Perhaps a welcome break from league football as VfB Stuttgart & DSC Arminia Bielefeld face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Stuttgart and DSC Arminia Bielefeld.
VfB Stuttgart form and stats
Action has already taken place for VfB Stuttgart in DFB Pokal as they have defeated Dynamo Dresden to reach the 2nd Round. VfB Stuttgart was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the DFB Pokal.With 1 Bundesliga win, 2 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, VfB Stuttgart are certainly not brimming with confidence.
A nice win for VfB Stuttgart last time playing, versus Bochum. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-1 with Endo, Ahamada and Mvumpa (2) scoring for the victors. Midfield player Mvumpa got a match rating of 8.9 in that game, the max score being 10. Mvumpa scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.
Preceding that match was a Bundesliga defeat to FC Union Berlin (0-1).The manager Matarazzo will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Borussia Dortmund in only three days.
Stuttgart are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. On the other hand, VfB Stuttgart have conceded 8 goals.
DSC Arminia Bielefeld form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated FV Engers 07 in order to reach 2nd round of DFB Pokal. Bielefeld's mission in DFB Pokal last season failed in the 2nd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for DSC Arminia Bielefeld so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
DSC Arminia Bielefeld are travelling again after losing away to Hannover 96 in their previous match (0-2). Bello was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.4. The defender Bello hit four key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.
A 1-2 loss hosting Karlsruher SC before that.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Bielefeld played away with similar odds. This revealed 5 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 4 times.
A quick return to home after this game, as DSC Arminia Bielefeld are hosting St. Pauli in the 2. Bundesliga only three days away.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bielefeld have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
DSC Arminia Bielefeld have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (3-2-0) when playing VfB Stuttgart.Top Goalscorers
  R. Hack 5 goals |   Silas 3 goals |  M. Okugawa 3 goals |
VfB Stuttgart missing players
DSC Arminia Bielefeld missing players
| VfB Stuttgart | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 11 | 15 | ||
| 44 | 26 | Scored | S | 15 | 34 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Conceded | C | 32 | 49 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 72% | 79% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 4% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14.8 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 29% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | ||
| 11.7 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.4 | 15.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6 | ||
| 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 Union Berlin | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | FC Bayern München | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 19 |
| 3 | SC Freiburg | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 4 | Hoffenheim | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Borussia M'gladbach | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Köln | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Borussia Dortmund | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | FC Augsburg | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | Wolfsburg | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | VfB Stuttgart | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 8 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -14 | 6 |
| 18 | Bochum | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -18 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Darmstadt 98 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | Paderborn | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 25 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Holstein Kiel | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 9 | Kaiserslautern | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 12 | St. Pauli | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Greuther Furth | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 17 | Magdeburg | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 18 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 8 |
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