This has been a hot and cold start to the season for Bayer Leverkusen and they head into this game on the back of a 3-0 loss to RB Leipzig. The international break should have given them time to work on getting back to winning ways as they come into this game on the back of a single win in their last six league games.
They have enjoyed some success in the German Cup and the Europa League. They were also without Bellarabi in their last game, and his return for this clash make them a more potent attacking team, it could also get them all three points in this game.
Stuttgart are looking like the first team that would be relegated from the German top flight this season. They may have beaten Nurnberg 2-0 before the international break, they are still rooted at the bottom of the Bundesliga table after just a win in 11 matches.
The away side made a managerial switch in the October international break but things have remained largely the same as they look to be heading back to 2. Bundesliga.
Bayer Leverkusen lost 1-0 at home to Stuttgart when the two sides last met in April. Stuttgart have won just one of the last 14 meetings between them (W1 D3 L10).
