VfB Stuttgart vs Mainz 05 Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 11th February 2024

Despite a rather curious form recently, VfB Stuttgart have a good opportunity to be victorious in round 21 of the Bundesliga season. They meet Mainz 05 this coming Sunday at the MHPArena, where they hope to frustrate the visitors.

Placed third in the table VfB Stuttgart have amassed 40 points after 20 matches. On 12 points, Mainz 05 rank 17th with 20 matches played this season.

Their upcoming match is a difficult challenge for Mainz 05, who next face VfB Stuttgart in their continuous fight to avoid relegation. They should be highly motivated to spring a surprise, even against a tough opponent like VfB Stuttgart.

VfB Stuttgart presents an average of just 1.9 goals per game in their last ten games. They scored a moderate 19times, while also conceding 13. This amounts to an average of 1.3 per game in which, they kept their opponents from scoring in two matches.

Mainz 05 are currently not the most scoring team in the Bundesliga, as they only found the back of the net four times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.4 goals a game in which they conceded eight times, an average of 0.8 per game. They managed two clean sheets in these.

It was an enormously entertaining 1-3 match, when these two sides last played each other. A similar feast of goals would go down well this coming Sunday.

VfB Stuttgart vs Mainz 05 Prediction

VfB Stuttgart Form

In their last three matches, VfB Stuttgart beat RB Leipzig by 5-2 and Freiburg by 1-3, before losing against Bayer Leverkusen by 3-2. 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 15 goals.

Mainz 05 Form

Mainz 05 came away from their previous three games with just one point, as they lost 1-0 against Eintracht Frankfurt. A 0-1 defeat against Werder Bremen followed, before a 1-1 draw with Union Berlin. Mainz 05 didn't manage a single away win in their last six Bundesliga matches, but managed five draws, while suffering one defeats. They conceded five and scored four goals themselves.

In current form, it is very difficult to argue against VfB Stuttgart claiming yet another win. Mainz 05 don't look strong enough right now to push their hosts to dropping points.

VfB Stuttgart scored 23 goals and conceded nine in their last ten games against teams from the bottom half of the Bundesliga table. They collected 21 points and seven victories. Mainz 05 claimed one win and six points from their last 11 encounters with teams in the top half of the Bundesliga, while scoring seven goals to 19 against. VfB Stuttgart so far pulled off a record of 13 wins, one draw and six defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Mainz 05 so far pulled off one win, nine draws and ten defeats in the Bundesliga.

VfB Stuttgart vs Mainz 05 Squads

VfB Stuttgart Squad

The 41-year-old Hoeness will select the starting eleven against Mainz 05 from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Alexander Nuebel (0/20), Dennis Seimen (0/0), Fabian Bredlow (0/0), Florian Schock (0/0), Anrie Chase (0/0), Anthony Rouault (0/14), Dan-Axel Zagadou (1/19), Hiroki Ito (0/12), Josha Vagnoman (1/10), Leonidas Stergiou (0/7), Maximilian Mittelstaedt (1/18), Pascal Stenzel (0/14), Waldemar Anton (0/20), Angelo Stiller (0/19), Atakan Karazor (0/19), Boris Tashchi (0/0), Chris Fuehrich (6/20), Enzo Millot (3/18), Genki Haraguchi (0/1), Laurin Ulrich (0/0), Lilian Egloff (0/5), Luca Raimund (0/2), Mahmoud Dahoud (0/1), Nikolas Nartey (0/0), Samuele di Benedetto (0/1), Woo-Yeong Jeong (0/12), Deniz Undav (13/17), Jamie Leweling (1/20), Jovan Milosevic (0/5), Roberto Massimo (0/5), Serhou Guirassy (17/14), Silas Katompa Mvumpa (3/16).

Mainz 05 Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Mainz 05 players that the manager Jan Siewert will choose from for the upcoming game:

Daniel Batz (0/4), Lasse Riess (0/0), Robin Zentner (0/16), Andreas Hanche-Olsen (0/3), Anthony Caci (2/18), Danny da Costa (0/15), Maxim Leitsch (0/7), Philipp Mwene (0/12), Sepp van den Berg (1/19), Silvan Widmer (1/8), Stefan Bell (0/10), David Mamutovic (0/0), Dominik Kohr (0/19), Edimilson Fernandes (0/14), Eniss Shabani (0/0), Jae-Sung Lee (2/16), Josuha Guilavogui (0/2), Leandro Barreiro (2/18), Merveille Papela (0/9), Nadiem Amiri (0/10), Philipp Schulz (0/0), Tom Krauss (1/19), Brajan Gruda (1/16), Jessic Ngankam (0/17), Jonathan Burkardt (1/9), Karim Onisiwo (0/16), Ludovic Ajorque (1/16), Marco Richter (1/15), Nelson Weiper (0/3).

VfB Stuttgart vs Mainz 05 Team News

VfB Stuttgart could have as many as four players on the injured and absent list, when they face up to Mainz 05 on Sunday. Silas Katompa Mvumpa, Woo-Yeong Jeong and Serhou Guirassy can't be called up by the VfB Stuttgart-manager, with both serving a ban.

VfB Stuttgart-players Serhou Guirassy, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Nikolas Nartey and Josha Vagnoman won't be playing in the upcoming match against Mainz 05 at MHPArena due to nursing various injuries.

Before their next match against VfB Stuttgart, Mainz 05 have three players on their list of injured and absent this coming Sunday.

Names like Stefan Bell, Danny da Costa and Nelson Weiper most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play VfB Stuttgart.

VfB Stuttgart vs Mainz 05 Lineups

VfB Stuttgart vs Mainz 05 H2H

VfB Stuttgart ended up winning 1-3 in the most recent meeting between these two rivals. Rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind at MHPArena., when they once again face Mainz 05. VfB Stuttgart claimed five wins against Mainz 05 in the last ten encounters, leaving them with a small psychological edge before their next meeting.

VfB Stuttgart vs Mainz 05 Results

Both teams to score came out seven times in the past ten matches between VfB Stuttgart and Mainz 05. Odds on both teams finding the back of the net are best priced at 10/11 with the bookies.

VfB Stuttgart vs Mainz 05 Betting Tips

It has been a great season for Deniz Undav so far as he currently has 13 goals on his account during this season. He also hit the net five times in his last six games, leaving VfB Stuttgart hoping he delivers against Mainz 05 on Sunday as well. Siding with him to score in the upcoming game seems like a reasonable choice.

In their last 10 matches at MHPArena across all tournaments VfB Stuttgart won eight times, drew one and lost one times. Mainz 05 claimed zero wins, six draw and four defeats in their last 10 games away. In eight of the previous 10 games at MHPArena, more than 2.5 goals paid out with the bookmakers. Over 3.5 goals paid dividends six times in these. Over 2.5 goals came out in five of the last 10 league matches away for Mainz 05, while over 3.5 goals paid out four times.

Over 2.5 goals paid out six times in the previous ten encounters between these two Bundesliga sides. VfB Stuttgart pulled off an average of two goals, while Mainz 05 settled for an average of 1.2 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times in this streak. In VfB Stuttgart's last ten games, there have been over 2.5 goals in seven of them. They managed to average 2.3 goals goals per match across all tournaments. Over 2.5 goals came up in one of Mainz 05's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.6 goals in these matches.