VfB Stuttgart believe to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been back-breaking up to now with 5 points and a 13th place in the Bundesliga table. Opponents TSG Hoffenheim have 9th place with 8 pts.
- All of VfB Stuttgart's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
Both sides have had plenty of rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's trust this will be an animated match!
VfB Stuttgart form and stats
Three Bundesliga home games done for VfB Stuttgart, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Stuttgart, their manager P. Matarazzo and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Stuttgart travelled for their previous game, a trip to Bochum that ended 0-0. 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 match was the home game against Bayer 04 Leverkusen that was lost 1-3.This is expected to be a close game, with VfB Stuttgart perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with VfB Stuttgart as a small favourite), we find five games. VfB Stuttgart has won two of these, drawn two and lost one.
Stuttgart are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for VfB Stuttgart with 7 goals conceded in these matches.
TSG Hoffenheim form and stats
Things could have gone better for TSG Hoffenheim in their Bundesliga away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Impressive finishing from Andrej Kramarić, Pavel Kadeřábek and Christoph Baumgartner secured the home win 3-1 against VfL Wolfsburg in their previous game. Attacker Andrej Kramarić got a player rating of 7.83 in the game. "Man of the match" Kramarić scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 29 successful passes (of 34 total).
Before that, Hoffenheim travelled to Arminia Bielefeld and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with TSG Hoffenheim playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were six TSG Hoffenheim wins, six draws and two defeats.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Hoffenheim are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Hoffenheim have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these sides: Stuttgart won three, TSG Hoffenheim triumphed in four and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  M. Kempf 2 goals |  H. Al Ghaddioui 2 goals |   C. Baumgartner 2 goals |
VfB Stuttgart missing players
TSG Hoffenheim missing players
| VfB Stuttgart | TSG Hoffenheim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 83% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 83% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 4.8 | 6.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 5.3 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 2.7 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.7 | 20.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 13 | 10.8 |
| 6.2 | 8.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.3 | 3.7 |
| 24% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | 50% |
- All of VfB Stuttgart's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- VfB Stuttgart have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 16 |
| 2 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | VfL Wolfsburg | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 1. FC Köln | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | TSG Hoffenheim | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | Borussia M'gladbach | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 6 |
| 13 | VfB Stuttgart | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Augsburg | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -9 | 5 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Bochum | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -9 | 4 |
| 18 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -12 | 1 |