VfB Stuttgart vs Bayer Leverkusen Preview 14/05/2023

VfB Stuttgart vs Bayer Leverkusen – 14/05/2023

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Bayer Leverkusen will look to maneuver proper again into the win column after a slender defeat within the Europa League sees them having every part to play for within the return leg with the membership heading on the street to Stuttgart within the meantime.

Leverkusen weren’t on the races once they met with Roma in midweek through the Europa League and a second half objective from the Serie A outfit handed them a deserved lead. Leverkusen will now have to overturn a 1-0 lead within the second leg.

The membership have misplaced two in a row as properly after a superb run of type noticed them leap into the highest six of the German high flight.

Actually, additionally they drew 0-0 with Union Berlin, which now means they have not received a recreation previously three weeks after additionally shedding to Koln 2-1 – Amine Adli scored as soon as extra that day.

Xabi Alonso’s final win was in a 2-0 dwelling victory over RB Leipzig in a recreation that noticed Adam Hlozek rating within the first half earlier than Nadiem Amiri scored from the penalty spot.

They continue to be in sixth, nonetheless, regardless of the poor run of type as soon as once more and they are going to be hopeful of ending in a Europa Convention League spot.

The hole is simply two factors on Wolfsburg in seventh, nonetheless, with a niche of eight factors on Freiburg in fifth.

Actually, if Alonso’s males fail to win right here and if Freiburg win their recreation, it’s going to mathematically finish Leverkusen’s hopes of entering into the Europa League for subsequent season.

Alternatively, there’s nonetheless an opportunity of entering into the Champions League, ought to they win the Europa League.

As for Stuttgart, they’re within the relegation zone as soon as extra after Schalke’s wonderful change in type has thrown the membership into sixteenth as soon as once more.

There’s a hole of two factors to make up on the Fifteenth-placed Schalke and so they solely sit forward of the automated relegation spot in seventeenth by objectives distinction, having let in 15 fewer objectives from Bochum and scored six extra too.

Stuttgart have been, nonetheless, crushed 2-1 by last-placed Hertha Berlin final weekend and so they have been additionally knocked out of the DFB-Pokal semi-finals final Wednesday by Eintracht Frankfurt. The membership’s final win got here three weeks in the past in a 2-1 dwelling victory over Borussia Monchengladbach.

Forebet predicts a win for Leverkusen and over 2.5 objectives within the recreation.