VfB Stuttgart vs Werder Bremen Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 2nd December 2023

Bookmakers favour VfB Stuttgart to win against Werder Bremen in their next Bundesliga match. This takes place on Saturday with the hosts in decent form, and a win seems quite likely. Naturally, Werder Bremen will put up a fight at the MHPArena, though.

VfB Stuttgart are third in the rankings with 27 points after 12 matches played, whereas Werder Bremen rank 12th in the Bundesliga on 11 points.

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

Werder Bremen celebrated a 0-2 win in their most recent meeting with their VfB Stuttgart. Are we in for something similar at MHPArena this coming Saturday, or does the latter have something else in store?

VfB Stuttgart vs Werder Bremen Prediction

VfB Stuttgart Form

In the previous three matches, VfB Stuttgart lost 2-0 against FC Heidenheim, beat B. Dortmund by 2-1 and won 1-2 against Eintracht. VfB Stuttgart have been in potent form at MHPArena, winning no less than five of the past six Bundesliga matches here. They also hammered in 20 goals, while letting in six as they also lost once.

Werder Bremen Form

Werder Bremen were only able to claim two points from their last three matches. They first drew 2-2 against Wolfsburg, followed by another draw. This time it ended 2-2 against Eintracht, before going down in a 0-3 defeat against Bayer Leverkusen. Werder Bremen are winless in their last six away games in the Bundesliga, in which they drew one and lost five. They conceded 13 goals while scoring six themselves.

VfB Stuttgart should be too strong against Werder Bremen to drop any points, and combining this with over 2.5 goals, ups the price on the expected home win at MHPArena.

VfB Stuttgart took 15 points from their last six encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Bundesliga table. This amounts to five wins after scoring 16 times and conceding four. Werder Bremen fought their way to zero wins and zero points from their last four games against teams inside the top six. They were on target twice in these matches, but also let in 11 goals. VfB Stuttgart are yet to play a draw this season, in stead recording nine wins and three defeats in the Bundesliga. Werder Bremen are looking at three wins, two draws and seven defeats in the Bundesliga.

VfB Stuttgart vs Werder Bremen Squads

VfB Stuttgart Squad

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

Alexander Nuebel (0/12), Dennis Seimen (0/0), Fabian Bredlow (0/0), Florian Schock (0/0), Anthony Rouault (0/7), Dan-Axel Zagadou (1/12), Hiroki Ito (0/12), Josha Vagnoman (0/2), Leonidas Stergiou (0/3), Maximilian Mittelstaedt (0/10), Pascal Stenzel (0/9), Waldemar Anton (0/12), Angelo Stiller (0/11), Atakan Karazor (0/12), Boris Tashchi (0/0), Chris Fuehrich (3/12), Enzo Millot (2/10), Genki Haraguchi (0/1), Laurin Ulrich (0/0), Lilian Egloff (0/5), Luca Raimund (0/1), Nikolas Nartey (0/0), Woo-Yeong Jeong (0/8), Deniz Undav (7/9), Jamie Leweling (0/12), Jovan Milosevic (0/4), Roberto Massimo (0/3), Serhou Guirassy (15/10), Silas Katompa Mvumpa (3/12), Thomas Kastanaras (0/0).

Werder Bremen Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Werder Bremen players that the manager Ole Werner will choose from for the upcoming game:

Dudu (0/0), Jiri Pavlenka (0/7), Michael Zetterer (0/5), Amos Pieper (0/6), Anthony Jung (0/11), Christian Gross (0/7), Felix Agu (0/2), Marco Friedl (0/10), Milos Veljkovic (1/10), Mitchell Weiser (1/12), Niklas Stark (0/5), Jens Stage (2/12), Justin Njinmah (2/10), Leon Opitz (0/2), Leonardo Bittencourt (1/9), Naby Keita (0/3), Nicolai Rapp (0/2), Olivier Deman (1/8), Romano Schmid (1/12), Senne Lynen (0/11), Dawid Kownacki (0/6), Marvin Ducksch (5/12), Nick Woltemade (0/10), Rafael Santos Borre (3/9).

VfB Stuttgart vs Werder Bremen Team News

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

Due to various ailments Deniz Undav, Roberto Massimo, Nikolas Nartey and Josha Vagnoman will be absent from the squad, VfB Stuttgart are able to field against Werder Bremen on Saturday.

Werder Bremen have three on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against VfB Stuttgart this coming Saturday.

Werder Bremen need to do without Naby Keita, Nicolai Rapp and Leon Opitz, who are not fit enough to travel to MHPArena.

VfB Stuttgart vs Werder Bremen Lineups

VfB Stuttgart vs Werder Bremen H2H

The last time the pair played each other, Werder Bremen came out the other side as 0-2 winners and surely won't mind a repeat of that result. The previous ten matches were equally split between these two sides. VfB Stuttgart won four and Werder Bremen won three matches. However, Werder Bremen did manage a 2-0 win last time out, and the bookies best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 11/2.

VfB Stuttgart vs Werder Bremen Results

In the previous ten matches between VfB Stuttgart and Werder Bremen, both teams found the back of the net six times.

VfB Stuttgart vs Werder Bremen Betting Tips

When looking for in-form players to find the target, there are some interesting names popping up in both teams. Serhou Guirassy brings great form to the table, as he is now on five goals in six games. Surely, VfB Stuttgart will start him against Werder Bremen, who also have some appealing names to consider. Not least Marvin Ducksch, who notched up three goals in his past six games.

VfB Stuttgart won nine of their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while losing one times. Werder Bremen won one of their last 10 games away from home, with three draws and six defeats as well. Of the previous 10 outings at MHPArena, VfB Stuttgart scored the opening goal six times, whereas their visitors were first on target in four of their last 10 games away from home.

Less than 2.5 goals came out four times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet four times. VfB Stuttgart managed an average of 1.3 goals, with Werder Bremen averaging 1.5 goals. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of VfB Stuttgart’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came out in eight of the last 10 matches Werder Bremen played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.6 goals themselves during this run.