VfB Stuttgart vs Hoffenheim Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 28th October 2023

Hoffenheim travel to face VfB Stuttgart in a Bundesliga encounter at MHPArena this coming Saturday.

VfB Stuttgart are placed second with 21 points after eight matches. Hoffenheim occupy a position as sixth in the league on 15 points.

VfB Stuttgart aim to continue their fine run of matches without defeat this coming Saturday, and motivation should be as high as the mood in the VfB Stuttgart-camp before their upcoming challenges.

VfB Stuttgart scored 30 goals in ten matches, an average of three goals per game. They conceded ten goals, an average of one per game and held on for a clean sheet four times.

Hoffenheim scored 22 goals, conceded 17 and held on for a clean sheet in one of their last ten matches.

VfB Stuttgart and Hoffenheim settled for a point in a 1-1 draw, when last faced with each other. The best betting odds on a another draw at full-time with the bookies are at 14/5.

VfB Stuttgart vs Hoffenheim Prediction

VfB Stuttgart Form

VfB Stuttgart are enjoying their football currently with three wins on the bounce, and it began with a 0-2 win against FC Koln. They went on to beat Wolfsburg by 3-1, before also getting the better of Union Berlin in a 0-3 victory. VfB Stuttgart won four of their past six matches on home soil in the Bundesliga, where they also drew twice and went undefeated. They scored 20 goals and conceded four times.

Hoffenheim Form

Hoffenheim are inconsistent at the moment, with two defeats and a win to show from their last three matches. They lost 1-3 against B. Dortmund, won 2-3 against Werder Bremen, before dropping points again in a 1-3 defeat against Eintracht. In their last six Bundesliga away matches, Hoffenheim won four, while also drawing once and losing once, scoring 13 while also conceding eight times.

VfB Stuttgart are well up for the task of building on their current momentum, and we expect them to deliver the goods in their upcoming clash at MHPArena against visitors Hoffenheim.

We should be in for some serious entertainment at MHPArena, since VfB Stuttgart is the most scoring home team in the Bundesliga this season. They found the back of the net 16 times, while Hoffenheim are the most scoring away team with 11 goals to their name. They also conceded five goals, while the home side conceded two.

VfB Stuttgart claimed seven wins, zero draws as well as one defeat in the Bundesliga this season. Hoffenheim are yet to play a draw this season, in stead recording five wins and three defeats in the Bundesliga.

VfB Stuttgart vs Hoffenheim Squads

VfB Stuttgart Squad

Sebastian Hoeness will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Hoffenheim from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

Alexander Nuebel (0/8), Dennis Seimen (0/0), Fabian Bredlow (0/0), Florian Schock (0/0), Anthony Rouault (0/5), Dan-Axel Zagadou (1/8), Hiroki Ito (0/8), Josha Vagnoman (0/0), Leonidas Stergiou (0/1), Maximilian Mittelstaedt (0/7), Pascal Stenzel (0/8), Waldemar Anton (0/8), Angelo Stiller (0/7), Atakan Karazor (0/8), Boris Tashchi (0/0), Chris Fuehrich (2/8), Enzo Millot (2/7), Genki Haraguchi (0/1), Laurin Ulrich (0/0), Lilian Egloff (0/3), Luca Raimund (0/0), Nikolas Nartey (0/0), Woo-Yeong Jeong (0/4), Deniz Undav (3/5), Jamie Leweling (0/8), Jovan Milosevic (0/3), Roberto Massimo (0/3), Serhou Guirassy (14/8), Silas Katompa Mvumpa (3/8), Thomas Kastanaras (0/0).

Hoffenheim Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 45 year-old Hoffenheim manager Matarazzo will select his starting XI from these players:

Luca Philipp (0/0), Nahuel Noll (0/0), Oliver Baumann (0/8), Attila Szalai (0/3), John Anthony Brooks (1/8), Joshua Quarshie (0/0), Kasim Adams (0/0), Kevin Akpoguma (0/4), Kevin Vogt (0/8), Ozan Kabak (1/6), Pavel Kaderabek (1/6), Stanley N'Soki (0/1), Anton Stach (0/7), Bambase Conte (0/0), Dennis Geiger (0/0), Diadie Samassekou (0/0), Finn Becker (0/6), Florian Grillitsch (1/7), Grischa Proemel (1/8), Marco John (0/0), Robert Skov (1/7), Tom Bischof (0/4), Umut Tohumcu (0/0), Andrej Kramaric (4/6), Ihlas Bebou (0/6), Julian Justvan (0/2), Marius Buelter (1/8), Maximilian Beier (6/8), Mergim Berisha (0/7), Wout Weghorst (0/6).

VfB Stuttgart vs Hoffenheim Team News

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

Fabian Bredlow, Josha Vagnoman, Nikolas Nartey and Josha Vagnoman are missing from the squad, VfB Stuttgart will field against Hoffenheimthis coming Saturday.

More than a handful of players could be forced out of the next match for Hoffenheim, who are looking at seven players nursing various problems.

Hoffenheim need to do without Marco John, Ozan Kabak, Andrej Kramaric, Florian Grillitsch, Stanley N'Soki, Bambase Conte and Dennis Geiger, who are not fit enough to travel to MHPArena.

VfB Stuttgart vs Hoffenheim Lineups

VfB Stuttgart vs Hoffenheim H2H

It finished 1-1 when VfB Stuttgart last played Hoffenheim and the best betting odds on yet another draw at full-time with the bookies are at 14/5. Neither side have been the dominant force in recent meetings between VfB Stuttgart and Hoffenheim, as Hoffenheim won three of the last ten Matches, while VfB Stuttgart won three matches of these ten encounters. The bookies have Hoffenheim to win this match at best price odds of 10/3.

VfB Stuttgart vs Hoffenheim Results

Both teams found the back of the net six times in the past ten matches between home side VfB Stuttgart and Hoffenheim. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 1/2.

VfB Stuttgart vs Hoffenheim Betting Tips

Maximilian Beier look like great value to find the back of the net this coming Saturday, having hit the target five times in recent Bundesliga matches for Hoffenheim. His total for the season says six goals scored in this Bundesliga campaign. With 11 goals lately for VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga, Serhou Guirassy is also a player worth mentioning.

VfB Stuttgart claimed eight wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing one and losing one. Hoffenheim won five of their last 10 away games, as they also drew one and lost four of these matches. An impressive seven of the last 10 matches on home soil for VfB Stuttgart went over 2.5 goals. Of these, five even went over 3.5 goals. In six of the last 10 away games for Hoffenheim the match had more than 2.5 goals. Over 3.5 goals came out three times.

Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet five times in the past ten encounters between VfB Stuttgart and Hoffenheim, with the latter scoring 1.5 goals on average in these. VfB Stuttgart managed an average of 1.5 goals as both teams scored six times in this run. In the past ten matches for VfB Stuttgart across all competitions, over 2.5 goals happened in nine times of them with an average of 3.8 goals goals scored by themselves. Over 2.5 goals came up in nine of Hoffenheim's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.2 goals in these matches.