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The red hot Bayer Leverkusen opens this round of Bundesliga football by taking on a hopeless VFB Stuttgart side at BayArena.
Leverkusen has a huge game coming up against Atletico Madrid, but from Friday until Tuesday there`s plenty of time to recover and Roger Schmidt will treat this match against Stuttgart with maximum focus, obviously fielding the best available lineup – not surprisingly considering how tight the race for a Top 4 finish is. Leverkusen is in excellent form right now, winning 4 games on the spin without conceding a single goal (one was in extra time in the Cup), including a 3-0 win over Paderborn on the road last weekend – even though Paderborn held to a 0-0 result until the 70th minute.
Stuttgart could not be in a worse situation right now. On the last place in Bundesliga, Stuttgart had a massive game last round at home, pretty much an all or nothing match against Hertha – all they managed was a 0-0 draw, making it the 8th game in a row without a win. They did not play a bad game, but it was not enough and they could have even lost it in the end.
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Team news & lineups:
Leverkusen will not have Kruse, Spahic and Jedvaj available today. Stuttgart will have to do without Harnik, Leitner, Didavi and Rudiger.
Leverkusen: Leno – Hilbert, Toprak, Papadopoulos, Wendell – Castro, Bender – Bellarabi, Calhanoglu, Son, Kiessling
Stuttgart: Ulreich – Klein, Schwaab, Niedermeier, Hlousek – Gentner, Die – Werner, Maxim, Kostic – Ginczek
Stuttgart plays better away from home because they are totally unable to control a game, but can sometimes hit on the break. Even so, Leverkusen should really have a field day. Stuttgart is in total disarray, the players have no confidence, the manager seems lost and the fans are going mental. Look for Bayer to continue the solid run of results and performances and get not only a huge win in the race for Top 4, but also a morale boosting one ahead of the trip to Madrid.
My tip is Leverkusen to win with a 1 goal asian handicap. Prediction: Bayer Leverkusen – VFB Stuttgart 3-0.
Pick: Leverkusen (-1 Asian Handicap)
Odds: 1.83 @ Sbobet
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 6.64
Event date: 13 March
