Freiburg vs VfB Stuttgart Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 24th August 2024

Last season's runner-up VfB Stuttgart open their new title challenge in the Bundesliga by travelling to Europa-Park Stadion to face Freiburg. The match kicks off on Saturday with both teams looking to hit the ground running.

Both sides are looking to start their campaign on a positive note, and we should witness very dedicated performances from both Freiburg and VfB Stuttgart on Saturday.

Freiburg only average a modest 1.3 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 13 goals. They also conceded 14 for an average of 1.4 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring three times.

VfB Stuttgart scored 23 goals, conceded eight and held on for a clean sheet in six of their last ten matches.

VfB Stuttgart beat Freiburg twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 3-1 and 5-0, respectively.

Freiburg vs VfB Stuttgart Prediction

Freiburg Form

Freiburg delivered a bit of everything as their last three matches resulted in a win, a loss and a draw. An encounter with FC Heidenheim brought a 1-1 draw, which was followed by a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Union Berlin. Their most recent game had them back on the winning trail, as they beat Osnabrueck by 0-4. Freiburg did not win any of their last six Bundesliga matches at the Europa-Park Stadion. They came through these matches with a record of two draws and three defeats, in which they conceded 11 and scored seven goals.

While a title race is perhaps a too optimistic a longthrow, a podium finish does not look beyong VfB Stuttgart, should they manage to catch a strong momentum.

VfB Stuttgart Form

VfB Stuttgart recorded a draw and two wins, as the won by 0-1 and 4-0 against Augsburg and Borussia Moenchengladbach, respectively. Last time out, Bayer Leverkusen ended their streak as the match finished even 2-2. VfB Stuttgart came through their last six away games in the Bundesliga with four wins. Of those six matches, they drew once and lost once in which, they scored 11 and conceded six.

While a title battle is perhaps a long shot, a top three finish does not look beyond VfB Stuttgart, should they catch some strong momentum in this early phase of the campaign.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, and we fully expect the trend to continue, when Freiburg renew VfB Stuttgart their acquaintance.

Freiburg vs VfB Stuttgart Squads

Freiburg Squad

The 39-year-old coach of the home team, Julian Schuster, will select the lineup against VfB Stuttgart from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Florian Mueller (0/0), Jaaso Jantunen (0/0), Jannik Huth (0/0), Noah Atubolu (0/0), Berkay Yilmaz (0/0), Christian Guenter (0/0), Jordy Makengo (0/0), Kenneth Schmidt (0/0), Kilian Sildillia (0/0), Lukas Kuebler (0/0), Manuel Gulde (0/0), Matthias Ginter (0/0), Max Rosenfelder (0/0), Philipp Lienhart (0/0), Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (0/0), Fabian Ruedlin (0/0), Florent Muslija (0/0), Maximilian Eggestein (0/0), Merlin Roehl (0/0), Nicolas Hoefler (0/0), Noah Weisshaupt (0/0), Patrick Osterhage (0/0), Ritsu Doan (0/0), Roland Sallai (0/0), Vincenzo Grifo (0/0), Chukwubuike Adamu (0/0), Eren Dinkci (0/0), Lucas Hoeler (0/0), Maximilian Philipp (0/0), Michael Gregoritsch (0/0).

VfB Stuttgart Squad

Below is the full team squad of VfB Stuttgart. The manager Hoeness will pick his starting XI against Freiburg from these players:

Alexander Nuebel (0/0), Dennis Seimen (0/0), Fabian Bredlow (0/0), Stefan Drljaca (0/0), Anrie Chase (0/0), Anthony Rouault (0/0), Dan-Axel Zagadou (0/0), Jeff Chabot (0/0), Josha Vagnoman (0/0), Leonidas Stergiou (0/0), Maximilian Mittelstaedt (0/0), Moussa Cisse (0/0), Pascal Stenzel (0/0), Ramon Hendriks (0/0), Angelo Stiller (0/0), Atakan Karazor (0/0), Boris Tashchi (0/0), Chris Fuehrich (0/0), Enzo Millot (0/0), Fabian Rieder (0/0), Frans Kraetzig (0/0), Nikolas Nartey (0/0), Omer Beyaz (0/0), Woo-Yeong Jeong (0/0), Yannik Keitel (0/0), Deniz Undav (0/0), Ermedin Demirovic (0/0), Jamie Leweling (0/0), Justin Diehl (0/0), Luca Pfeiffer (0/0), Mohamed Sankoh (0/0), Nick Woltemade (0/0), Silas Katompa Mvumpa (0/0), Thomas Kastanaras (0/0), Wahid Faghir (0/0).

Freiburg vs VfB Stuttgart Team News

At the time of writing, Freiburg have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet VfB Stuttgart on Saturday.

Philipp Lienhart, Kenneth Schmidt, Max Rosenfelder and Daniel-Kofi Kyereh are missing from the squad, Freiburg will field against VfB Stuttgarton Saturday.

VfB Stuttgart are juggling with three absent players on this coming Saturday when travelling to Freiburg.

Names like Dan-Axel Zagadou, Fabian Rieder and Nikolas Nartey most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Freiburg.

Freiburg vs VfB Stuttgart Lineups

Freiburg vs VfB Stuttgart H2H

VfB Stuttgart got the better of Freiburg in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 3-1 and 5-0, respectively. Freiburg were a little more successful than VfB Stuttgart in recent meetings, and go into their next encounter with a 6-2-2 advantage. Naturally, betting on Freiburg has more often than not proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 23/10.

Freiburg vs VfB Stuttgart Results

Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only two times in ten matches between Freiburg and VfB Stuttgart. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 4/5 with the bookies this coming Saturday.

Freiburg vs VfB Stuttgart Betting Tips

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Deniz Undav has been hitting the net regularly and now has three goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up on Saturday, it is because VfB Stuttgart bank on him to build on these numbers against Freiburg. The latter relies on Ritsu Doan, who found the target three times in six games.

Freiburg won two of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing five and losing three as well. VfB Stuttgart won six from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew three and lost one in this run. VfB Stuttgart probably have a good feeling about scoring on Saturday with Freiburg managing one lousy clean sheet in the previous 10 home games. The visitors fought their way to four clean sheets in their previous 10 away games.

Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals, while at least four goals happened six times. Freiburg managed an average of 1.9 goals, while VfB Stuttgart averaged 1.9 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Freiburg, who scored an average of 1.5 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of the last ten games for VfB Stuttgart, who managed to hit the net 3.5 times on average in these games.