VFB Stuttgart Season 2022 Match 15

Leverkusen – VfB Stuttgart

Date: 12th November 2022, 2:30 pm

Result: 2 – 0

After a promising win against Hertha BSC last week, Stuttgart lost against Leverkusen on Saturday. I missed the game, but according to the match reports Stuttgart played better, but Leverkusen scored the goals. In the end the goals are all that matters. This was a disastrous loss. It pushed VfB Stuttgart back into the league's cellar, where they'll remain for the next two months. This was the last league match before the winter break and the Football World Cup in Qatar.

1.	Bayern München	34
2.	SC Freiburg	30
3.	RB Leipzig	28
4.	Eintracht Frankfurt	27
5.	Union Berlin	27
6.	Dortmund	26
7.	Wolfsburg	23
8.	Mönchengladbach	22
9.	Werder Bremen	21
10.	Mainz	19
11.	Hoffenheim	18
12.	Leverkusen	18
13.	Köln	17
14.	Augsburg	15
15.	Hertha BSC	14
16.	VfB Stuttgart	14
17.	VfL Bochum	13
18.	Schalke 04	9

Three VfB Stuttgart players have been called up to play for their national teams in the World Cup. Not all teams have been finalised, so it's possible there will be others at the last minute.

Wataru Endo (29), VfB Stuttgart's captain, will play for Japan.

Hiroki Ito (23) will play for Japan.

Borna Sosa (24) will play for Croatia.

So does this mean I'll be cheering for Japan and Croatia in the World Cup? Maybe. If their respective teams have success, it will give them added impetus to play better next year.