Bundesliga preview: Can VfB Stuttgart edge out victory against FC Augsburg?

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 29.October
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Mercedes-Benz-Arena (60449 seats)

VfB Stuttgart are willing to take no notice of the league table before this game versus FC Augsburg. Here's everything you need to know before the game!

Insights:
  • VfB Stuttgart have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • FC Augsburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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VfB Stuttgart form and stats

VfB Stuttgart's struggle is real here at Mercedes-Benz-Arena with only 5 points collected from 6 Bundesliga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3.

VfB Stuttgart faced defeat in their previous match, away at Borussia Dortmund (0-5). As you see from the result above, Stuttgart suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfielder Sosa was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.14 (out of ten) in that game. Sosa hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

A victory at home ahead of that match, as anticipated. The team were huge favourites against Arminia Bielefeld and won 6-0. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does VfB Stuttgart handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

The VfB Stuttgart fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. VfB Stuttgart's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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FC Augsburg form and stats

3-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for FC Augsburg in their Bundesliga matches away.

There were no winners in Augsburg's previous match, the home game that ended 3-3 vs RB Leipzig (placed 8th). It looked so good for FC Augsburg vs RB Leipzig, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 3-0 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw. The attacker Berisha got a match rating of 8.64 in that game. Berisha scored one goal, signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.

The match before that was the DFB Pokal-duel against Bayern München, a home defeat (2-5). We have checked recent matches where FC Augsburg have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Augsburg are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. As opposed to that, FC Augsburg have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Stuttgart wins - draws - FC Augsburg wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC AugsburgE. Demirović
E. Demirović
5 goals
VfB StuttgartSilas
Silas
3 goals
VfB StuttgartW. Endo
W. Endo
2 goals

VfB Stuttgart missing players

FC Augsburg missing players

VfB Stuttgart FC Augsburg
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 2 5 11
1 1 0 Won W 2 3 4
5 2 1 Drew D 0 0 2
5 3 0 Lost L 0 2 5
13 7 1 Scored S 5 8 14
20 8 1 Conceded C 3 7 19
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 73%
55% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 55%
55% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 36%
27% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 40% 27%
64% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 55%
9% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 18%
36% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 27%
 
3.7 3.5 1 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.6 4.7
5.2 4.8 9 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 5.4 5.3
2.6 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 6 4.4 3.7
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
12.8 13 6 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.8 10.5
4.3 3.3 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.6 3.8
28% 35% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 35% 33%
 
13.2 12.8 20 Shots against (avg) S A 19.5 18.2 17.6
4.5 4.3 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.5 6.8 6.8
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • FC Augsburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Augsburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • VfB Stuttgart have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • 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 Union Berlin 10 7 2 1 18 6 5 4 1 0 10 3 5 3 1 1 8 3 12 23
2 Bayern München 11 6 4 1 32 8 5 3 2 0 14 3 6 3 2 1 18 5 24 22
3 SC Freiburg 11 6 3 2 16 13 5 3 1 1 6 4 6 3 2 1 10 9 3 21
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 11 6 2 3 24 18 6 3 1 2 13 9 5 3 1 1 11 9 6 20
5 Borussia Dortmund 11 6 1 4 18 14 6 4 1 1 12 5 5 2 0 3 6 9 4 19
6 Mainz 05 11 5 3 3 16 13 5 1 3 1 7 5 6 4 0 2 9 8 3 18
7 Hoffenheim 11 5 2 4 17 12 6 3 1 2 9 7 5 2 1 2 8 5 5 17
8 RB Leipzig 11 4 4 3 20 18 5 4 1 0 14 4 6 0 3 3 6 14 2 16
9 Borussia M'gladbach 11 4 4 3 19 17 6 4 0 2 13 7 5 0 4 1 6 10 2 16
10 Köln 11 4 4 3 19 22 5 3 1 1 9 6 6 1 3 2 10 16 -3 16
11 Werder Bremen 11 4 3 4 20 18 5 1 1 3 10 10 6 3 2 1 10 8 2 15
12 FC Augsburg 11 4 2 5 14 19 6 1 2 3 6 12 5 3 0 2 8 7 -5 14
13 Wolfsburg 11 2 5 4 13 19 5 1 3 1 9 10 6 1 2 3 4 9 -6 11
14 Bayer Leverkusen 11 2 3 6 16 23 6 1 2 3 10 11 5 1 1 3 6 12 -7 9
15 Hertha BSC 10 1 5 4 12 15 5 0 4 1 6 7 5 1 1 3 6 8 -3 8
16 VfB Stuttgart 11 1 5 5 13 20 6 1 2 3 7 8 5 0 3 2 6 12 -7 8
17 Schalke 04 10 1 3 6 10 24 5 1 1 3 8 15 5 0 2 3 2 9 -14 6
18 Bochum 10 1 1 8 9 27 5 1 1 3 5 12 5 0 0 5 4 15 -18 4

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