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VfB Stuttgart vs. Bayern Munich
It is going in fast steps towards the winter break and on this 16th matchday in the Bundesliga the first English week awaits us. On Tuesday and Wednesday, all 18 teams will face each other and this penultimate matchday of the Hinrunde will be opened by Stuttgart and Bayern. VfB have had a very mixed and complicated first half of the season, but managed to get an important three points with their win in Wolfsburg on Saturday. This enabled them to maintain 15th place in the table and increase their lead over a direct relegation place.
FC Bayern has never had such problems, and the narrow victory against Mainz allowed them to pull further away from the competition. They are now 6 points ahead of Borussia Dortmund and the battle for the trophy is becoming less and less explosive as the competition is once again unable to keep up. Find out what we think about the match on Tuesday evening in this Stuttgart – Bayern betting tip.
Stuttgart – Bayern Info
– Date & Time: 14.12.2021, 18:30 Uhr
– Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadion (Stuttgart)
– Competition: Bundesliga, Matchday 16
– TV broadcast: Live on Sky Sport
Stuttgart Form & Balance Check
After the Swabians had a very difficult phase with 4 defeats in a row at times, they have been able to stabilise extremely in recent weeks and have picked up 7 points from the last 3 games. Especially against Wolfsburg they were strong last weekend and could have won even higher, but Marmoush missed a penalty and so it remained 2:0 in the end. In the table they are currently just ahead of the relegation places, but in general the midfield is extremely tight this season and the gap to the 6th place is smaller than the gap to 17th place.
The Lazarett is thinning out
No other team has had such bad luck with injuries this season as VfB Stuttgart. Above all, the long-term absence of top scorer Sasa Kalajdzic has weighed enormously and the offensive has suffered. But more and more players are returning, not least Silas, who also became a shooting star last season. Indicative of these offensive lapses is that the top scorer this season is a centre-back in Mavropanos.
Stuttgart facts & analysis
– Last time out they picked up 7 points from 3 games
– The last home match was won with 2:1 against Mainz
– Stuttgart are 11th in the home table
Bayern Form & Balance Check
With the win against Mainz, the record champions have further distanced themselves from the competition and are well on their way to claiming their 10th championship in a row. Nevertheless, the Munich team’s performances have also fluctuated somewhat in this one and defensive stability has been lacking from time to time. In games like against Augsburg or Frankfurt, which were the only two games Munich lost, the last conviction was missing and the absolute low point was the 0:5 in the cup against Gladbach. But the last games were much more stable and they also marched through in the Champions League.
Do Bayern add to their tally in the winter break?
As already mentioned, Bayern are defensively very vulnerable at times this season. The stability of recent years is not quite there, which is mainly due to the departures of David Alaba and Jérôme Boateng. Dayot Upamecano has not yet been able to gain too much experience at this level, Hernandez and Süle have often been dogged by injury and have only been playing consistently in one piece in recent weeks and months. Especially in the Champions League, this defensive vulnerability could become a problem.
Bayern facts & analysis
Bayern have won all of their last 5 competitive matches.
– Top scorer is Robert Lewandowski with 16 goals
– On average, the record champions score more than 3 goals in away games
Predicted line-up – last update on 13 December 2021
Both have won their last game, accordingly we expect few changes. For Stuttgart, Sosa could return, but should he still be out, Ito could move one position to the outside and Kempf starts in the three-man backline. Bayern still have to do without Goretzka and Kimmich in midfield, alternatively to Coman, Gnabry could also play from the start again.
Stuttgart – Bayern direct comparison & statistics
The two have met 104 times in the Bundesliga and the direct comparison clearly goes to Munich’s Bayern. 66 times the record champion has walked off the pitch as the winner. Stuttgart have only managed this in 18 direct duels.
– Bayern Munich has always scored in the last 9 matches
– VfB Stuttgart score an average of 1.74 goals in home matches and Bayern Munich score an average of 2.69 goals in away matches
– Of their last matches, VfB Stuttgart won a total of 1, Bayern Munich won 4, a total of 0 matches ended in a draw
