The league table in 2. Bundesliga tells a story about these teams so far, with Stuttgart leading Osnabrück by 17 points. Match preview to follow:
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Stuttgart are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Osnabrück are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Stuttgart form and stats
34 points is a decent return from 14 2. Bundesliga games here at Mercedes-Benz-Arena for Stuttgart. The data says 11 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Stuttgart are returning here after visiting Dynamo Dresden in a 2. Bundesliga game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Darko Churlinov and Hamadi Al Ghaddioui scored the goal(s). Before that, Stuttgart had a home game versus Hamburger SV which ended with a victory 3-2.
Goals decide football matches and Stuttgart are scoring many of them at home; 30 on target from 14 league matches. Stuttgart have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Osnabrück form and stats
Playing away, Osnabrück have won 3 games, drawn 6 and suffered 5 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
Osnabrück played 2-2 against Jahn Regensburg in their previous match. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Greuther Fürth.
An inspired comeback made the scores level in Osnabrück's duel with Jahn Regensburg. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Marcos Álvarez found the equalizer. Bringing on Marcos Álvarez was absolutely vital to the comeback against Jahn Regensburg as the player changed the game with two goals and ensuring the draw 2-2.
The visiting Osnabrück have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 14 games. 20 goals have been conceded by Osnabrück in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Osnabrück - Stuttgart 1-0 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  M. Álvarez 13 goals |   N. González 9 goals | H. Al Ghaddioui 7 goals |
Stuttgart missing players
Osnabrück missing players
| Stuttgart | Osnabrück | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 15 | 11 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 49 | 30 | 12 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 39 |
| 35 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 42 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 93% | 90% |
| 83% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | 69% |
| 59% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | 48% |
| 28% | 21% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 38% |
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 59% | 57% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 57% | 52% |
| 31% | 36% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 21% | 31% |
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 29% | 28% |
| 6 | 5.1 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| 4 | 4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 505 | 235 | 95 | Total Shots | T S | 45 | 184 | 377 |
| 172 | 77 | 26 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 60 | 124 |
| 28% | 39% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 28% | 31% |
- Stuttgart has the most points (34) at home
- Stuttgart has the most scored goals in the second half (35)
- Stuttgart have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stuttgart have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Stuttgart haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 53 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 27 | 56 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 35 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 51 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 49 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 48 |
| 5 | Darmstadt 98 | 29 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 39 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 43 |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 39 |
| 7 | Greuther Fürth | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 38 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 45 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 25 | -1 | 38 |
| 9 | Erzgebirge Aue | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 42 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 27 | -3 | 38 |
| 10 | Bochum | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 45 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 36 |
| 11 | Sandhausen | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 36 |
| 12 | Jahn Regensburg | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 27 | -6 | 36 |
| 13 | St. Pauli | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -2 | 35 |
| 14 | Osnabrück | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 34 |
| 15 | Nürnberg | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 25 | -12 | 32 |
| 16 | Karlsruher SC | 29 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | -11 | 30 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 23 | -14 | 28 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | -21 | 24 |
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