Bayer Leverkusen host Stuttgart in Matchday 8 of the Bundesliga

Bayer Leverkusen host VfB Stuttgart on 31 October 2026 at 17:30 Saudi time (Damascus), in Matchday 8 of the Bundesliga for the 2026/27 season, with the match broadcast on Shahid and MBC Action.

Bayer Leverkusen sit fourth with 13 points from 7 matches, having won 4, drawn 1 and lost 2, scoring 16 goals and conceding 12. In contrast, VfB Stuttgart are fifteenth with 6 points from 7 matches, after winning 2 and losing 5, scoring 10 goals and conceding 13.

Bayer Leverkusen go into the match following a mixed run of results, having beaten Nurnberg 5-2 at home on 28 October 2026, before losing 0-3 away to Hoffenheim on 25 October 2026. Before that they beat VfL Wolfsburg 2-0 away, beat Freiburg 2-1 at home, and recorded a big 4-0 away win over Lech Poznan.

Stuttgart, meanwhile, secured a hard-fought 1-0 away win over Paderborn on 28 October 2026, after losing 2-3 at home to Borussia Monchengladbach on 23 October 2026. They also drew 1-1 at home with Atletico Madrid, lost 0-1 away to Hamburg, and won 3-0 away against Slovan Bratislava.

In terms of head-to-head meetings, Stuttgart won the last encounter between the two sides 3-1 at home on 9 May 2026, while Stuttgart also won away 4-1 against Bayer Leverkusen on 10 January 2026. In an earlier meeting on 16 March 2025, Bayer Leverkusen won 4-3 away at Stuttgart, while the two previous meetings on 1 November 2024 and 17 August 2024 ended in draws of 0-0 and 2-2 respectively at Bayer Leverkusen's stadium.