Ace Football previews the Bundesliga round 1 match between Union Berlin and VfB Stuttgart and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
Bundesliga title favourites Union Berlin begin their title challenge this coming Saturday in an opening day encounter with VfB Stuttgart at Alte Foersterei.
Team form: Union Berlin vs VfB Stuttgart
Union Berlin Form
In the previous three matches, Union Berlin lost 0-3 against FC Heidenheim, beat Augsburg by 1-2 and won 0-5 against FC Guetersloh. Union Berlin just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Bundesliga matches at the Alte Foersterei. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored eight and conceded 11 goals.
VfB Stuttgart Form
Despite losing their latest outing, results have generally been decent in the last three matches for VfB Stuttgart. They first took out RB Leipzig by 2-3 before downing Arminia Bielefeld by 2-4. The winning streak came to an end against Bayern Munich, who ran out 1-2 winners. VfB Stuttgart managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Bundesliga away matches, in which they scored 14 while also conceding nine times. They also experienced two draws and one defeat.
Betting facts for Union Berlin and VfB Stuttgart
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Union Berlin and VfB Stuttgart played across all tournaments.
- In 16 of the last 18 Union Berlin home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 16 of the last 18 Union Berlin home matches in the Bundesliga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Union Berlin have lost the last 3 matches in a row and the sum of goals was under 1.5
- Union Berlin have lost the last 3 matches in a row while scoring less than 0.5 goals
- In the last 3 Union Berlin matches the sum of goals was under 1.5
- VfB Stuttgart have won the last 6 matches in a row and the sum of goals was over 2.5
- VfB Stuttgart have won the last 3 away matches in a row and the sum of goals was over 4.5
- VfB Stuttgart have won the last 6 matches in a row while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In 10 of the last 12 VfB Stuttgart matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- VfB Stuttgart have won 5 of the last 6 matches while scoring more than 2.5 goals
Players in form: Union Berlin vs VfB Stuttgart
There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Nick Woltemade has been hitting the net regularly and now has three goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up on Saturday, it is because VfB Stuttgart bank on him to build on these numbers against Union Berlin. The latter relies on Andrej Ilic, who found the target four times in six games.
Popular betting markets: Union Berlin vs VfB Stuttgart
Full-time result
Union Berlin won just one of their last 10 games at home, while drawing four. They lost five at Alte Foersterei in this run of matches. VfB Stuttgart won six of their last 10 away games, whilst drawing three and losing one. VfB Stuttgart have not lost to Union Berlin in 5 consecutive meetings.
Both teams to score
Amazingly, Union Berlin scored the first goal of the match in just three out of the last ten games at home. VfB Stuttgart scored the opening goal in seven of the last ten away from home. VfB Stuttgart will feel optimistic about scoring on Saturday with Union Berlin managing a measly three clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The latter fought their way to three clean sheets in their previous 10 games.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Union Berlin’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for VfB Stuttgart, who scored 2.8 times on average in these matches.
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