Can VfL Wolfsburg surprise VfB Stuttgart in their own stadium?

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Mercedes-Benz-Arena (60449 seats)

VfB Stuttgart have some work to do from their 16th position, and the first opportunity is vs VfL Wolfsburg. Read more!

Insights:
  • VfB Stuttgart have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Bundesliga
  • VfL Wolfsburg have the fewest conceded goals (12) away in Bundesliga

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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VfB Stuttgart form and stats

When playing at home in the Bundesliga, VfB Stuttgart, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Bundesliga, have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 12 games.

VfB Stuttgart travelled for their previous game, a trip to Eintracht Frankfurt that ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Labbadia made a successful contribution in the game against Eintracht Frankfurt, bringing on Mvumpa who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Mavropanos was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.12 out of 10. The defender Mavropanos hit one key pass and won 10 of 11 duels.

Ahead of that match, Stuttgart lost 1-2 at home to Bayern München.

Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 13 latest league matches shows that 10 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

VfB Stuttgart are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. Stuttgart have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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VfL Wolfsburg form and stats

Playing away, VfL Wolfsburg, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) away in Bundesliga, have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the Bundesliga this season.

There were no winners in VfL Wolfsburg's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs FC Union Berlin (placed 4th). As mentioned above, Wolfsburg drew the match against FC Union Berlin. Manager Kovač brought on Wimmer to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfielder Nmecha was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.43. Nmecha hit one key pass.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Eintracht Frankfurt.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far VfL Wolfsburg have scored 17 goals in 12 league games away.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H meeting ended VfL Wolfsburg - VfB Stuttgart 3-2, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Stuttgart victories, two draws and five VfL Wolfsburg wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VfB StuttgartS. Guirassy
S. Guirassy
6 goals
VfL WolfsburgY. Gerhardt
Y. Gerhardt
6 goals
VfL WolfsburgR. Baku
R. Baku
5 goals

VfB Stuttgart missing players

VfL Wolfsburg missing players

VfB Stuttgart VfL Wolfsburg
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 4 12 24
4 4 1 Won W 2 5 9
8 3 1 Drew D 2 3 8
12 5 1 Lost L 0 4 7
29 16 4 Scored S 8 17 43
41 15 3 Conceded C 2 12 32
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 92%
88% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 83% 88%
62% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 58%
33% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 42%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 21%
71% 67% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 46%
8% 8% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 42% 38%
25% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 25%
 
4.5 4.7 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.5 4.4
4.8 4.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 8.2 7.2 6.1
2.2 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 2
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.8 15.4 16.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 9.2 12.1
4.3 4.5 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.7 4.6
28% 30% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 39% 39%
 
12.6 12.7 12.7 Shots against (avg) S A 17.8 16.1 14.4
4.4 4.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.2 4.7
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • VfB Stuttgart have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Bundesliga
  • VfB Stuttgart haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • VfL Wolfsburg have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • VfL Wolfsburg have the fewest conceded goals (12) away in Bundesliga
  • VfL Wolfsburg have won significantly less corners away then 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 24 15 7 2 71 25 12 8 4 0 39 11 12 7 3 2 32 14 46 52
2 Borussia Dortmund 24 16 2 6 49 30 11 9 1 1 30 11 13 7 1 5 19 19 19 50
3 RB Leipzig 24 13 6 5 49 29 12 9 2 1 28 10 12 4 4 4 21 19 20 45
4 FC Union Berlin 24 13 6 5 36 28 11 7 4 0 19 8 13 6 2 5 17 20 8 45
5 SC Freiburg 24 13 6 5 37 33 12 8 3 1 21 10 12 5 3 4 16 23 4 45
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 24 11 7 6 46 34 12 7 2 3 27 14 12 4 5 3 19 20 12 40
7 Mainz 05 24 10 6 8 39 35 12 5 4 3 22 14 12 5 2 5 17 21 4 36
8 VfL Wolfsburg 24 9 8 7 43 32 12 4 5 3 26 20 12 5 3 4 17 12 11 35
9 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 24 10 4 10 43 39 12 5 2 5 25 17 12 5 2 5 18 22 4 34
10 Borussia Mönchengladbach 24 8 6 10 38 42 12 7 2 3 25 15 12 1 4 7 13 27 -4 30
11 Werder Bremen 24 9 3 12 37 46 13 5 1 7 22 21 11 4 2 5 15 25 -9 30
12 Köln 24 6 9 9 32 38 12 5 3 4 21 14 12 1 6 5 11 24 -6 27
13 Augsburg 24 8 3 13 31 44 12 5 2 5 12 16 12 3 1 8 19 28 -13 27
14 Bochum 24 7 1 16 26 56 11 5 1 5 17 21 13 2 0 11 9 35 -30 22
15 Hertha BSC 24 5 6 13 29 45 13 4 5 4 19 20 11 1 1 9 10 25 -16 21
16 VfB Stuttgart 24 4 8 12 29 41 12 4 3 5 16 15 12 0 5 7 13 26 -12 20
17 Schalke 04 24 4 8 12 20 44 13 3 4 6 14 28 11 1 4 6 6 16 -24 20
18 TSG Hoffenheim 24 5 4 15 30 44 12 3 2 7 15 22 12 2 2 8 15 22 -14 19

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