at home, with goals from Equi Fernández, Facundo Medina, Patrik Schick, and Ibrahim Maza sealing a statement win. Union Berlin had no answer and no shots on target. None.

VfB Stuttgart put a heavy defeat by Bayern Munich behind them with a controlled 2-0 home victory over 1. FC Köln, with goals from Bilal El Khannouss and Grischa Prömel settling the tie despite Stuttgart carrying a significant injury list into the match.

Paderborn have failed to score in either of their two completed Bundesliga matches. VfB Stuttgart arrive having kept a clean sheet in none of their last ten. Something has to give.

FSV Mainz 05 host a Bayer Leverkusen side carrying seven absentees on Saturday, and Connor Maguire thinks the home side have every reason to believe they can compete. Here is why this one matters.

Bayer Leverkusen host RB Leipzig on Sunday carrying six absentees, a defence that has not kept a clean sheet in ten Bundesliga matches, and the memory of a 4-1 hammering of this same opponent in May. Leipzig arrive in the kind of form that makes comfortable predictions uncomfortable.