VfB Stuttgart vs Augsburg Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 20th December 2023

VfB Stuttgart enjoy home advantage, when visitors Augsburg swing by on Wednesday for a Bundesliga clash.

Ranked as number four in the Bundesliga standings, VfB Stuttgart, have so far collected 31 points this season, while Augsburg collected 18 points. This puts them up as number 10 after 15 rounds.

Augsburg will not be short on motivation for their clash with the match favourites VfB Stuttgart. Although the odds are against them, a narrow win on Wednesday will see them move ahead of their upcoming opponents in the table.

VfB Stuttgart scored 17 while allowing 12 goals against in the past ten matches. They claimed three clean sheets on the way.

Augsburg hit the target 15 times in the last ten outings, which creates an average of 1.5 goals a game. They conceded 1.5 goals per match for a total of 15 goals, while claiming zero clean sheets as well.

VfB Stuttgart and Augsburg had to settle for a point each in their most recent match, which finished with a 1-1 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 9/2.

VfB Stuttgart vs Augsburg Prediction

VfB Stuttgart Form

VfB Stuttgart claimed four points to their account in the last three matches, where they won 2-0 against Borussia Dortmund, followed by a 1-1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen. Their latest game against Bayern Munich resulted in a 3-0 defeat. VfB Stuttgart claimed four wins in their last six Bundesliga matches at the MHPArena. They came through these games with a record of one draw and one defeat, in which they conceded seven and scored 13 goals.

Augsburg Form

In their previous three matches, Augsburg beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1, lost 2-0 against Werder Bremen and drew 1-1 with Borussia Dortmund. In their last six Bundesliga away matches, Augsburg failed to win more than once. In stead, they've drawn two and lost three, scoring seven while also conceding 11 times.

While we don't believe Augsburg are strong enough to prevent VfB Stuttgart from a home win, we believe they are capable of limiting the defeat to only a few goals.

VfB Stuttgart won four matches, scored 16 goals and conceded 15 in their last eight games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. This earned them 13 points. Augsburg took two wins from their last seven games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. They collected eight points, scored eight goals and conceded 13. VfB Stuttgart are looking at a record of ten wins, one draw and four defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Augsburg are looking at four wins, six draws and five defeats in the Bundesliga.

VfB Stuttgart vs Augsburg Squads

VfB Stuttgart Squad

The 41-year-old coach of the home team, Sebastian Hoeness, will select the lineup against Augsburg from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Alexander Nuebel (0/15), Dennis Seimen (0/0), Fabian Bredlow (0/0), Florian Schock (0/0), Anthony Rouault (0/10), Dan-Axel Zagadou (1/15), Hiroki Ito (0/12), Josha Vagnoman (0/5), Leonidas Stergiou (0/5), Maximilian Mittelstaedt (0/13), Pascal Stenzel (0/10), Waldemar Anton (0/15), Angelo Stiller (0/14), Atakan Karazor (0/15), Boris Tashchi (0/0), Chris Fuehrich (4/15), Enzo Millot (2/13), Genki Haraguchi (0/1), Laurin Ulrich (0/0), Lilian Egloff (0/5), Luca Raimund (0/1), Nikolas Nartey (0/0), Samuele di Benedetto (0/0), Woo-Yeong Jeong (0/11), Deniz Undav (8/12), Jamie Leweling (0/15), Jovan Milosevic (0/4), Roberto Massimo (0/3), Serhou Guirassy (16/13), Silas Katompa Mvumpa (3/15), Thomas Kastanaras (0/0).

Augsburg Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Augsburg head coach Thorup will select from for his starting XI:

Finn Dahmen (0/15), Marcel Lubik (0/0), Tomas Koubek (0/0), David Colina (0/0), Felix Uduokhai (1/14), Frederik Winther (0/0), Iago (1/10), Japhet Tanganga (0/0), Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (0/12), Kevin Mbabu (0/9), Mads Valentin Pedersen (1/14), Maximilian Bauer (1/8), Patric Pfeiffer (0/5), Raphael Framberger (0/0), Reece Oxford (0/0), Robert Gumny (0/10), Aaron Zehnter (0/0), Arne Engels (1/13), Arne Maier (0/3), Daniel Hausmann (0/0), Elvis Rexhbecaj (2/15), Fredrik Jensen (1/11), Masaya Okugawa (0/2), Nathanael Mbuku (0/1), Niklas Dorsch (0/13), Ruben Vargas (1/13), Tim Breithaupt (0/10), Dion Drena Beljo (2/12), Ermedin Demirovic (8/15), Irvin Cardona (0/3), Phillip Tietz (3/15), Sven Michel (1/11).

VfB Stuttgart vs Augsburg Team News

At the time of writing, VfB Stuttgart have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Augsburg this coming Wednesday.

Due to various ailments Lilian Egloff, Hiroki Ito, Nikolas Nartey and Josha Vagnoman will be absent from the squad, VfB Stuttgart are able to field against Augsburg this coming Wednesday.

Augsburg will have to make do without a group of five missing from their roster prior to their upcoming match this coming Wednesday against VfB Stuttgart.

Names like Iago, Ermedin Demirovic, Patric Pfeiffer, Reece Oxford and Raphael Framberger most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play VfB Stuttgart. Reece Oxford sits this one out following a positive Covid-19 test.

VfB Stuttgart vs Augsburg Lineups

VfB Stuttgart vs Augsburg H2H

It finished all square on when VfB Stuttgart last faced Augsburg. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 1-1 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 9/2. VfB Stuttgart hold a 6-2-2 advantage against Augsburg from their latest encounters. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 4/11.

VfB Stuttgart vs Augsburg Results

In the past ten matches between home side VfB Stuttgart and Augsburg both teams found the back of the net six times. Best priced odds on both teams to score with the bookies are at 3/4.

VfB Stuttgart vs Augsburg Betting Tips

VfB Stuttgart against Augsburg is also a battle between Deniz Undav and Ermedin Demirovic with both in decent form. The former scored four while the latter has three Bundesliga goals in their last six games respectively.

MHPArena saw eight wins for VfB Stuttgart in their last 10 here across all tournaments. They also drew one and lost one, while Augsburg won one of their 10 most recent outings on their travels, whilst drawing two and losing seven. Goals are flowing freely for VfB Stuttgart on home soil currently, as both teams scored in six of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target five times in Augsburg''s last 10 league games away from home.

In the last ten encounters between VfB Stuttgart and Augsburg over 2.5 goals came out six times, as VfB Stuttgart averaged 1.5 goals a game. Augsburg scored an average of 1.6 goals in these, while both teams scored six times. In their last ten matches across all tournaments, VfB Stuttgart saw four of them finish with more than 2.5 goals, with themselves scoring an average of 1.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Augsburg's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of two goals in these matches.