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Stuttgart Stuns Leverkusen with Decisive Victory
VfB Stuttgart secured a resounding victory over Bayer Leverkusen in a match played at the BayArena in Leverkusen. The game, corresponding to matchday 16 of the Bundesliga, witnessed remarkable efficiency from Stuttgart in front of goal.
J. Leweling opened the scoring in the 7th minute, assisted by D. Undav. The lead was extended thanks to a penalty converted by M. Mittelstadt in the 29th minute. Leweling scored again just before halftime, once again assisted by Undav. The first half concluded with a fourth goal for Stuttgart, scored by D. Undav after an assist from C. Fuhrich.
Bayer Leverkusen, who dominated possession with 58%, couldn’t translate their dominance into goals. They managed to reduce the deficit in the 66th minute through a penalty converted by A. Grimaldo. Despite their 16 shots, only 4 were on target.
The match was also punctuated by yellow cards. Leweling and Jeltsch were cautioned for Stuttgart, while Flekken, Bade, Grimaldo, and Garcia were booked for Leverkusen. VfB Stuttgart finished with 10 total shots, 7 of which were on target.
The match was played in the city of Leverkusen at the BayArena stadium on January 10, 2026.
Substitutions bayer leverkusen: at minute 46 N. Tella came in and E. Poku went out., at minute 46 J. Belocian came in and L. Bade went out., at minute 66 M. Terrier came in and A. Sarco went out., at minute 66 E. Fernandez came in and J. Hofmann went out., at minute 82 A. Grimaldo came in and Lucas went out.
Substitutions vfb stuttgart: at minute 72 C. Fuhrich came in and F. Jeltsch went out., at minute 79 J. Vagnoman came in and L. Assignon went out., at minute 79 J. Leweling came in and Jeremy Arevalo went out., at minute 89 D. Undav came in and E. Demirovic went out., at minute 89 N. Nartey came in and C. Andres went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Bayer Leverkusen
VfB Stuttgart
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