VfB Stuttgart v RB Leipzig preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 15.January
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Mercedes-Benz-Arena (60449 seats)

VfB Stuttgart believe to get a lot of fans in for this game even though the season has been grim so far with 18 points and a 15th spot in the Bundesliga table. Guests RB Leipzig have 8th place with 25 pts.

Insights:
  • VfB Stuttgart have the most conceded goals (18) at home in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Bundesliga

Both teams have had ample time to rest since their last match. Let's hope for an active match!

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VfB Stuttgart form and stats

The overall Bundesliga stats playing at home this season for VfB Stuttgart, who have the most conceded goals (18) at home in Bundesliga, are 3-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Stuttgart haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 297 minutes ago. Forster scored that one.

The home team returns to Mercedes-Benz-Arena after being equal after 90 minutes with Greuther Furth (placed 18th) on their last time out; the Bundesliga game ended 0-0. Defender Anton got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.11/10. Anton won 7 of 11 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Köln.

The Stuttgart fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches.

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RB Leipzig form and stats

There's been little loot from RB Leipzig's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 8 away games in the Bundesliga. RB Leipzig only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.

Szoboszlai, Nkunku and Silva (2) scored in Leipzig's previous match, the home game against Mainz 05 that ended 4-1. Midfield player Nkunku was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.81/10. Nkunku scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Arminia Bielefeld.

After this away game Leipzig return home for a DFB Pokal game against Hansa Rostock. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Leipzig as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. As opposed to that, RB Leipzig have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other before in this season, with the result RB Leipzig - Stuttgart 4-0 logged in the official records. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: zero - one - six (Stuttgart wins - draws - RB Leipzig wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RB LeipzigC. Nkunku
C. Nkunku
8 goals
RB LeipzigA. Valente Silva
A. Valente Silva
7 goals
VfB StuttgartK. Mavropanos
K. Mavropanos
4 goals

VfB Stuttgart missing players

RB Leipzig missing players

VfB Stuttgart RB Leipzig
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 8 18
4 3 1 Won W 0 0 7
6 2 1 Drew D 1 4 4
8 4 0 Lost L 1 4 7
22 16 4 Scored S 1 5 34
31 18 3 Conceded C 2 10 23
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 89%
56% 78% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 12% 56%
44% 67% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 39%
22% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 28%
61% 78% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 61%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
33% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 22%
 
4.3 5.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 6.9 5.8
4.6 4.1 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.9 4.1
1.9 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.1 14.3 10 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 13.5 15.2
3.9 5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4.2 5.7
31% 36% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 15% 33%
 
16.3 14 16.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 13 10.4
5.5 5 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 4 3.7
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • RB Leipzig have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • RB Leipzig have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig have yet to win a game away.
  • RB Leipzig 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as RB Leipzig have scored away.
  • VfB Stuttgart have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Bundesliga
  • VfB Stuttgart have the most conceded goals (18) at home in Bundesliga
  • 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 18 14 1 3 57 18 10 8 0 2 30 8 8 6 1 1 27 10 39 43
2 Borussia Dortmund 18 12 1 5 44 28 9 8 0 1 26 12 9 4 1 4 18 16 16 37
3 TSG Hoffenheim 18 9 4 5 38 27 9 6 2 1 21 9 9 3 2 4 17 18 11 31
4 SC Freiburg 18 8 6 4 30 18 9 4 3 2 15 11 9 4 3 2 15 7 12 30
5 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 18 8 5 5 42 30 9 4 2 3 21 16 9 4 3 2 21 14 12 29
6 FC Union Berlin 18 7 7 4 25 23 9 5 3 1 12 8 9 2 4 3 13 15 2 28
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 18 7 6 5 29 27 9 3 4 2 14 11 9 4 2 3 15 16 2 27
8 RB Leipzig 18 7 4 7 34 23 10 7 0 3 29 13 8 0 4 4 5 10 11 25
9 Köln 17 6 7 4 27 27 9 5 3 1 18 11 8 1 4 3 9 16 0 25
10 Mainz 05 18 7 3 8 26 21 9 5 3 1 18 5 9 2 0 7 8 16 5 24
11 Borussia Mönchengladbach 18 6 4 8 24 33 8 4 2 2 14 13 10 2 2 6 10 20 -9 22
12 Hertha BSC 17 6 3 8 20 35 8 4 2 2 12 9 9 2 1 6 8 26 -15 21
13 Bochum 17 6 2 9 16 26 8 4 2 2 10 6 9 2 0 7 6 20 -10 20
14 Wolfsburg 17 6 2 9 17 29 9 3 1 5 8 14 8 3 1 4 9 15 -12 20
15 VfB Stuttgart 18 4 6 8 22 31 9 3 2 4 16 18 9 1 4 4 6 13 -9 18
16 Augsburg 18 4 6 8 18 29 8 3 2 3 12 15 10 1 4 5 6 14 -11 18
17 Arminia Bielefeld 18 3 8 7 16 24 9 1 5 3 8 13 9 2 3 4 8 11 -8 17
18 Greuther Furth 18 1 3 14 13 49 9 1 3 5 7 15 9 0 0 9 6 34 -36 6

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