Possible nail-biting contest in Stuttgart - Arminia Bielefeld game

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 22.May
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Mercedes-Benz-Arena (60449 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Stuttgart are in the 9th position while the guesting Arminia Bielefeld worry at 15th.

Insights:
  • Stuttgart haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest scored goals (24) in Bundesliga

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Stuttgart can neither be promoted or relegated from Bundesliga. Arminia Bielefeld are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Stuttgart form and stats

Overall Bundesliga stats at home this season for Stuttgart are 5-6-5 (wins-draw-losses).

Stuttgart are returning here after visiting Borussia M'gladbach in a Bundesliga game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Wataru Endo and Saša Kalajdžić scored the goal(s). Nobody expected Stuttgart to beat Borussia M'gladbach in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. The attacker Saša Kalajdžić was "man of the match" for Stuttgart with a rating of 7.6/10. Kalajdžić scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).

Before that, Stuttgart had a home game versus Augsburg which ended with a victory 2-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Stuttgart have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost zero.

The Stuttgart fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 16 league matches. Stuttgart have conceded 24 from these games.

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Arminia Bielefeld form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Arminia Bielefeld, who have the fewest scored goals (24) in Bundesliga, so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-8 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Bielefeld's previous match, a Bundesliga home game that ended 1-1 vs Hoffenheim (placed 11th). The attacker Andreas Voglsammer got a match rating of 7.43 in that game. Voglsammer scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Before that, Bielefeld travelled to Hertha BSC and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bielefeld playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three Arminia Bielefeld wins, three draws and one defeat.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Arminia Bielefeld 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 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Bielefeld have conceded 29 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Arminia Bielefeld - Stuttgart 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Stuttgart five wins, four draws and Arminia Bielefeld one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

StuttgartS. Kalajdzic
S. Kalajdzic
16 goals
StuttgartS. Wamangituka
S. Wamangituka
11 goals
StuttgartN. González
N. González
6 goals

Stuttgart missing players

Arminia Bielefeld missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stuttgart Arminia Bielefeld
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
12 5 3 Won W 0 2 8
9 6 2 Drew D 2 6 8
12 5 0 Lost L 3 8 17
56 27 10 Scored S 0 11 24
53 24 3 Conceded C 12 29 52
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 81% 88%
88% 88% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 69% 61%
61% 56% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 42%
42% 50% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 25% 18%
24% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 19% 15%
70% 75% 60% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 36%
15% 19% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 25% 30%
15% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 45%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.8 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.7 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.5 13.8 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.7 9.2
4.7 4.2 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.7 2.8
36% 40% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 26%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Arminia Bielefeld have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Arminia Bielefeld have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Bundesliga
  • Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest matches over the total-line (12) in Bundesliga
  • Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Bundesliga
  • Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest scored goals (24) in Bundesliga
  • Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Bundesliga
  • Stuttgart have scored more than double the goals of Arminia Bielefeld.
  • Stuttgart haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 33 23 6 4 94 42 16 12 4 0 59 19 17 11 2 4 35 23 52 75
2 RB Leipzig 33 19 8 6 59 30 17 11 4 2 29 13 16 8 4 4 30 17 29 65
3 Borussia Dortmund 33 19 4 10 72 45 16 10 2 4 37 19 17 9 2 6 35 26 27 61
4 Wolfsburg 33 17 10 6 59 34 16 10 4 2 30 13 17 7 6 4 29 21 25 61
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 33 15 12 6 66 52 16 9 7 0 34 19 17 6 5 6 32 33 14 57
6 Bayer Leverkusen 33 14 10 9 52 36 17 8 5 4 34 22 16 6 5 5 18 14 16 52
7 Union Berlin 33 11 14 8 48 42 16 7 8 1 30 17 17 4 6 7 18 25 6 47
8 Borussia M'gladbach 33 12 10 11 60 54 17 8 4 5 32 19 16 4 6 6 28 35 6 46
9 Stuttgart 33 12 9 12 56 53 16 5 6 5 27 24 17 7 3 7 29 29 3 45
10 Freiburg 33 12 9 12 51 49 17 7 6 4 33 23 16 5 3 8 18 26 2 45
11 Hoffenheim 33 10 10 13 50 53 16 7 3 6 30 23 17 3 7 7 20 30 -3 40
12 Augsburg 33 10 6 17 34 49 17 6 4 7 21 25 16 4 2 10 13 24 -15 36
13 Mainz 05 33 9 9 15 36 54 17 4 4 9 16 26 16 5 5 6 20 28 -18 36
14 Hertha BSC 33 8 11 14 40 50 17 5 5 7 21 26 16 3 6 7 19 24 -10 35
15 Arminia Bielefeld 33 8 8 17 24 52 17 6 2 9 13 23 16 2 6 8 11 29 -28 32
16 Werder Bremen 33 7 10 16 34 53 16 3 5 8 14 24 17 4 5 8 20 29 -19 31
17 Köln 33 7 9 17 33 60 16 2 5 9 19 31 17 5 4 8 14 29 -27 30
18 Schalke 04 33 3 7 23 25 85 17 3 3 11 14 34 16 0 4 12 11 51 -60 16

Bundesliga:
Germany:
Table
  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 33 23 6 4 94 42 16 12 4 0 59 19 17 11 2 4 35 23 52 75
2 RB Leipzig 33 19 8 6 59 30 17 11 4 2 29 13 16 8 4 4 30 17 29 65
3 Borussia Dortmund 33 19 4 10 72 45 16 10 2 4 37 19 17 9 2 6 35 26 27 61
4 Wolfsburg 33 17 10 6 59 34 16 10 4 2 30 13 17 7 6 4 29 21 25 61
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 33 15 12 6 66 52 16 9 7 0 34 19 17 6 5 6 32 33 14 57
6 Bayer Leverkusen 33 14 10 9 52 36 17 8 5 4 34 22 16 6 5 5 18 14 16 52
7 Union Berlin 33 11 14 8 48 42 16 7 8 1 30 17 17 4 6 7 18 25 6 47
8 Borussia M'gladbach 33 12 10 11 60 54 17 8 4 5 32 19 16 4 6 6 28 35 6 46
9 Stuttgart 33 12 9 12 56 53 16 5 6 5 27 24 17 7 3 7 29 29 3 45
10 Freiburg 33 12 9 12 51 49 17 7 6 4 33 23 16 5 3 8 18 26 2 45
11 Hoffenheim 33 10 10 13 50 53 16 7 3 6 30 23 17 3 7 7 20 30 -3 40
12 Augsburg 33 10 6 17 34 49 17 6 4 7 21 25 16 4 2 10 13 24 -15 36
13 Mainz 05 33 9 9 15 36 54 17 4 4 9 16 26 16 5 5 6 20 28 -18 36
14 Hertha BSC 33 8 11 14 40 50 17 5 5 7 21 26 16 3 6 7 19 24 -10 35
15 Arminia Bielefeld 33 8 8 17 24 52 17 6 2 9 13 23 16 2 6 8 11 29 -28 32
16 Werder Bremen 33 7 10 16 34 53 16 3 5 8 14 24 17 4 5 8 20 29 -19 31
17 Köln 33 7 9 17 33 60 16 2 5 9 19 31 17 5 4 8 14 29 -27 30
18 Schalke 04 33 3 7 23 25 85 17 3 3 11 14 34 16 0 4 12 11 51 -60 16

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