VfB Stuttgart vs Wolfsburg Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th October 2023

VfB Stuttgart enjoy home advantage, when visitors Wolfsburg swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the Bundesliga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

VfB Stuttgart rank second with 15 points to their name from six matches, while visitors Wolfsburg rank seventh in the table on 12 points.

Though we are still in the early days of the Bundesliga campaign, VfB Stuttgart have so far surpassed expectations, but the question is whether they can keep riding the wave against Wolfsburg and record another good performance.

VfB Stuttgart arrive at their next Bundesliga match, averaging a fabulous 2.6 goals per game in their last ten matches in which, they scored a delicious total of 26, while also conceding 12 goals. That amounts to an average of 1.2 per game in which, they kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Wolfsburg managed a bearable 12 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.2 goals per game. They conceded 17 goals in total, and while claiming two clean sheets, they conceded 1.7 goals an average per game.

Wolfsburg got the better of VfB Stuttgart in their most recent meetings, as they first won 1-0, then 3-2.

VfB Stuttgart vs Wolfsburg Prediction

VfB Stuttgart Form

VfB Stuttgart are enjoying their football currently with three wins on the bounce, and it began with a 1-3 win against Mainz 05. They went on to beat Darmstadt by 3-1, before also getting the better of FC Koln in a 0-2 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 18 goals and conceded four times.

VfB Stuttgart naturally hope for a top half position come reckoning day next spring, but experts foresee a tough battle ahead in the lower regions of the Bundesliga.

Wolfsburg Form

Six points is Wolfsburg have to show from their past three matches, as they beat Union Berlin by 2-1. This was followed by a 1-0 defeat against B. Dortmund, before winning 2-0 against Eintracht. Wolfsburg, meanwhile, won twice, while they've drawn zero and lost four in their last six away in the Bundesliga.

Wolfsburg hope to be contesting for a place in an international tournament in a season, where a top half finish looks like the minimum outcome.

This particular encounter between VfB Stuttgart and Wolfsburg looks a little trickier for the favourites, than prices with the bookmakers suggest. All things considered, though, we still believe, the home side has enough about them to pull off a win on Saturday.

VfB Stuttgart are looking at a record of five wins, zero draws and one defeat in the Bundesliga this season. Wolfsburg are yet to play a draw this season, in stead recording four wins and two defeats in the Bundesliga.

VfB Stuttgart vs Wolfsburg Squads

VfB Stuttgart Squad

Hoeness will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Wolfsburg from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

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

Wolfsburg Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Wolfsburg players that the manager Niko Kovac will choose from for the upcoming game:

Koen Casteels (0/6), Niklas Klinger (0/0), Pavao Pervan (0/0), Philipp Schulze (0/0), Cedric Zesiger (0/5), Felix Lange (0/0), Joakim Maehle (1/6), Kilian Fischer (0/0), Maxence Lacroix (0/6), Moritz Jenz (0/2), Nicolas Cozza (0/2), Rogerio (0/3), Sebastiaan Bornauw (0/1), Aster Vranckx (0/4), Jakub Kaminski (0/5), Kevin Paredes (0/3), Lovro Majer (0/6), Mattias Svanberg (0/6), Maximilian Arnold (0/5), Patrick Wimmer (0/5), Ridle Baku (0/6), Ulysses Llanez (0/0), Yannick Gerhardt (0/5), Amin Sarr (0/3), Dzenan Pejcinovic (0/0), Jonas Wind (7/6), Lukas Nmecha (0/0), Tiago Tomas (1/6), Vaclav Cerny (0/5).

VfB Stuttgart vs Wolfsburg Team News

VfB Stuttgart could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Wolfsburg.

Thomas Kastanaras, Nikolas Nartey and Josha Vagnoman are all absent from the VfB Stuttgart squad that faces Wolfsburg at MHPArena.

Wolfsburg face a list of four absentees from the squad ahead of their next match on Saturday against VfB Stuttgart.

Names like Kevin Paredes, Lukas Nmecha, Kilian Fischer and Felix Lange most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play VfB Stuttgart.

VfB Stuttgart vs Wolfsburg Lineups

VfB Stuttgart vs Wolfsburg H2H

Wolfsburg got the better of VfB Stuttgart in their most recent meetings, as they first won 1-0, then 3-2. Wolfsburg look back on five wins in their previous matches against their next opponent in the shape of VfB Stuttgart. The home side has a 30% win rate in these encounter for a total record of 3-2-5. No doubt worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

VfB Stuttgart vs Wolfsburg Results

In four of the previous ten matches between VfB Stuttgart and Wolfsburg both teams scored.

VfB Stuttgart vs Wolfsburg Betting Tips

Serhou Guirassy look like value in the goal scoring market with ten strikes to his name in six Bundesliga matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Jonas Wind adds to his seven Bundesliga goals come on Saturday.

VfB Stuttgart claimed six wins, drew two and lost two of their last 10 home games across all tournaments. Wolfsburg won five, drew zero and lost five of their last 10 games away. It is a little hit or miss who gets the first goal in, when looking at VfB Stuttgart's recent at MHPArena, They scored the opening goal six times in 10 here, whereas their visitors scored the opener in six of their last 10 games away from home.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet six times in the last ten encounters between VfB Stuttgart and Wolfsburg as under 2.5 goals happened three times. VfB Stuttgart scored an average of 1.1 goals a game, with Wolfsburg averaging 1.2 goals in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of VfB Stuttgart’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 3.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Wolfsburg's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.7 goals in these matches.