Important clash in the bottom part of the Bundesliga, with both VfB Stuttgart and Hertha BSC undergoing more angst than bliss. This game is a classic "six-pointer" with the hosts positioned 15th and the visiting team in 14th position.
- VfB Stuttgart have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Hertha BSC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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
VfB Stuttgart have played 7 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). When VfB Stuttgart hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Schalke 04, VfL Bochum 1848, VfB Stuttgart, Bayer Leverkusen and Augsburg), they have won 2 of 3 matches! The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Mercedes-Benz-Arena.
In their previous game, the manager Matarazzo led his Stuttgart to a defeat away at Borussia Mönchengladbach. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Mercedes-Benz-Arena. Defender Mavropanos got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.33/10. Mavropanos hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.
Ahead of that match, VfB Stuttgart won a home game hosting Augsburg (2-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does VfB Stuttgart handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Stuttgart as they are travelling to their away game against Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. That match is four days after this one.
VfB Stuttgart has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. VfB Stuttgart's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hertha BSC form and stats
Hertha BSC have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Bundesliga, after 1-1-4 (6 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Hertha have lost on their last two travels.
Home advantage was not enough for Hertha BSC in their previous game as they lost hosting Bayern München, 2-3. The attacker Selke got a match rating of 7.53 in that game. Selke scored one goal.
A 0-1 defeat away at Werder Bremen before that.Hertha BSC are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
After this away game Hertha return home for a Bundesliga game against Köln. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Hertha BSC struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former ten meetings featuring these two sides are: four wins for VfB Stuttgart, two draws and four wins for Hertha BSC. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Lukebakio 6 goals |   Silas 3 goals |  S. Guirassy 3 goals |
VfB Stuttgart missing players
Hertha BSC missing players
| VfB Stuttgart | Hertha BSC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 16 | 9 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 24 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 77% |
| 62% | 43% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 46% |
| 54% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 23% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 69% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 69% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 17% | 8% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.2 | 15.3 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 11.2 | 11.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 28% | 35% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | 34% |
| 13.1 | 12.9 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.8 | 12.8 |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4 | 4.2 |
- Hertha BSC 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 | Bayern München | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 29 | 28 |
| 2 | Union Berlin | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Freiburg | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | RB Leipzig | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Werder Bremen | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 19 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Mainz 05 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | VfL Wolfsburg | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | Köln | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 17 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -7 | 14 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Bayer Leverkusen | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -24 | 7 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -18 | 6 |
