This fixture stars two teams residing in the lower section of the Bundesliga, VfB Stuttgart having 13th place and DSC Arminia Bielefeld sitting at 17th. A good chance for one of the teams to improve their situation.
- VfB Stuttgart have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest scored goals (6) in Bundesliga
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
2 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what VfB Stuttgart have to build on here at Mercedes-Benz-Arena in the Bundesliga.
No payout for VfB Stuttgart in their previous match, an away game at Augsburg that ended in defeat 1-4. Fabian Bredlow had a busy but productive day in the Augsburg match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Midfielder Chris Führich was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.83 (out of ten) in that game. Führich scored one goal.
Ahead of that match, Stuttgart lost 0-2 at home to Köln.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 Stuttgart have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost three.
Stuttgart can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 12 times. Stuttgart have conceded 9 from these games.
DSC Arminia Bielefeld form and stats
As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, DSC Arminia Bielefeld, who have the fewest scored goals (6) in Bundesliga, have produced an overall stat of 0-2-2 so far. DSC Arminia Bielefeld are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Freiburg fixture.
Home advantage was not enough for Bielefeld in their previous game, as they lost their Bundesliga-match, hosting FSV Mainz 05, 1-2. Midfielder Edimilson Fernandes was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.63. Fernandes hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
It was a DFB Pokal defeat before that one as the away game against FSV Mainz 05 (after extra-time) wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.DSC Arminia Bielefeld are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, four draws and two defeats. From a total of seven matches.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Bielefeld struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Stuttgart victories, three draws and two DSC Arminia Bielefeld wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Kempf 3 goals |  K. Mavropanos 3 goals |  H. Al Ghaddioui 2 goals |
VfB Stuttgart missing players
DSC Arminia Bielefeld missing players
| VfB Stuttgart | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 70% |
| 60% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 60% | 80% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 30% | 40% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 60% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 4.5 | 5.8 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 5.4 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| 2.6 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 17 | 30 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.2 | 12.3 |
| 5 | 6.8 | 15 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 30% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 23% | 20% |
| 15.9 | 10.6 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 18.5 | 16.3 |
| 5.8 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.2 | 5 |
- All of VfB Stuttgart's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest scored goals (6) in Bundesliga
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Bundesliga
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld have yet to win a game.
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- VfB Stuttgart have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- VfB Stuttgart have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- VfB Stuttgart have scored in all their home matches so far.
- VfB Stuttgart have scored more than double the goals of DSC Arminia Bielefeld.
- VfB Stuttgart have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | Bayern München | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 28 | 25 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | FSV Mainz 05 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | RB Leipzig | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 |
| 9 | TSG Hoffenheim | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Köln | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 12 |
| 13 | VfB Stuttgart | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -10 | 10 |
| 15 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 9 |
| 17 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 5 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 1 |