VFL Wolfsburg vs VFB Stuttgart 1893 Prediction: Champions League chasing Stuttgart to win

Champions League aspirants Stuttgart will play Wolfsburg, who are now in mid-table, on Saturday 2nd March 2024 in an effort to solidify their spot in the competition for the next season at Volkswagen Arena. In their most recent Bundesliga game, Stuttgart tied 1-1 with Köln at MHPArena to increase their winning run to five (wins, four draws, one loss, and zero). With eleven games remaining, they are now in third position with 47 points. In the race for a Champions League position, VfB Stuttgart leads fifth-placed RB Leipzig by seven points and trails top-seeded Bayer Leverkusen by fourteen.

Wolfsburg has scored 28 goals and given up 36 goals, placing them in 13th position with 25 points. With eleven games remaining, die Wölfe are nine points behind Eintracht Frankfurt in sixth place, denying them a trip to the Conference League Qualifiers. In their most recent Bundesliga game, Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt drew 2-2 at Deutsche Bank Park to earn a point as well, bringing their losing run to eight games (Wins 0 Draws 6 Losses 2). 

Wolfsburg has drew five and lost one of their previous six league games. Stuttgart has, on the other hand, won four of their previous six games, drawn one, and lost one.

After a 2-2 Bundesliga tie with Eintracht Frankfurt, VfL Wolfsburg will play in this matchup. While they have been giving up goals a lot lately, VfL Wolfsburg has also been successful at scoring goals. In addition to scoring in five of their previous six games, VfL Wolfsburg has let up goals in six of them.

VfL Wolfsburg has gone undefeated in their last three home league games. However, Wolfsburg has gone five league games without a victory at home. Understandably, their supporters are irritated.

In their previous fixture, Stuttgart drew 1-1 in the Bundesliga 1 tie with FC Koln. Illustrating their predisposition for action-packed encounters, goals have been celebrated 25 times in the last six games in which Stuttgart have sent out their troops, giving an average of 4.17 goals for each fixture. Opposition teams have got 9 of those goals. Having said that, it remains to be seen if that pattern shall be sustained in this next game. Going into this one, Stuttgart are undefeated in their previous 2 away league matches.

Examining their previous head-to-head matches, which date back to April 21, 2021, reveals that VfL Wolfsburg has won three of them and Stuttgart has won two, with one match ending in a tie. In those matches, they combined for 18 goals, with 9 goals scored by Wolfsburg and 9 by Stuttgart. That translates to an average of three goals per game. Stuttgart defeated VfL Wolfsburg 3-1 in their previous league encounter.

To defeat Stuttgart, who are expected to win, VfL Wolfsburg will need to play well in this match. Thus, after ninety minutes, we fancy a Stuttgart win.