SC Freiburg favourites for feisty fight facing VfB Stuttgart

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Europa Park Stadium (34700 seats)

SC Freiburg should be probable winners of this home game versus VfB Stuttgart, if the league positions are anything to judge by. Or could we be looking at a possible?

Insights:
  • SC Freiburg have the most clean sheets (8) in Bundesliga
  • VfB Stuttgart have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Bundesliga

The hosts SC Freiburg saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the DFB Pokal. That game was an away game at Sandhausen, so at least SC Freiburg are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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SC Freiburg form and stats

20 points is a decent return from 9 Bundesliga games here at Europa Park Stadium for SC Freiburg. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

SC Freiburg are returning here after visiting Sandhausen in a DFB Pokal game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Midfield player Grifo got a match rating of 8.03 in that game, the max score being 10. Grifo hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.

Heartbreak before that as Freiburg lost 1-5 at Borussia Dortmund's place.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how SC Freiburg have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.

The SC Freiburg fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Freiburg are not conceding a lot of goals here at Europa Park Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.

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VfB Stuttgart form and stats

There's been little loot from VfB Stuttgart's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 9 away games in the Bundesliga. VfB Stuttgart only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.

Home advantage was not enough for VfB Stuttgart in their previous game as they lost hosting Werder Bremen, 0-2. Haraguchi got a match rating of 7.32 in that game, top player of the team. Haraguchi hit two key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 47 total).

Earlier, the DFB Pokal victory away at Paderborn. We have checked recent matches where Stuttgart have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 1 victory, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

VfB Stuttgart are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Stuttgart have conceded 21 goals in these games. VfB Stuttgart has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

SC Freiburg have been victorious in every one of the 4 latest matches against this side. Will the streak continue?

The most recent registered result involving both these squads is the VfB Stuttgart - SC Freiburg 0-1 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

FreiburgV. Grifo
V. Grifo
9 goals
SC FreiburgM. Gregoritsch
M. Gregoritsch
7 goals
VfB StuttgartS. Guirassy
S. Guirassy
6 goals

SC Freiburg missing players

VfB Stuttgart missing players

SC Freiburg VfB Stuttgart
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 3 9 19
10 6 2 Won W 0 0 3
4 2 0 Drew D 1 4 7
5 1 0 Lost L 2 5 9
30 16 4 Scored S 3 10 22
30 7 1 Conceded C 9 21 34
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
79% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 84%
58% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 58%
53% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 67% 42%
26% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 16%
47% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 68%
42% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 5%
21% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 32%
 
4.3 4.8 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 4.1 4.6
4.6 3.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.9 4.7
1.8 1.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.3 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
13.2 15.8 18 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 11.7 13.8
5.2 6.8 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.2 4.3
30% 26% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 26% 27%
 
13.1 11 15 Shots against (avg) S A 16 13.1 12.8
4.3 3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.7 4.3
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • SC Freiburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • SC Freiburg have the most clean sheets (8) in Bundesliga
  • VfB Stuttgart have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • VfB Stuttgart have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • VfB Stuttgart have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Bundesliga
  • VfB Stuttgart have yet to win a game 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 Bayern München 19 11 7 1 56 18 9 5 4 0 28 8 10 6 3 1 28 10 38 40
2 Union Berlin 19 12 3 4 33 23 9 7 2 0 19 8 10 5 1 4 14 15 10 39
3 Borussia Dortmund 19 12 1 6 38 26 9 7 1 1 24 9 10 5 0 5 14 17 12 37
4 RB Leipzig 19 10 6 3 39 24 9 7 2 0 22 7 10 3 4 3 17 17 15 36
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 19 10 5 4 40 26 10 6 1 3 24 13 9 4 4 1 16 13 14 35
6 SC Freiburg 19 10 4 5 30 30 9 6 2 1 16 7 10 4 2 4 14 23 0 34
7 Wolfsburg 19 8 5 6 38 26 9 4 3 2 23 14 10 4 2 4 15 12 12 29
8 Werder Bremen 19 8 3 8 31 37 10 4 1 5 17 16 9 4 2 3 14 21 -6 27
9 Borussia M'gladbach 19 7 5 7 34 29 10 6 1 3 22 13 9 1 4 4 12 16 5 26
10 Bayer Leverkusen 19 7 3 9 30 31 10 4 2 4 19 13 9 3 1 5 11 18 -1 24
11 Köln 19 5 8 6 29 31 9 4 3 2 18 10 10 1 5 4 11 21 -2 23
12 Mainz 05 19 6 5 8 27 31 9 2 4 3 14 13 10 4 1 5 13 18 -4 23
13 Augsburg 19 6 3 10 24 33 10 3 2 5 9 15 9 3 1 5 15 18 -9 21
14 Hoffenheim 19 5 4 10 28 36 10 3 2 5 14 18 9 2 2 5 14 18 -8 19
15 Bochum 19 6 1 12 24 46 9 5 1 3 17 17 10 1 0 9 7 29 -22 19
16 VfB Stuttgart 19 3 7 9 22 34 10 3 3 4 12 13 9 0 4 5 10 21 -12 16
17 Hertha BSC 19 3 5 11 20 35 10 2 4 4 12 18 9 1 1 7 8 17 -15 14
18 Schalke 04 19 2 5 12 14 41 10 2 2 6 10 25 9 0 3 6 4 16 -27 11

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