VfB Stuttgart vs Bayern Munich Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 28th February 2025

VfB Stuttgart should be highly motivated for the task ahead in round 24 of the Bundesliga campaign, when they take on League-leaders Bayern Munich. With little to lose, they have their eyes fixed on an upset at MHPArena this coming Friday.

Sitting top of the table, Bayern Munich claimed 58 points after 23 rounds, while VfB Stuttgart have amassed 36 points. This ranks the latter as number 7 in the Bundesliga before the next round.

Although VfB Stuttgart are behind Bayern Munich in the table by double digits, beating the league leaders in the Bundesliga would be huge for the hosts.

VfB Stuttgart only average a modest 1.5 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 15 goals. They also conceded 11 for an average of 1.1 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Bayern Munich scored 28 goals, conceded nine and managed five clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

VfB Stuttgart took a hit when Bayern Munich handed them a 4-0 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 3-1 win.

VfB Stuttgart vs Bayern Munich Prediction

VfB Stuttgart Form

In has been a bit of everything for VfB Stuttgart in their previous three matches, where they first beat Borussia Dortmund by 1-2. This was followed by a disappointing 1-2 defeat against Wolfsburg, before an encounter with Hoffenheim produced a 1-1 draw. VfB Stuttgart claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Bundesliga. They also drew zero and lost three, as they scored 11 and conceded eight goals.

Bayern Munich Form

Bayern Munich have two draws and a win to show from their previous three matches. They started with a 0-0 draw with Bayer Leverkusen. This was followed by another draw with Celtic, this time 1-1, before they outclassed Eintracht Frankfurt by 4-0. Bayern Munich managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Bundesliga away matches, in which they scored six while also conceding four times. They also experienced two draws and one defeat.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between VfB Stuttgart and Bayern Munich.

VfB Stuttgart have taken 12 points from their last 12 games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. They won three of these matches with a scoreline of 19 goals to 23. Bayern Munich scored 29 goals and conceded 12 in their last 12 games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. This earned them eight wins and 27 points. VfB Stuttgart claimed ten wins, six draws as well as seven defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Bayern Munich enjoy a record of 18 wins, four draws and one defeat in the Bundesliga.

VfB Stuttgart vs Bayern Munich Squads

VfB Stuttgart Squad

The 42-year-old coach of the home team, Sebastian Hoeness, will select the lineup against Bayern Munich from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Alexander Nuebel (0/23), Fabian Bredlow (0/0), Stefan Drljaca (0/0), Ameen Al Dakhil (0/5), Dan-Axel Zagadou (0/2), Finn Jeltsch (0/2), Jeff Chabot (1/21), Josha Vagnoman (1/20), Leonidas Stergiou (0/7), Luca Jaquez (0/0), Maximilian Mittelstaedt (1/21), Pascal Stenzel (0/4), Ramon Hendriks (0/16), Angelo Stiller (0/23), Atakan Karazor (1/21), Boris Tashchy (0/0), Chris Fuehrich (1/22), Enzo Millot (4/22), Ermedin Demirovic (8/23), Fabian Rieder (1/18), Leonhard Muenst (0/0), Luca Raimund (0/0), Yannik Keitel (0/8), Deniz Undav (7/17), El Bilal Toure (2/9), Jacob Bruun Larsen (3/18), Jamie Leweling (1/17), Justin Diehl (1/6), Mohamed Sankoh (0/0), Nick Woltemade (8/18), Wahid Faghir (0/0).

Bayern Munich Squad

Here is the full team squad of Bayern Munich. The 38 year-old Vincent Kompany will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Daniel Peretz (0/3), Jonas Urbig (0/0), Manuel Neuer (0/19), Sven Ulreich (0/1), Alphonso Davies (1/17), Dayot Upamecano (2/19), Eric Dier (0/10), Hiroki Ito (1/2), Joshua Kimmich (1/23), Josip Stanisic (0/3), Min-Jae Kim (2/22), Raphael Guerreiro (1/16), Sacha Boey (0/8), Tarek Buchmann (0/0), Aleksandar Pavlovic (1/15), Jamal Musiala (11/20), Joao Palhinha (0/10), Konrad Laimer (1/19), Leon Goretzka (3/17), Leroy Sane (6/19), Gabriel Vidovic (0/0), Harry Kane (21/21), Kingsley Coman (3/21), Michael Olise (7/23), Serge Gnabry (5/16), Thomas Muller (1/20).

VfB Stuttgart vs Bayern Munich Team News

VfB Stuttgart have an almost full squad available against Bayern Munich at MHPArena with only one player possibly missing. Atakan Karazor gets a day off from the VfB Stuttgart squad, as he serves out a suspension.

VfB Stuttgart vs Bayern Munich Lineups

VfB Stuttgart vs Bayern Munich H2H

VfB Stuttgart lost to 4-0 Bayern Munich in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 3-1 win, which VfB Stuttgart dished out the match before that. Bayern Munich go into the match against VfB Stuttgart with a 7-2-1 advantage. The bookies have Bayern Munich to win this match at best price odds of 8/13.

VfB Stuttgart vs Bayern Munich Results

It seems highly likely we are in for a seriously entertaining match between VfB Stuttgart and Bayern Munich. The previous ten matches have been joyous affairs as over 2.5 goals came out no less than ten times. Best priced odds on over 2.5 goals are 1/2 at the bookmakers.

VfB Stuttgart vs Bayern Munich Betting Tips

He banged in 21 goals so far this season, and Harry Kane also hammered in five goals in his last six games in this tournament. No doubt, he will be hungry for more, when travelling to face VfB Stuttgart.

VfB Stuttgart won five of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing one and losing four as well. Bayern Munich won six from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew two and lost two in this run. Goals are usually flowing for VfB Stuttgart on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in seven of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened five times for Bayern Munich in their last 10 league games away from home.

Both teams to score was a winning bet six times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals, while at least four goals happened eight times. VfB Stuttgart managed an average of one goal, while Bayern Munich averaged three goals a game. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of VfB Stuttgart’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of the last ten games for Bayern Munich, who managed to hit the net 2.2 times on average in these games.