Bundesliga: Top-drawer versus below par, at least based on the points won so far. FC Bayern München - VfB Stuttgart. Home victory or a shock result?
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals (93) in Bundesliga
- VfB Stuttgart have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
FC Bayern München are already the Bundesliga winners and can relax with the season objective secured. If they do relax it might give the away team a slightly better chance in this one. Stuttgart are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
FC Bayern München form and stats
Home games in the Bundesliga have been a walk in the park for FC Bayern München so far, with 40 points won from 16 matches; 13 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. FC Bayern München are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
The club members are hoping that FC Bayern München will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the game against Mainz 05 (placed 9th). Midfield player Kimmich got a match rating of 7.93 in that game, the max score being 10. Kimmich hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 85 successful passes (of 95 total).
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Borussia Dortmund.München are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Allianz Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 46 goals in 16 matches. From these home matches, FC Bayern München have conceded only 13 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
VfB Stuttgart form and stats
VfB Stuttgart have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Bundesliga, after 1-7-8 (16 played).
VfB Stuttgart's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Wolfsburg that finished 1-1. The draw against Wolfsburg came from a losing position. The Stuttgart manager Matarazzo brought on Führich as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Sosa was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.32. Sosa hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 38 successful passes (of 46 total).
A 0-2 defeat away at Hertha BSC before that.Many goals are not expected from the visiting VfB Stuttgart as they have only managed to score 11 times from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, VfB Stuttgart rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the final score when the squads played each other previously this campaign; VfB Stuttgart - München 0-5. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings between these two squads are: nine wins for FC Bayern München, zero draws and one win for VfB Stuttgart. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Lewandowski with 9 goals scored against VfB Stuttgart in these 10 games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 34 goals |  S. Gnabry 13 goals |  L. Sané 7 goals |
FC Bayern München missing players
VfB Stuttgart missing players
| FC Bayern München | VfB Stuttgart | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 24 | 13 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| 93 | 46 | 12 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 37 |
| 33 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 13 | 25 | 56 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 81% | 91% |
| 91% | 88% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 75% | 84% |
| 81% | 81% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 31% | 47% |
| 62% | 56% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 19% | 38% |
| 41% | 31% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 12% | 25% |
| 66% | 56% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 50% | 62% |
| 34% | 44% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 44% | 34% |
| 6.1 | 5.5 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.8 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 3.2 | 2.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| 1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19.8 | 20.1 | 18.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 9.9 | 13 |
| 8 | 8 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.9 | 4.3 |
| 36% | 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 24% | 27% |
| 9.9 | 9.4 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.8 | 16.2 | 14.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
- FC Bayern München have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Bayern München have scored in all their matches so far.
- FC Bayern München have scored more than double the goals of VfB Stuttgart.
- FC Bayern München have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most clean sheets (11) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most points (40) at home in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals (93) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals in the first half (45) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals in the second half (48) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the the best goal difference (+33) at home in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the the best goal difference (+60) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- FC Bayern München haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Bayern München is in the best form (5-0-1) in Bundesliga
- VfB Stuttgart have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- VfB Stuttgart have won significantly less corners away then 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 | FC Bayern München | 32 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 93 | 33 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 20 | 60 | 75 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 32 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 80 | 50 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 30 | 63 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 72 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 28 | 55 |
| 4 | Freiburg | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 56 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 55 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 66 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 33 | 54 |
| 6 | Köln | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 51 | 46 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 26 | 5 | 52 |
| 7 | Union Berlin | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 43 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 51 |
| 8 | Hoffenheim | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 55 | 51 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 4 | 46 |
| 9 | Mainz 05 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 46 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 4 | 42 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | -2 | 40 |
| 11 | Bochum | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 48 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 32 | -14 | 39 |
| 12 | Wolfsburg | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 52 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 33 | -12 | 38 |
| 13 | Borussia M'gladbach | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 58 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 33 | -13 | 38 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -14 | 35 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 67 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 31 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 36 | -32 | 33 |
| 16 | VfB Stuttgart | 32 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 56 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -19 | 29 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 32 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 50 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 28 | -25 | 27 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 32 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 77 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 47 | -51 | 18 |
