Wolfsburg – Stuttgart Prediction & Picks (18.12.2018)

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Wolfsburg – Stuttgart SOCCER PICKS

Wolfsburg and Stuttgart meet at VOLKSWAGEN ARENA, in a match for the 16th round of the Bundesliga. The history of direct matches played in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 3 matches won 2 and drew 1. But the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium, on 03-02-2018 , for the Bundesliga, both teams tied for (1-1). D. Origi (24 ‘) scored the goals of the game, for Wolfsburg, and M. Gómez (60′), for Stuttgart. The condition home / away deserves particular attention, because despite this being a match between 8 th and 15 th of the league table, it is actually a match between the 16 th best team in home matches and the 15 th best in away matches.

Wolfsburg:

After 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, the home team is currently in the 8 th position, with 22 points won. In the last match, they have won in an away match against Nürnberg by (0-2), after in the previous match they have tied (2-2) at home, against Hoffenheim. Interestingly, this is a team that has had more positive results outside of its stadium, since it has won 13 points in away matches and only 9 at its stadium. In the last 8 home matches for the championship Wolfsburg won 2, drew 3 and lost 3, for which they won 9 points out of 24 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent final score was 2-2 (3 out of 8 matches). The team has conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 15 matches in this competition, they only won 1 comeback in the 9 matches they suffered the first goal.

Wolfsburg is a club that has already won the Bundesliga (German League) once, in 2008/09, in addition to having a DFB Pokal title, won in 2014/15, and a German Super Cup title, due in 2015 / 16. In the current season, the team has been doing a relatively good campaign, since it has won 22 of the 45 points played so far, thus being at the top of the table, close to the first classified. In the last five games that Wolfsburg played in their stadium, for the national championship, three of them scored more than 1.5 goals. We believe that in this match Wolfsburg, to play at home, will have conditions to score their goals and thus will make a fairly open game.

Stuttgart:

After 4 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses, the away team is currently in the 15 th position of the league, with 14 points won. In the last match, they have won at home against Hertha BSC by (2-1), after in the previous match they have lost out in a match against Borussia M’gladbach, by (3-0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 4 points in away matches and 10 at their stadium, with 6 goals scored and 12 conceded at home, against 6 goals scored and 18 conceded in away matches. For the championship, Stuttgart won 4 points out of 24 possible, after 1 win, 1 draw and 6 losses in the last 8 away matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (5 out of 8 matches). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so he was not very strong defensively. This is a team that marks few times first and only managed to open the scoring in 3 of its last 15 games for the Bundesliga, of these 3 came to rest in advantage in 2 and won at the end of the 90 ‘in all. In 15 matches in this competition, they have only won 1 of their 11 matches in which they have conceded the first goal. In the last 10 away matches for all competitions there are 2 periods that stand out: they have scored 3 of their 6 goals between minutes (46’-60 ‘); He suffered 9 of his 20 goals between the minutes (76’-90 ‘).

Stuttgart is a club that has conquered the Bundesliga five times throughout its history, being the most recent title conquered in the 2006/07 season, plus a final in the Europa League and three titles of the DFB Pokal (Cup from Germany). In this season, the team has been doing a bad campaign in the national championship, since it has won 14 of the 45 points played so far, being thus among the last classified, only two points ahead of the relegation zone. In the last five games that Stuttgart played as a visitor for the national championship, they all scored more than 1.5 goals. We believe that in this match the Stuttgart, despite being playing away from home, will have conditions to score their goals and make another game open.


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