VfB Stuttgart faces Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday - a duel of the 'machines' for fourth place in the Bundesliga. VfB Stuttgart, TSG Hoffenheim, and Bayer Leverkusen are in a head-to-head race for a secure entry into the Champions League. Each of the competitors has 58 points. VfB Stuttgart has the most wins in duels with 53.2 percent, followed by Leverkusen with 52.7 percent in second place. In the first leg, VfB Stuttgart not only won the most duels but also gave the Werkself a clear defeat: 4-0 at halftime and 4-1 after 90 minutes against the supposed favorite. While VfB Stuttgart has not won any of its last three games, Leverkusen has turned things around. Bayer made up a seven-point deficit in the last five matchdays. Most recently, Bayer set an exclamation mark behind its own Champions League ambitions with a 4-1 win against RB Leipzig. Stuttgart, on the other hand, only managed two points against Werder Bremen and TSG Hoffenheim after the 2-4 defeat against FC Bayern. VfB Stuttgart and Leverkusen have the same record shortly before the end of the season: 17 wins, seven draws, and eight defeats each. Only the better goal difference currently speaks in favor of Leverkusen. With a draw, it would remain the same. The possible beneficiary would then be sixth-placed Hoffenheim. TSG goes into the last two games against Werder Bremen and Borussia Mönchengladbach as the favorite. Assuming the Kraichgauer gets the maximum yield, it applies to both VfB Stuttgart and Leverkusen: only with two wins does the path lead directly to the Champions League. Offense should therefore be the trump card on Saturday. Markus Babbel played for VfB Stuttgart and coached TSG Hoffenheim. In SWR Sport, the former national defender analyzes the situation at his two former clubs in the final spurt of the season. Deniz Undav and Patrick Schick are in a goal-scoring duel. So far, Deniz Undav is ahead of the Leverkusen player Patrik Schick. The Stuttgarter is in second place in the goal-scoring list with 18 goals, behind the runaway Bayern striker Harry Kane. Schick follows with 16 goals but has recently scored three times against Leipzig and is on Undav's heels. The Stuttgarter, on the other hand, has not scored in the last four games and is not only interested in ending this dry spell because of the battle for the Champions League places: with every goal, Undav probably increases his chances of taking another step forward from his intended reserve role at the World Cup, as envisioned by national coach Julian Nagelsmann. Against TSG Hoffenheim, Ermedin Demirović and his teammates scored important goals. VfB Stuttgart wants to score points against Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday and secure entry into the Champions League. The Stuttgarter are ready for the duel of the 'machines'.