VfB Stuttgart vs Bayern Munich Bundesliga Match Preview or Key Statistics 💯
Stuttgart have lost 18 of their last 19 competitive games against FC Bayern. The only exception was a 4-1 win in Munich on the final day of 2017/18, when the Bavarians had already secured the title. It was also Jupp Heynckes’ last Bundesliga game as a head coach.
Bayern’s last defeat in Stuttgart dates back 13 years ago to November 2007 (3-1), when VfB were the defending champions. Since then, Stuttgart have been winless in all 13 of their competitive home games against FCB (D2 L11) – their longest run of this kind against any side in professional football.
VfB Stuttgart are unbeaten in their last seven Bundesliga games (W2 D5), but have drawn all of their last four matches. Their only loss this season was a 3-2 defeat to Freiburg on matchday 1.
Stuttgart have not won any of their four Bundesliga home games this season (D3 L1). They’ve picked up eight of their 11 points on the road. VfB could now equal a negative club record by failing to win their first five home games, something that’s only happened in 1993/94.
Stuttgart have scored 16 goals after eight games, which is their best tally at this stage for seven years (2013/14). Bayern (28 goals from 8 games) have just missed out on matching their own Bundesliga record of 29 goals after eight matchdays (set in 1976/77).
Stuttgart and Bayern have scored in all their games this Bundesliga season, something only Werder and Union have also managed. VfB last managed this in the top-flight in 2002/03.
Bayern have conceded 12 goals this Bundesliga season – the same as VfB Stuttgart. FCB last let in as many goals at this stage in 2008/09 under Jürgen Klinsmann (13).
FC Bayern have lost just one of their last 28 Bundesliga games, 4-1 at Hoffenheim on matchday 2 this season (also W25 D2).
Stuttgart’s Nicolas Gonzalez is currently out injured, but had scored on each of the last three matchdays, opening the scoring for Stuttgart on each occasion. Gonzalez has already found the back of net more often this season than in his debut Bundesliga campaign with VfB in 2018/19 (2 goals in 30 appearances).
Bayern’s Hansi Flick has faced VfB Stuttgart just once as head coach: in the first round of the DFB-Pokal in 2005/06. He lost 4-3 (a.e.t.) with a then fourth-tier Hoffenheim side.
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