Bayer Leverkusen 2-4 VfB Stuttgart: Match Recap and Result

Match: 31 October 2026, 14:30 UTC · Published: 31 October 2026 · 368 words

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Bayer Leverkusen were beaten 2-4 by VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga, as the visitors seized the match with two first-half goals and then added two more after the restart to run out clear winners on the scoreboard. The hosts answered twice, including a late strike from Ibrahim Maza, but never recovered once they fell behind inside the opening quarter of an hour.

Match Summary

Stuttgart set the tone. Ermedin Demirovic had the away side in front after 14 minutes, and Jamie Leweling made it two before the game was 25 minutes old. Bayer Leverkusen found a reply later in the first half, though the scorer was not listed in match data. Ezequiel Fernandez was shown a yellow in that opening spell as well. From there the home side had to play catch-up for the rest of the half.

After the interval the visitors pulled away again. They scored shortly after the restart, then once more after the hour. The scorer was not listed in match data for either of those goals. Ibrahim Maza, booked early in the second half, pulled one back in the 79th minute. Stuttgart still closed out the 2-4 win.

Key Moments

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The early two-goal burst put Bayer Leverkusen on the back foot and forced them to chase for most of the afternoon. Getting a goal back before half-time kept the contest within reach, which is why Stuttgart's next strike after the break mattered so much. It restored the cushion and ended any sense that the home reply had shifted the match.

Bookings piled up, including several around the 40th minute, but neither side lost a player to a red card. Maza's late goal changed the scoreline, not the outcome. By then Stuttgart had already done the damage.

Match Statistics

On the ball Bayer Leverkusen were the more prolific side, with 24 shots to 15 and eight on target against seven. They also earned 12 corners to Stuttgart's three. The expected-goals numbers ran the other way, 1.98 for the hosts and 2.81 for the visitors, closer to how the afternoon finished. That extra expected-goals edge lined up with a more efficient afternoon in front of goal, while Leverkusen's eight shots on target yielded only two. Yellow cards were even at four apiece, with no reds.