Bundesliga preview: Can VfB Stuttgart edge out victory against SpVgg Greuther Fürth?

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 14.August
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Mercedes-Benz-Arena (60449 seats)

It's ground zero in Bundesliga - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how VfB Stuttgart and SpVgg Greuther Fürth did in their pre-season friendlies!

VfB Stuttgart and SpVgg Greuther Fürth should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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VfB Stuttgart form and stats

Last season, VfB Stuttgart's league statistics were 12 wins, 9 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Bundesliga. Over these 34 matches they scored 56 goals and conceded 55. Playing at home last season VfB Stuttgart managed 5-6-6 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 26 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Stuttgart handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, three draws and one defeat.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the VfB Stuttgart friendly games in pre-season: VfB Stuttgart played five friendlies, won 3, drew 1 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that VfB Stuttgart scored 19 goals and conceded 7 in these five games.

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SpVgg Greuther Fürth form and stats

A job perfectly done for Greuther last season as they secured promotion from 2. Bundesliga. With a grand total of 18 wins, 10 draws and 6 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 9 were in away matches.

We have checked recent matches where Greuther have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were four victories, three draws and three defeats.

It's a day of discovery for Greuther as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which SpVgg Greuther Fürth have played four with the results W0-D1-L3 (win-draw-lost). In these games SpVgg Greuther Fürth has scored 3 goals and conceded 6 times.

Head 2 Head

VfB Stuttgart-SpVgg Greuther Fürth H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Stuttgart three wins, SpVgg Greuther Fürth four wins, zero draws. one of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Total First Half Second Half
VfB Stuttgart SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
VfB Stuttgart Last season SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
12 5   Won W   9 18
9 6   Drew D   6 10
13 6   Lost L   2 6
56 27   Scored S   35 69
55 26   Conceded C   21 44
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
88% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 85%
59% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 74%
41% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 47%
24% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 24%
68% 71%   BTTS BTTS   65% 68%
15% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 24%
18% 12%   Failed to Score F T   6% 12%
 
4.6 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.5
4.8 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.6
1.9 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.9
2 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
13.5 13.8   Shots (avg) S (   12.7 14.5
4.6 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5 5.3
36% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 38%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arminia Bielefeld 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Augsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bayer Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bayern München 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Bochum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Borussia M'gladbach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Freiburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Hertha BSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Hoffenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Köln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mainz 05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 RB Leipzig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 VfB Stuttgart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Union Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Wolfsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 34 24 6 4 99 44 17 13 4 0 64 21 17 11 2 4 35 23 55 78
2 RB Leipzig 34 19 8 7 60 32 17 11 4 2 29 13 17 8 4 5 31 19 28 65
3 Borussia Dortmund 34 20 4 10 75 46 17 11 2 4 40 20 17 9 2 6 35 26 29 64
4 Wolfsburg 34 17 10 7 61 37 17 10 4 3 32 16 17 7 6 4 29 21 24 61
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 16 12 6 69 53 17 10 7 0 37 20 17 6 5 6 32 33 16 60
6 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 10 10 53 39 17 8 5 4 34 22 17 6 5 6 19 17 14 52
7 Union Berlin 34 12 14 8 50 43 17 8 8 1 32 18 17 4 6 7 18 25 7 50
8 Borussia M'gladbach 34 13 10 11 64 56 17 8 4 5 32 19 17 5 6 6 32 37 8 49
9 VfB Stuttgart 34 12 9 13 56 55 17 5 6 6 27 26 17 7 3 7 29 29 1 45
10 Freiburg 34 12 9 13 52 52 17 7 6 4 33 23 17 5 3 9 19 29 0 45
11 Hoffenheim 34 11 10 13 52 54 17 8 3 6 32 24 17 3 7 7 20 30 -2 43
12 Mainz 05 34 10 9 15 39 56 17 4 4 9 16 26 17 6 5 6 23 30 -17 39
13 Augsburg 34 10 6 18 36 54 17 6 4 7 21 25 17 4 2 11 15 29 -18 36
14 Hertha BSC 34 8 11 15 41 52 17 5 5 7 21 26 17 3 6 8 20 26 -11 35
15 Arminia Bielefeld 34 9 8 17 26 52 17 6 2 9 13 23 17 3 6 8 13 29 -26 35
16 Köln 34 8 9 17 34 60 17 3 5 9 20 31 17 5 4 8 14 29 -26 33
17 Werder Bremen 34 7 10 17 36 57 17 3 5 9 16 28 17 4 5 8 20 29 -21 31
18 Schalke 04 34 3 7 24 25 86 17 3 3 11 14 34 17 0 4 13 11 52 -61 16
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bochum 34 21 4 9 66 39 17 12 2 3 40 16 17 9 2 6 26 23 27 67
2 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 34 18 10 6 69 44 17 9 4 4 34 23 17 9 6 2 35 21 25 64
3 Holstein Kiel 34 18 8 8 57 35 17 11 2 4 31 19 17 7 6 4 26 16 22 62
4 Hamburger SV 34 16 10 8 71 44 17 10 4 3 40 16 17 6 6 5 31 28 27 58
5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 16 8 10 55 46 17 11 4 2 32 20 17 5 4 8 23 26 9 56
6 Karlsruher SC 34 14 10 10 51 44 17 5 6 6 19 18 17 9 4 4 32 26 7 52
7 Darmstadt 98 34 15 6 13 63 55 17 7 3 7 29 23 17 8 3 6 34 32 8 51
8 Heidenheim 34 15 6 13 49 49 17 10 3 4 28 16 17 5 3 9 21 33 0 51
9 Paderborn 34 12 11 11 53 45 17 8 5 4 32 26 17 4 6 7 21 19 8 47
10 St. Pauli 34 13 8 13 51 56 17 8 3 6 28 25 17 5 5 7 23 31 -5 47
11 Nurnberg 34 11 11 12 46 51 17 5 7 5 22 23 17 6 4 7 24 28 -5 44
12 Erzgebirge Aue 34 12 8 14 44 53 17 8 4 5 29 28 17 4 4 9 15 25 -9 44
13 Hannover 96 34 12 6 16 53 51 17 7 4 6 30 22 17 5 2 10 23 29 2 42
14 Jahn Regensburg 34 9 11 14 37 50 17 6 6 5 23 21 17 3 5 9 14 29 -13 38
15 Sandhausen 34 10 4 20 41 60 17 9 4 4 29 21 17 1 0 16 12 39 -19 34
16 Osnabruck 34 9 6 19 35 58 17 3 1 13 16 34 17 6 5 6 19 24 -23 33
17 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 7 10 17 30 59 17 6 4 7 17 23 17 1 6 10 13 36 -29 31
18 Wurzburger Kickers 34 6 7 21 37 69 17 3 6 8 22 33 17 3 1 13 15 36 -32 25

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Germany:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arminia Bielefeld 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Augsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bayer Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bayern München 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Bochum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Borussia M'gladbach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Freiburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Hertha BSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Hoffenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Köln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mainz 05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 RB Leipzig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 VfB Stuttgart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Union Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Wolfsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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