📏 Form Guide

Stuttgart

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Stuttgart will be hoping for a better result following a 2-3 Bundesliga defeat last time out to Eintracht Frankfurt.

In that game, Stuttgart had 60% possession and 22 shots at goal with 11 on target. For Stuttgart, the goals were scored by Josha Vagnoman (86') and Nick Woltemade (90'). Eintracht Frankfurt got 8 shots at goal with 5 on target. Hugo Ekitiké (45'), Nathaniel Brown (55') and Omar Marmoush (62') scored for Eintracht Frankfurt.

Over their prior six games, Sebastian Hoeneß's Stuttgart have managed to score a combined total of 7 times, an average number of goals per match of 1.17.

VfL Bochum

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In their last fixture, VfL Bochum drew 1-1 in the Bundesliga tie with Bayer Leverkusen.

In that match, VfL Bochum managed 29% possession and 15 shots on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for VfL Bochum was Koji Miyoshi (89'). On the other side, Bayer Leverkusen had 11 shots on goal with 3 on target. Patrik Schick (18') scored for Bayer Leverkusen.

A run of fairly fragile displays from the VfL Bochum defence has resulted in a sum of 23 goals being scored against them in just their previous six outings. They definitely need to see an improvement in this unimpressive aspect of their play.

Ahead of this clash, VfL Bochum haven’t won away from home in the past 6 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 26/09/2021 shows us that Stuttgart have won 3 of them & VfL Bochum 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 2.

A total of 18 goals were produced between them in these games, with 13 from Stuttgart and 5 created by Bochum. That’s an average goals per game of 3.

The last league clash featuring these sides was Bundesliga match day 18 on 20/01/2024 which ended up with the score at VfL Bochum 1-0 Stuttgart.

On that occasion, VfL Bochum had 37% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. The scorer was Matúš Bero (50').

Stuttgart got 19 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

The referee was Bastian Dankert.

📋 Team News: Stuttgart

Jamie Leweling (Hamstring injury), Ameen Al-Dakhil (Fever), Deniz Undav (Torn muscle fiber), El Bilal Touré (Metatarsal fracture), Dan-Axel Zagadou (Outer ligament problems), Luca Raimund (Hamstring injury), Angelo Stiller (muscular problems) and Anrie Chase (Thigh problems) won’t be available for Stuttgart gaffer Sebastian Hoeneß.

In all likelihood, Stuttgart should make use of the 4-2-3-1 system this time and select Alexander Nuebel, Leonidas Stergiou, Anthony Rouault, Jeff Chabot, M. Mittelstaedt, Atakan Karazor, Enzo Millot, Josha Vagnoman, Nick Woltemade, Chris Fuehrich and Ermedin Demirovic.

ℹ️ Team News: VfL Bochum

In an otherwise full-strength squad, there is only a single fitness issue for the VfL Bochum manager Dieter Hecking to contend with. Myron Boadu (Hip problems) won’t be playing here.

We believe Bochum seem most likely to utilise a 4-4-2 system, starting the game with Patrick Drewes, Felix Passlack, Tim Oermann, Jakov Medic, Maximilian Wittek, Matus Bero, Anthony Losilla, Ibrahima Sissoko, Gerrit Holtmann, Philipp Hofmann and Moritz Broschinski.

💡 Prediction

In this match, Stuttgart have it within them to have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.

Conversely, VfL Bochum may well struggle to get a goal of their own but we can see them managing to get on the scoresheet, too.

Therefore, we are anticipating a 3-1 winning margin for Stuttgart at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 14:11 23/11/2024