VfB Stuttgart receive Hamburger SV as obvious favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga Play-offs
Competition: Thu 01.June
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Mercedes-Benz Arena (60449 seats)

A new Bundesliga Play-offs adventure is about to commence and this is the premier real game for VfB Stuttgart and Hamburger SV. Get ready!

Hamburger SV could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a 2. Bundesliga game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Sandhausen, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Hamburger SV.

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VfB Stuttgart form and stats

Disaster struck VfB Stuttgart last season as they could not defend their status as a Bundesliga team. With 15 defeats from 34 games, and only 7 wins, relegation could not be avoided. VfB Stuttgart are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W5 D6 L6.

The manager Hoeneß will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hamburger SV in only four days.

VfB Stuttgart have prepared for this season with four friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these four matches are 2 victories, 0 draws and 2 losses. In these games, Stuttgart have scored {7 goals} and conceded 7 times.

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Hamburger SV form and stats

A job perfectly done for Hamburger SV last season as they secured promotion from 2. Bundesliga. With a grand total of 20 wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 9 were in away matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting VfB Stuttgart in just four days.

Hamburger played five friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 3 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. In these five matches Hamburger SV scored 12 and conceded {9 goals}.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (VfB Stuttgart wins - draws - Hamburger SV wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Hamburger SVR. Glatzel
R. Glatzel
19 goals
StuttgartS. Guirassy
S. Guirassy
11 goals
Hamburger SVL. Reis
L. Reis
9 goals

VfB Stuttgart missing players

Hamburger SV missing players

Total First Half Second Half
VfB Stuttgart Hamburger SV
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
VfB Stuttgart Last season Hamburger SV
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
7 5   Won W   9 20
12 6   Drew D   3 6
15 6   Lost L   5 8
45 23   Scored S   32 70
57 22   Conceded C   25 45
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
88% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 82%
62% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 59%
32% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 41%
18% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   35% 32%
74% 71%   BTTS BTTS   53% 59%
6% 6%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 29%
24% 24%   Failed to Score F T   18% 15%
 
4.6 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.3
4.8 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.9
2.1 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
5 3   Red cards R C   3 6
 
13.8 15.2   Shots (avg) S (   13.8 15
4.5 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5 5.4
30% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 38%
 
11.8 12.1   Shots against (avg) S A   15.4 13.2
4.2 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.6 4.8

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 34 21 8 5 92 38 17 11 5 1 53 17 17 10 3 4 39 21 54 71
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 5 7 83 44 17 14 2 1 55 17 17 8 3 6 28 27 39 71
3 RB Leipzig 34 20 6 8 64 41 17 13 2 2 38 18 17 7 4 6 26 23 23 66
4 Union Berlin 34 18 8 8 51 38 17 11 6 0 30 11 17 7 2 8 21 27 13 62
5 Freiburg 34 17 8 9 51 44 17 10 4 3 28 13 17 7 4 6 23 31 7 59
6 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 8 12 57 49 17 8 3 6 35 23 17 6 5 6 22 26 8 50
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 11 10 58 52 17 9 5 3 35 18 17 4 6 7 23 34 6 50
8 Wolfsburg 34 13 10 11 57 48 17 6 7 4 34 25 17 7 3 7 23 23 9 49
9 Mainz 05 34 12 10 12 54 55 17 6 6 5 31 25 17 6 4 7 23 30 -1 46
10 Borussia M'gladbach 34 11 10 13 52 55 17 10 3 4 33 18 17 1 7 9 19 37 -3 43
11 Köln 34 10 12 12 49 54 17 6 5 6 28 20 17 4 7 6 21 34 -5 42
12 Hoffenheim 34 10 6 18 48 57 17 7 2 8 28 29 17 3 4 10 20 28 -9 36
13 Werder Bremen 34 10 6 18 51 64 17 5 2 10 26 28 17 5 4 8 25 36 -13 36
14 Bochum 34 10 5 19 40 72 17 8 2 7 28 32 17 2 3 12 12 40 -32 35
15 Augsburg 34 9 7 18 42 63 17 6 4 7 16 24 17 3 3 11 26 39 -21 34
16 VfB Stuttgart 34 7 12 15 45 57 17 5 6 6 23 22 17 2 6 9 22 35 -12 33
17 Schalke 04 34 7 10 17 35 71 17 5 5 7 23 36 17 2 5 10 12 35 -36 31
18 Hertha BSC 34 7 8 19 42 69 17 5 6 6 24 27 17 2 2 13 18 42 -27 29
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Heidenheim 34 19 10 5 67 36 17 12 4 1 41 16 17 7 6 4 26 20 31 67
2 Darmstadt 98 34 20 7 7 50 33 17 11 5 1 27 13 17 9 2 6 23 20 17 67
3 Hamburger SV 34 20 6 8 70 45 17 11 3 3 38 20 17 9 3 5 32 25 25 66
4 Fortuna Dusseldorf 34 17 7 10 60 43 17 11 4 2 38 19 17 6 3 8 22 24 17 58
5 St. Pauli 34 16 10 8 55 39 17 9 7 1 24 11 17 7 3 7 31 28 16 58
6 Paderborn 34 16 7 11 68 44 17 12 0 5 46 20 17 4 7 6 22 24 24 55
7 Karlsruher SC 34 13 7 14 56 53 17 9 3 5 32 25 17 4 4 9 24 28 3 46
8 Holstein Kiel 34 12 10 12 58 61 17 6 4 7 29 29 17 6 6 5 29 32 -3 46
9 Kaiserslautern 34 11 12 11 47 48 17 6 6 5 26 26 17 5 6 6 21 22 -1 45
10 Hannover 96 34 12 8 14 50 55 17 8 3 6 27 26 17 4 5 8 23 29 -5 44
11 Magdeburg 34 12 7 15 48 55 17 6 4 7 23 22 17 6 3 8 25 33 -7 43
12 Greuther Furth 34 10 11 13 47 50 17 8 7 2 28 19 17 2 4 11 19 31 -3 41
13 Hansa Rostock 34 12 5 17 32 48 17 6 1 10 18 25 17 6 4 7 14 23 -16 41
14 Nurnberg 34 10 9 15 32 49 17 7 4 6 18 17 17 3 5 9 14 32 -17 39
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 9 9 16 42 59 17 7 3 7 23 22 17 2 6 9 19 37 -17 36
16 Arminia Bielefeld 34 9 7 18 50 62 17 5 4 8 28 29 17 4 3 10 22 33 -12 34
17 Jahn Regensburg 34 8 7 19 34 58 17 4 7 6 17 28 17 4 0 13 17 30 -24 31
18 Sandhausen 34 7 7 20 35 63 17 4 4 9 18 33 17 3 3 11 17 30 -28 28

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