Bayer seek to continue top-four push against Stuttgart
Leverkusen - Bayer 04 Leverkusen will be looking to steal a march on their UEFA Champions League-chasing rivals when they host bottom-of-the table VfB Stuttgart in 's opener on Friday night (kick-off 20:30 CET / 19:30 GMT).
bundesliga.com has the lowdown on two teams searching for a win at the BayArena for very different reasons...
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Possible line-ups:
Leverkusen: Leno - Hilbert, Toprak, Papadopoulos, Wendell - Bender, Castro - Bellarabi, Calhanoglu, Son - Kießling
Stuttgart: Ulreich - Klein, Schwaab, Niedermeier, Hlousek - Serey Die, Gentner - Kostic, Maxim, Werner - Ginczek