Wow. Just wow. We're heading to penalties after the most astonishing 90 minutes of football.

Can they lift the roof of the BayArena with what will likely be a last chance?

It's more breath-taking football and Leverkusen find Frimpong at the far post where he prods a potential match-winner just wide!

Despite being a man down Leverkusen are now all over their opponents, can they find a winner?

So there you have it! After a successful penalty shootout, Bayer 04 have added the Supercup to their trophy hauland will begn a new season where they left off the last.

So there you have it! After a successful penalty shootout, Bayer 04 have added the Supercup to their trophy haul and will begin a new season where they left off the last.

Leverkusen string together an absolutely gorgeous passing move that ends up with Wirtz in on goal, he just stumbles at the last hurdle, but what a goal that would have been!

Frimpong shoves Chabot after a coming together and he and the Stuttgart defender both get yellow cards.

Schick appears to win possession from Millot in a dangerous position but it's pulled back for a foul. Wirtz, who collected the ball and was running at goal, is booked as he fumes at the referee.

The free kick comes to nothing, but on comes assist machine Alejandro Grimaldo for the final minutes.

Wirtz looks lively and is taken down by Stenzel who gets booked, can Garcia make some more magic from the set piece?

Stuttgart get checked by VAR for a foul on Jeanuël Belocian from Jeff Chabot but it's dismissed. Victor Boniface is booked on the bench in the aftermath.

Schick is picked out with a brilliant run and pokes the ball into Alexander Nübel at point blank range. The ball ends up with Jeanuël Belocian but he can't get a shot away. Frimpong then collects it and sents an effort over the bar from close range.

Exciting youngster Justin Diehl makes his way on for his first Stuttgart appearance, he's certainly one to keep an eye on.

Stuttgart are in again and just as the ball is pulled back for Undav to shoot, in slides Hincape for an astonishing late block.

Undav finds Ermedin Demirović in the box but Hincape does brilliantly to sniff out a huge chance.

Player of the Season Wirtz comes on. He's joined by stoppage time hero Patrik Schick and flying fullback Jeremie Frimpong.

Aleix García whips in another brilliant corner and Chabot nearly turns it into his own net!

The resulting free kick is sent just wide and out for a corner...

Tapsoba and Demirović, who started the melee, are both given yellows. They're still yelling at each other even as they're cautioned...

There's a stoppage in play as plenty of shoving takes place outside of the Stuttgart box. Referee Tobias Stieler has a lot of work to do here as there are some unhappy players.

Jeff Chabot winds up and unleashes a hammer from range, it's straight at Lukáš Hrádecký but he still parries it thanks to the power behind the shot.

Sebastian Hoeneß shakes things up for the final half hour. Bayern loanee Frans Krätzig comes on, as does the returning Deniz Undav and also Silas Katompa Mvumpa. Off go Stiller, Leweling and Maximilian Mittelstädt.

Millot and Piero Hincapie tangle and Xhaka grabs the ball and gets a yellow card for his involvement.

Could we see the Bundesliga's Player of the Season before the end of the match?

Xhaka flicks the ball over to Tella who runs through and squares it to Amine Adli. The pass is deflected, but Adli still gathers the ball and turns and shoots just wide.

Leverkusen get the first chance for an attack from a dead ball but it comes to nothing as Jonathan Tah is penalised for an elbow on Jeff Chabot.

Hopefully the second half is as good as the first...

Robert Andrich curls one from range and Alexander Nübel gets down but almost spills it, Leverkusen have still got plenty of fight in them.

Pascal Stenzel, who is having an unbelievable game, hits the post with a wonderful curling effort from range, Leverkusen need half time.

Chris Führich fires in a shot and Lukáš Hrádecký parries it into Millot's path, the Frenchman gets enough on it to shoot the ball off the bar and onto the goal line, that literally couldn't have been any closer.

Xabi Alonso has responded to the red card by bringing centre back Jonathan Tah on for striker Victor Boniface.

