Sandhausen will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Stuttgart.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Sandhausen form and stats
When playing at home in the 2. Bundesliga, Sandhausen have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 7 games.
Sandhausen manager U. Koschinat and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Arminia Bielefeld (placed 2nd) in the 2. Bundesliga. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Greuther Fürth in a game that was won 3-2.
The Sandhausen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. On the other hand, Sandhausen have conceded 8 goals.
Stuttgart form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Stuttgart have lost on their last two travels.
Stuttgart are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the 2. Bundesliga against Karlsruher SC (placed 9th). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Osnabrück's place.
Stuttgart find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Stuttgart have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Sandhausen 0 wins, 1 draw and Stuttgart 2 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Behrens 7 goals |   H. Al Ghaddioui 5 goals |  A. Bouhaddouz 4 goals |
Sandhausen missing players
Stuttgart missing players
| Sandhausen | Stuttgart | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 64% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 71% |
| 21% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 64% |
| 21% | 43% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 29% |
| 14% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 14% |
| 50% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 57% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 21% |
| 6 | 6 | 13 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 9.5 | 7.3 | 6.2 |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 245 | 122 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 47 | 107 | 258 |
| 67 | 37 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 39 | 82 |
| 22% | 27% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 21% | 28% |
- Sandhausen has the fewest scored goals (15)
- Sandhausen has the most matches under the total-line (11)
- Sandhausen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stuttgart have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 29 |
| 2 | Arminia Bielefeld | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 29 |
| 3 | Stuttgart | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
| 4 | Erzgebirge Aue | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | Holstein Kiel | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Heidenheim | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Jahn Regensburg | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Osnabrück | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | Greuther Fürth | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Sandhausen | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 18 |
| 13 | Bochum | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
| 15 | St. Pauli | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | Nurnberg | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -13 | 13 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -12 | 12 |
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