VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia Dortmund Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 15th April 2023
The Bundesliga game at Mercedes-Benz Arena on Saturday sees visitors Borussia Dortmund facing home side VfB Stuttgart.
One spot behind the leader of the table, Borussia Dortmund have claimed 56 points after 27 rounds, while VfB Stuttgart have amassed 23 points and are now ranked as number 16 in the Bundesliga standings.
VfB Stuttgart are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Borussia Dortmund but odds don't favour them to pull it off.
1.1 VfB Stuttgart go into their next Bundesliga match, scoring a humble average of 1.1 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 11 times, while conceding 17. That amounts to an average of 1.7 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring one times.
Borussia Dortmund are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 28 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 2.8 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 11 goals, and while Borussia Dortmund claimed three clean sheets, they conceded an average of 1.1 goals per match.
In the last two matches against VfB Stuttgart, Borussia Dortmund won 5-0 in outubro 2022 and 2-0 in abril 2022.
VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia Dortmund Prediction
VfB Stuttgart Form
In the previous three matches, VfB Stuttgart lost 3-0 against Union Berlin, beat Nuernberg by 0-1 and won 2-3 against Bochum. VfB Stuttgart only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Bundesliga matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew one and lost three, as they scored seven and conceded seven goals.
Borussia Dortmund Form
Borussia Dortmund suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches as they were run over by Bayern Munich in a 4-2 defeat. RB Leipzig also proved too hard to handle as they won 2-0, before Borussia Dortmund were able to strike back in a 2-1 win against Union Berlin. Borussia Dortmund 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 seven.
Both VfB Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund have been firing on all cylinders, while also conceding frequently. We should be in for a very entertaining match with goals aplenty.
Borussia Dortmund claimed eight wins from 22 goals scored and six conceded in the previous seven encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the Bundesliga. This earned them a total of 25 points. VfB Stuttgart so far pulled off a record of five wins, eight draws and 14 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Borussia Dortmund are looking at 18 wins, two draws and seven defeats in the Bundesliga.
VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia Dortmund Stats
- In the last 10 VfB Stuttgart matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 10 VfB Stuttgart home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- VfB Stuttgart have conceded in 11 of the last 13 matches
- VfB Stuttgart have scored in 10 of the last 12 matches
- In the last 3 VfB Stuttgart matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- B. Dortmund have won 13 of the last 15 matches
- B. Dortmund have not lost 17 of the last 19 matches
- B. Dortmund have scored in 18 of the last 20 matches
- B. Dortmund have won 8 of the last 10 away matches
- B. Dortmund have won 6 of the last 8 away matches while scoring less than 2.5 goals
VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia Dortmund Squads
VfB Stuttgart Squad
Hoeness will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Borussia Dortmund from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):
Fabian Bredlow (0/8), Florian Mueller (0/19), Florian Schock (0/0), Nicolas Glaus (0/0), Antonis Aidonis (0/0), Borna Sosa (2/19), Dan-Axel Zagadou (0/11), Hiroki Ito (1/25), Josha Vagnoman (1/16), Konstantinos Mavropanos (2/24), Pascal Stenzel (0/11), Waldemar Anton (1/27), Atakan Karazor (0/23), Boris Tashchi (0/0), Chris Fuehrich (4/26), Enzo Millot (0/17), Genki Haraguchi (0/20), Gil Dias (1/7), Laurin Ulrich (0/1), Lilian Egloff (0/10), Nikolas Nartey (0/8), Omer Beyaz (0/0), Tanguy Coulibaly (1/8), Wataru Endo (3/26), Alou Kuol (0/0), Juan Perea (1/15), Luca Pfeiffer (0/18), Sehrou Guirassy (7/15), Silas Katompa Mvumpa (4/23), Thomas Kastanaras (0/4), Tiago Tomas (2/20).
Borussia Dortmund Squad
Here is the full team squad of Borussia Dortmund. The 40 year-old Edin Terzic will select his starting lineup from the following players:
Alexander Meyer (0/7), Gregor Kobel (0/20), Luca Unbehaun (0/0), Marcel Lotka (0/0), Antonios Papadopoulos (0/0), Julian Ryerson (1/23), Mateu Morey (0/0), Mats Hummels (0/23), Nico Schlotterbeck (4/26), Nico Schulz (0/0), Niklas Suele (1/23), Raphael Guerreiro (3/21), Soumaila Coulibaly (0/0), Tom Rothe (0/2), Abdoulaye Kamara (0/0), Emre Can (2/20), Felix Passlack (0/2), Giovanni Reyna (5/16), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (3/14), Jude Bellingham (4/26), Julian Brandt (8/25), Justin Njinmah (0/1), Mahmoud Dahoud (0/9), Marco Reus (6/18), Marius Wolf (1/19), Salih Oezcan (0/21), Thomas Meunier (0/10), Anthony Modeste (2/17), Donyell Malen (4/19), Julien Duranville (0/0), Karim Adeyemi (3/17), Sebastien Haller (3/12), Youssoufa Moukoko (7/20).
VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia Dortmund Team News
The injured and absent list looks to be stretched wide for VfB Stuttgart, as they prepare to meet Borussia Dortmund, since seven could be missing.
Atakan Karazor, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Borna Sosa, Laurin Ulrich, Josha Vagnoman, Wataru Endo and Chris Fuehrich are all absent from the VfB Stuttgart squad that faces Borussia Dortmund at Mercedes-Benz Arena.
Borussia Dortmund could have up to nine players on the injured and absent players for their match on Saturday atMercedes-Benz Arena
Borussia Dortmund need to do without Emre Can, Thomas Meunier, Mats Hummels, Anthony Modeste, Marius Wolf, Tom Rothe, Abdoulaye Kamara, Mateu Morey and Sebastien Haller, who are not fit enough to travel to Mercedes-Benz Arena.
VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia Dortmund Lineups
VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia Dortmund H2H
Borussia Dortmund got the better of VfB Stuttgart in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 5-0 and 2-0, respectively. Borussia Dortmund have a good reading on VfB Stuttgart, as they won eight of the last ten encounters. The latter sprung a surprise, though, by winning 5-0 in the latest meeting. The bookies have Borussia Dortmund to win this match at best price odds of 10/11.
VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia Dortmund Results
Goals should be expected when VfB Stuttgart welcome Borussia Dortmund as their previous ten matches have been very entertaining. Over 2.5 goals happened nine times. Best priced odds on over 2.5 goals are 8/11 at the bookmakers.
VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia Dortmund Betting Tips
Having scored just once lately in the Bundesliga, Sehrou Guirassy will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Borussia Dortmund hope Marco Reus can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three Bundesliga goals in his last six Bundesliga games.
Mercedes-Benz Arena witnessed VfB Stuttgart winning four of their 10 latest matches across all tournaments here. They drew one and lost five in this run. Borussia Dortmund won six of their previous 10 games away, drew one and lost three. Both teams scored in six of the last 10 home league matches for VfB Stuttgart. Both teams also found the back of the net five times in the previous 10 league games away for Borussia Dortmund.
Over 2.5 goals happened nine times in the past ten encounters between VfB Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund, with VfB Stuttgart scoring 1.1 goals on average per game. Borussia Dortmund averaged 2.7 goals, while both teams scored five times. VfB Stuttgart scored an average of 1.3 goals in their last ten matches in which over 2.5 goals happened six times. Over 2.5 goals came up in six of Borussia Dortmund's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of two goals in these matches.