Summer signing Jeff Chabot is dominating things in the air for Stuttgart, getting his head on everything Leverkusen put in the box.

Stuttgart fail with a corner and Nathan Tella carries it from one box almost to the other, his final ball is cut out by a hardworking Chris Führich who tracks him all the way to the goal line.

Another rapid passing move sees Demirović found in the left channel and he picks out Pascal Stenzel who is only stopped by some great last-ditch defending

Stuttgart don't look intimidated by the double winners, they stage another impressive attack that ends with a corner as Nathan Tella blocks Enzo Millot's cross.

Demirović collects a ball over the top and gets in an almighty battle with Piero Hincapie, one he wins before sending a shot off the post, what an effort from Stuttgart's new striker.

The home side enjoy a decent spell of possession in the final third but just can't find the pass to get a decent shot away.

Pascal Stenzel sends in a perfect free-kick and Demirović gets on the end of it, his powerful header is over the bar when it should have been on target.

Victor Boniface springs Martin Terrier free again but he's tackled well in a dangerous position before Maximilian Mittelstädt sniffs out the attack with a nice challenge.

New signing Ermedin Demirović is already linking up well up front with his new teammates.

Martin Terrier picks out Victor Boniface with room to run at Alexander Nübel but he opts to square it to Amine Adli. The pass is overhit, lucky for Stuttgart.

This time Stiller tricks the Leverkusen defence with a clever long ball, but Hrádecký helps them get out alive.

Martin Terrier beats Lukáš Hrádecký to a ball forward and then sets up Amine Adli for a shot just over the bar. The offside flag eventually goes up, but that likely would have gone to VAR as it was so marginal.

Stuttgart kick us off and what a noise at the BayArena!

Leverkusen's captain wins the toss against Stuttgart's new captain Atakan Karazor and choses to shoot towards the home end in the second half.

We're just minutes away from kick off at the BayArena.

Hrádecký - Tapsoba, Andrich, Hincapie - Tella, Aleix Garcia, Xhaka, Belocian - Adli, Boniface, Terrier

Kovář, Arthur, Frimpong, Grimaldo, Kossounou, Tah, Hofmann, Wirtz, Schick

Nübel - Stenzel, Rouault, Chabot, Mittelstädt - Karazor, Stiller, Leweling, Führich, Millot - Demirović

Bredlow, Hendriks, Krätzig, Keitel, Rieder, Silas, Diehl, Undav, Woltemade

Ahead of today's game, Leverkusen have announced the departure of Adam Hlozek, with the Czech midfielder joining Hoffenheim.

Leverkusen's Hofmann insists there will be no complacency at his club this season. "You can see it in training," he said. "If you have an eye for it, if you watch individual players, how they implement what the coach wants, how they do their thing in individual situations, then you realise: Nobody here will do even one percent less than last season."

Ahead of the final, Leverkusen's star man Florian Wirtz spoke about the difficulty of the task that his side will face on Saturday, telling bundesliga.com: "We played them three times last season, twice in the Bundesliga and once in the cup. Every time it was a really good football game, quite evenly balanced and it wasn't easy to win.”

Midfielder Atakan Karazor has been named as the new club captain, following the departure of Waldemar Anton to Borussia Dortmund earlier this summer. The 27-year-old midfielder has made 141 appearances for the club since joining from Holstein Kiel in 2019, and will now wear the armband in Saturday's final.

Deniz Undav's permanent signing will provide a boost for Stuttgart going into the Supercup final, as the Germany international scored 18 Bundesliga goals for the side last season.

This is the first time since 2011, that Bayern Munich are not competing in the Supercup. The Bavarians lost to RB Leipzig in last year's showcase match and this year brings another new winner between Leverkusen and Stuttgart.

Welcome along and thanks for joining us for build-up and live coverage of the 2024 Supercup between double winners Bayer Leverkusen and Bundesliga runners-up VfB Stuttgart.