This is a vital clash in the lower part of the Bundesliga, with both SpVgg Greuther Fürth and VfB Stuttgart experiencing more stress than happiness. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home side placed 18th and the away team in 16th position.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the fewest scored goals (13) in Bundesliga
- VfB Stuttgart have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Bundesliga this season. SpVgg Greuther Fürth have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer.
Stress levels are on the rise for SpVgg Greuther Fürth's attacking players as they have now played 214 minutes without scoring in a league game. Nielsen was their last goal scorer.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Greuther, who played 0-0 against FC Augsburg. That match was also played at this venue (Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer). Burchert, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.82 out of 10 in that game. Burchert stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that, an away loss at Borussia Dortmund.Greuther aren't scoring a lot here at Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer in the league, with only 7 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded. Greuther has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.
VfB Stuttgart form and stats
VfB Stuttgart have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Bundesliga, after 1-3-4 (8 played).
Forster was the last player to score for the away team. Stuttgart haven't scored a league goal in the last 207 minutes.
Stuttgart lost away at Köln (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfielder Endo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Endo hit one key pass and had 47 successful passes (of 56 total).
Preceding that, the 0-5 home loss versus FC Bayern München.The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 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 13 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the sides played each other previously this season; VfB Stuttgart - SpVgg Greuther Fürth 5-1. Head-to-head data (for the preceeding eight meetings): Greuther won four games, zero matches ended with a tie and VfB Stuttgart have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / sixTop Goalscorers
  B. Hrgota 4 goals |   K. Mavropanos 4 goals |  J. Leweling 3 goals |
SpVgg Greuther Fürth missing players
VfB Stuttgart missing players
| SpVgg Greuther Fürth | VfB Stuttgart | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 49 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 31 |
| 94% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 82% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 82% |
| 71% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 59% |
| 47% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 47% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 24% |
| 59% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 65% |
| 12% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 12% |
| 35% | 38% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.9 | 4.3 |
| 5.5 | 4.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 12 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 9.1 | 11.9 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 24% | 24% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 25% | 32% |
| 15.1 | 13.2 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22 | 19.6 | 16.6 |
| 6.5 | 4.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.5 | 5.7 |
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the fewest points (5) at home in Bundesliga
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the fewest scored goals (13) in Bundesliga
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Bundesliga
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Bundesliga
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most conceded goals (49) in Bundesliga
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Bundesliga
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in Bundesliga
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Bundesliga
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the the worst goal difference (-36) in Bundesliga
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home 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 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 40 | 43 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 34 |
| 3 | SC Freiburg | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 29 |
| 4 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | TSG Hoffenheim | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 28 |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | FC Union Berlin | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 27 |
| 8 | Köln | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 25 |
| 9 | FSV Mainz 05 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 24 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 22 |
| 11 | Hertha BSC | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -15 | 21 |
| 12 | Bochum | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -10 | 20 |
| 13 | Wolfsburg | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 20 |
| 14 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 19 |
| 15 | FC Augsburg | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 18 |
| 16 | VfB Stuttgart | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 17 |
| 17 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 16 |
| 18 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 34 | -36 | 5 |
