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Wolfsburg Looking to Halt Eight-Game Winless Run When High-Flying Stuttgart Visit

Wolfsburg vs Stuttgart - 02/03/2024

Wolfsburg Looking to Halt Eight-Game Winless Run When High-Flying Stuttgart Visit
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Saturday’s late kick-off in the Bundesliga brings together two sides in contrasting form at opposite ends of the table.

Champions League chasers VfB Stuttgart travel to Volkswagen Arena to take on relegation-threatened VfL Wolfsburg, with 22 points between the teams in the standings.

This preview covers all the key stats and trends for both sides, along with a mathematics-based prediction from Forebet’s predictive analytics model.

Let’s start by looking at the hosts, Wolfsburg, who played out a 2-2 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt last time out, throwing away the lead on two occasions.

Remarkably, the Wolves have now drawn six of their previous seven Bundesliga matches, recording four 1-1 stalemates and a couple of 2-2 draws.

To make matters worse for Wolfsburg, they have managed to win just one of their last 11 league encounters, keeping a solitary clean sheet in the process.

As a result, the Wolves have dropped to 13th in the standings – eight points outside the bottom three – with 11 games remaining to save their season.

By contrast, Stuttgart are flying high in third place and currently sit seven points inside the top four thanks to a hugely impressive 2023-24 campaign.

Although Stuttgart were held to a 1-1 draw by FC Koln last time out, they have won four of their previous five Bundesliga games, scoring 14 goals along the way.

When you look at the bigger picture, the Reds have won 15 of their 23 league outings this season, posting the third-best offensive record and the third-best defensive record.

Stuttgart have also remained solid on the road this term, winning six of their last 10 away league games while scoring over 1.5 goals in each of those victories.

Head-to-head: Stuttgart won the reverse fixture 3-1 back in October, ending a run of three matches without a win against Wolfsburg.

Across the past 11 Bundesliga meetings, Wolfsburg have claimed five wins, while Stuttgart have registered four victories.

Team news: Wolfsburg are currently without Brazilian defender Rogerio, who has missed the previous two matches due to a muscle injury.

On the flip side, Stuttgart’s injury list contains Samuele di Benedetto, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Deniz Undav, Alexander Nubel and Nikolas Nartey.

When you couple Wolfsburg’s lengthy winless run with Stuttgart’s impressive push for Champions League football, all the signs point towards an away win.

Forebet predicts that both teams will score at Volkswagen Arena. However, Stuttgart are expected to outscore Wolfsburg on this occasion.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
De1
232552
2
1 - 2
3.00
10°
2.15
3.30 3.40 2.15 no no no
FT
2 - 3(0 - 1)
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- - -
Bundesliga Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Bayer Leverkusen 90 34 28 6 0 65
2
Stuttgart 73 34 23 4 7 39
3
Bayern München 72 34 23 3 8 49
4
RB Leipzig 65 34 19 8 7 38
5
Borussia Dortmund 63 34 18 9 7 25
6
Eintracht Frankfurt 47 34 11 14 9 1
7
Hoffenheim 46 34 13 7 14 0
8
Heidenheim 42 34 10 12 12 -5
9
Werder Bremen 42 34 11 9 14 -6
10
Freiburg 42 34 11 9 14 -13
11
Augsburg 39 34 10 9 15 -10
12
Wolfsburg 37 34 10 7 17 -15
13
Mainz 35 34 7 14 13 -12
14
Borussia M'gladbach 34 34 7 13 14 -11
15
Union Berlin 33 34 9 6 19 -25
16
Bochum 33 34 7 12 15 -32
17
Köln 27 34 5 12 17 -32
18
Darmstadt 17 34 3 8 23 -56

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