Hoffenheim vs VfB Stuttgart Bundesliga Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
VfB Stuttgart dominated the first 12 competitive meetings between the sides (W7, D4, L1), but things have changed since then, with Hoffenheim winning five of their last nine games against VfB (also D2, L2).
Hoffenheim picked up their first home win against Stuttgart at the seventh time of asking, winning 4-1 on 15th February 2014. Since then, TSG are unbeaten at home against Stuttgart (W3, D1).
Stuttgart failed to score in both their last two away games at Hoffenheim (1-0 and 4-0). They’ve previously only had a longer wait for a goal in Frankfurt, failing to find the back of the net in five consecutive games vs. Eintracht between 1966 and 1971.
Hoffenheim are without a win in their last five Bundesliga games (D1, L4). They currently have seven points and have only once before been worse off at this stage of a season (5 points in 2015/16).
Stuttgart have won four of their last five away games across all competitions (D1, aggregate scoreline of 14-2).
Stuttgart have taken seven points from their first three away games in the Bundesliga this season (W2, D1) - they last managed this in their title-winning campaign in 2006/07. That season is also the only time they’ve scored more goals in their first three games on the road (8) than they have currently (7).
Stuttgart are unbeaten in their last six Bundesliga games (W2, D4), something they last managed in the top flight in the second half of 2017/18 (8 games).
Nicolas González has had a hand in Stuttgart’s last three goals (2 goals, 1 assists). Since signing for the club in July 2018, he has scored 18 goals in 61 league games and is VfB’s top scorer in this timeframe.
No player in Germany’s top three divisions has scored more penalties this calendar year than Stuttgart’s Nicolas González (6).
Marco Kurz (4) is the only Hoffenheim head coach to take fewer points from his first seven Bundesliga games in charge than Sebastian Hoeneß currently (7).
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