This campaign has been back-breaking for VfB Stuttgart up to now, while FC Bayern München have enjoyed success. Will the visitors chalk up another victory at Mercedes-Benz-Arena?
- VfB Stuttgart have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals (47) in Bundesliga
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
VfB Stuttgart form and stats
3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Bundesliga numbers at home for VfB Stuttgart so far this season.
A good away victory last time out for Stuttgart, who won 2-0 against VfL Wolfsburg (placed 10th). Florian Müller, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.04 out of 10 in that game. Müller stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Hertha BSC that ended 2-2.The VfB Stuttgart manager Matarazzo has got the team scoring with 16 from 8 home games in the league. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded. When VfB Stuttgart hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Greuther Furth, Borussia M'gladbach, DSC Arminia Bielefeld, Hertha BSC and Augsburg), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
FC Bayern München form and stats
FC Bayern München have an excellent away record in the Bundesliga so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games.
FC Bayern München won their last game, 2-1 versus FSV Mainz 05 played at home. Midfielder Corentin Tolisso was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.93. Tolisso served one assist, hit four key passes and had 61 successful passes (of 65 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Barcelona.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting VfL Wolfsburg in just three days.
München are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (22 goals from 7 away games). München have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Stuttgart one win, zero draws and FC Bayern München nine victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 16 goals |  S. Gnabry 6 goals |   K. Mavropanos 4 goals |
VfB Stuttgart missing players
FC Bayern München missing players
| VfB Stuttgart | FC Bayern München | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 22 | 47 |
| 25 | 13 | 8 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 60% | 75% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 86% | 87% |
| 47% | 62% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 71% | 60% |
| 20% | 25% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 57% | 47% |
| 73% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 73% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 20% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.7 | 6.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.9 | 6.3 |
| 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 14.4 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.7 | 16.1 | 18.7 |
| 4.5 | 5.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.6 | 7.9 |
| 33% | 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 48% | 39% |
| 16.4 | 12.6 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 9.7 | 9.4 |
| 5.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.7 |
- All of FC Bayern München's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Bayern München have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- FC Bayern München have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Bayern München have scored in all their matches so far.
- FC Bayern München have scored more than double the goals of VfB Stuttgart.
- FC Bayern München have the most points (16) away in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals (22) away in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals (47) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the the best goal difference (+12) away in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the the best goal difference (+31) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 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 | FC Bayern München | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 31 | 37 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 27 |
| 4 | Hoffenheim | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | RB Leipzig | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | FSV Mainz 05 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -7 | 20 |
| 10 | VfL Wolfsburg | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 20 |
| 11 | FC Köln | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Borussia M'gladbach | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -9 | 18 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 22 | -12 | 18 |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 16 |
| 17 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 10 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 31 | -34 | 1 |