VfB Stuttgart vs Eintracht Frankfurt match preview: Even contest expected at Mercedes-Benz-Arena

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 17.September
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Mercedes-Benz-Arena (60449 seats)

VfB Stuttgart are trying to take no notice of the league table before this fixture vs Eintracht Frankfurt. Here's all you should know pre-match!

Insights:
  • VfB Stuttgart have yet to win a game.
  • Eintracht Frankfurt have not yet lost a game away.

Eintracht Frankfurt could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Champions League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Olympique Marseille. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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VfB Stuttgart form and stats

Three Bundesliga home games done for VfB Stuttgart, who are not happy collecting 2 points from these matches. The last three games played by Stuttgart, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

VfB Stuttgart shared the glory with FC Bayern München in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Mavropanos, defender, was given a rating of 7.51/10 in that game, top of the team. Mavropanos served one assist, hit one key pass and won 8 of 12 duels.

Before that, VfB Stuttgart drew at home versus Schalke 04.

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 9 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 3.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for VfB Stuttgart here at Mercedes-Benz-Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games).

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Eintracht Frankfurt form and stats

Eintracht Frankfurt are still undefeated on their travels in the Bundesliga. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Two travels in a row for Eintracht, whose coach Glasner could celebrate last time after the Champions League win against Olympique Marseille. That loss was their first after four consecutive league games winning points. Ndicka was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.32. The defender Ndicka won 6 of 10 duels.

A 0-1 loss hosting Wolfsburg before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Eintracht Frankfurt in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Eintracht Frankfurt, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Eintracht Frankfurt has scored 5 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Eintracht Frankfurt have pulled off a sequence of 6 consecutive games without losing (3-3-0) when playing VfB Stuttgart.

The matches between these teams have sometimes been hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Eintracht FrankfurtD. Kamada
D. Kamada
3 goals
StuttgartC. Führich
C. Führich
2 goals
Eintracht FrankfurtR. Kolo Muani
R. Kolo Muani
2 goals

VfB Stuttgart missing players

Eintracht Frankfurt missing players

VfB Stuttgart Eintracht Frankfurt
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 3 2 Played P 1 2 6
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
5 2 2 Drew D 1 1 2
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 2
6 2 2 Scored S 1 5 11
7 3 2 Conceded C 1 4 12
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 83%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 33%
67% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
33% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 17%
 
3.7 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6 6
4.7 5.7 8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.5 5.3
3.2 3.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 1.5
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.5 12.7 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12 11.2
4.3 3 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 4 3.8
23% 22% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 62% 48%
 
12.5 14.3 17 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.5 10.5
3.3 4.3 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 4.5
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Eintracht Frankfurt's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Eintracht Frankfurt have not yet lost a game away.
  • Eintracht Frankfurt have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Eintracht Frankfurt haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • VfB Stuttgart have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • VfB Stuttgart have yet to win a 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 Union Berlin 6 4 2 0 13 4 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 2 1 0 7 1 9 14
2 Freiburg 6 4 1 1 10 5 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 0 0 8 2 5 13
3 FC Bayern München 6 3 3 0 19 5 3 1 2 0 5 3 3 2 1 0 14 2 14 12
4 Hoffenheim 6 4 0 2 12 7 3 3 0 0 8 3 3 1 0 2 4 4 5 12
5 Borussia Dortmund 6 4 0 2 8 7 3 2 0 1 4 3 3 2 0 1 4 4 1 12
6 Mainz 05 6 3 1 2 6 9 2 0 1 1 0 3 4 3 0 1 6 6 -3 10
7 Köln 6 2 3 1 10 7 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 1 2 0 7 5 3 9
8 Borussia M'gladbach 6 2 3 1 7 5 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 9
9 Werder Bremen 6 2 2 2 12 11 3 0 1 2 5 7 3 2 1 0 7 4 1 8
10 RB Leipzig 6 2 2 2 9 9 3 2 1 0 7 2 3 0 1 2 2 7 0 8
11 Eintracht Frankfurt 6 2 2 2 11 12 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 1 1 0 5 4 -1 8
12 Schalke 04 6 1 3 2 8 13 3 1 1 1 6 9 3 0 2 1 2 4 -5 6
13 FC Augsburg 6 2 0 4 4 10 3 0 0 3 1 8 3 2 0 1 3 2 -6 6
14 VfB Stuttgart 6 0 5 1 6 7 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 4 4 -1 5
15 Hertha BSC 6 1 2 3 6 8 3 0 2 1 3 4 3 1 0 2 3 4 -2 5
16 Wolfsburg 6 1 2 3 5 10 3 0 2 1 4 6 3 1 0 2 1 4 -5 5
17 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6 1 1 4 8 11 3 0 0 3 3 8 3 1 1 1 5 3 -3 4
18 Bochum 6 0 0 6 4 18 3 0 0 3 1 11 3 0 0 3 3 7 -14 0

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