Schalke vs VfB Stuttgart Bundesliga Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Schalke are currently on an eight-game unbeaten run in the Bundesliga against Stuttgart (W6, D2) — among current BL sides, they are only enjoying a longer ongoing run against Bielefeld (11 games). 304 have scored 17 goals in those eight matches (2.1 per game), only letting in five.
Against no other side have Stuttgart won more games than against Schalke in the Bundesliga (42. level with Frankfurt). However, Schalke have defeated VfB 38 times, only against Bremen and HSV do they have more victories again st an opponent in the top-flight.
Schalke are currently on a 21 -game wait for a Bundesliga win (D8, L13), last picking up three points on 17th January at home to Gladbach (2-0).
Tasmania Berlin in 1965/66 are the only side to endure a longer winless streak In the BL (31 games). Schalke have taken just eight points from their 21-game winless streak, which is as many as VfB Stuttgart have picked up after five matches this season.
Stuttgart have won both their Bundesliga away games in 2020/21. including last season, VIB have won four of their last five matches on the road, losing the other again Karlsruher SC in Bundesliga 2.
Schalke have only won one of their last five Bundesliga games against promoted sides (D3, L1): 2-1 vs. Union Berlin on matchday 13 of last season.
With eight points from their first five games, Stuttgart have the best record at this stage of any promoted side since 2017/18. Back then. Hannover had 11 points from five matches, although they ended up finishing 13th.
Seven of Stuttgart's 10 goals have come in the final 30 minutes of games. Only Bayern can match this tally, although they have scored more than twice as many goals as VfB this season (22).
Manuel Baum has the joint-second worst record of any Schalke coach after three games. Jorg Berger also had one point and a 1-8 goal record in October 1993, while Markus Weinzierl took no points from his first three games in charge in 2016.
Under Pellegrino Matarazzo, Stuttgart average over two goals per league game and they have only failed to score in two matches. including last season, VfB have netted In nine consecutive league games.
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