VfB Stuttgart have some points to catch up on from their 16th spot, and the job starts versus Borussia Mönchengladbach. Read more!
- VfB Stuttgart have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Bundesliga
- Borussia Mönchengladbach have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
VfB Stuttgart form and stats
VfB Stuttgart, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Bundesliga, have collected 16 points from their Bundesliga home games so far after 4-4-6.
VfB Stuttgart drew their last game, 1-1 away at Augsburg (placed 13th). Midfield player Endo got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Endo scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 54 successful passes (of 67 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Borussia Dortmund that ended 3-3.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 VfB Stuttgart have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 5.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the DFB Pokal game versus Eintracht Frankfurt in only four days. This game is also played here at Mercedes-Benz-Arena.
Stuttgart has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. On the other hand, VfB Stuttgart have conceded 19 goals.
Borussia Mönchengladbach form and stats
There's been little loot from Borussia Mönchengladbach's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 14 away games in the Bundesliga. Borussia Mönchengladbach only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 6 draws. Two points from the last two away games for Borussia Mönchengladbach, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Mönchengladbach failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs FC Union Berlin (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-1. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league matches winning points. Koné got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, top player of the team. Koné dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 80 successful passes (of 85 total).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Eintracht Frankfurt that ended 1-1.We have checked recent matches where Borussia Mönchengladbach have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Borussia Mönchengladbach have the goal stats of 14-28 (for/against) from 14 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Borussia Mönchengladbach - VfB Stuttgart 3-1 was the story when these two squads formerly played each other, also in this season. Stuttgart-Borussia Mönchengladbach H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: VfB Stuttgart four wins, Borussia Mönchengladbach four wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Thuram 13 goals |  J. Hofmann 9 goals |   S. Guirassy 7 goals |
VfB Stuttgart missing players
Borussia Mönchengladbach missing players
| VfB Stuttgart | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 36 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 8 | 14 | 43 |
| 51 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 10 | 28 | 46 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 86% | 79% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 79% | 72% |
| 62% | 50% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 64% | 62% |
| 34% | 21% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 43% | 48% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 21% | 24% |
| 69% | 64% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 64% | 59% |
| 7% | 7% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 24% |
| 28% | 29% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 36% | 31% |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 6.6 | 5.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13.6 | 14.9 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9 | 11.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| 28% | 31% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | 30% |
| 12.2 | 12.6 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.6 | 16.4 | 14.4 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 7.1 | 5.7 |
- Borussia Mönchengladbach have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- VfB Stuttgart have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Bundesliga
- VfB Stuttgart have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Bundesliga
- VfB Stuttgart haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Borussia Dortmund | 29 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 66 | 39 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 60 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 29 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 79 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 46 | 59 |
| 3 | FC Union Berlin | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 44 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 55 |
| 4 | SC Freiburg | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 53 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 53 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 51 |
| 6 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 47 |
| 7 | Mainz 05 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 45 |
| 8 | Wolfsburg | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 51 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 43 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 42 |
| 10 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 46 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 28 | -3 | 36 |
| 11 | FC Köln | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 40 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 32 | -7 | 35 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 47 | 56 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 31 | -9 | 35 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 33 | -16 | 30 |
| 14 | TSG Hoffenheim | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 39 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 24 | -11 | 29 |
| 15 | Bochum | 29 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 32 | 66 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 37 | -34 | 27 |
| 16 | VfB Stuttgart | 29 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 32 | -15 | 25 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 29 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -30 | 24 |
| 18 | Hertha BSC | 29 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 59 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 34 | -24 | 22 |
