Prediction: VfB Stuttgart vs 1. FC Heidenheim

Prediction: VfB Stuttgart to win 3-0

Best Odds: 9/1

Bookmaker: etbet

VfB Stuttgart and 1. FC Heidenheim will lock horns with each other in the Bundesliga this week. The match between Sebastian Hoeness’s side and Frank Schmidt’s team will be held at the MHPArena and is scheduled to kick off at 7:30pm UK time on Friday.

VfB Stuttgart

VfB Stuttgart are one of the biggest and most well-known clubs in who finished second in the Bundesliga table last season. Die Roten have played in major European club competitions, but they are not having a particularly great time at the moment.

Sebastian Hoeness’s side are 11th in the Bundesliga table at the moment with 41 points from 30 matches. They are six points off the final European spot in the standings at the moment.

VfB Stuttgart will head into the Bundesliga match against Heidenheim at the MHPArena on the back of a 4-4 draw with 1. FC Union Berlin away from home in the league. It came after a 2-1 defeat to Werder Bremen in front of their fans in the Bundesliga, which followed a 4-0 victory over VfL Bochum on the road in the league.

Team News:

VfB Stuttgart are likely to line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation against Heidenheim. Alexander Nubel will be in goal for the home team. Leonidas Stergiou, Finn Jeltsch, Jeff Chabot and Maximilian Mittelstadt will be the four defenders. Atakan Karazor and Angelo Stiller will be the two holding midfielders. Enzo Millot, Deniz Undav and Chris Fuhrich will be the three attacking midfielders. Ermedin Demirovic will lead the line for Stuttgart.

FC Heidenheim

1. FC Heidenheim are a modest club in who did extremely well last season. They ended up eighth in the Bundesliga table in the 2023-24 campaign, but they could go down to the second division of German football at the end of the season.

Frank Schmidt’s side are third from bottom in the Bundesliga table at the moment with 22 points from 30 matches. Heidenheim are only two points above the bottom two.

Heidenheim will head into the Bundesliga match against VfB Stuttgart this week on the back of a 4-0 hammering at the hands of Bayern Munich at home in the league. It came after a 3-0 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt on the road in the Bundesliga, which followed a 1-0 loss at the hands of defending German champions Bayer Leverkusen in front of their fans in the league.

Team News:

Heidenheim are likely to line up in a 4-3-1-2 formation against VfB Stuttgart. Kevin Muller will be in goal and will have Omar Haktab Traore, Patrick Mainka, Benedikt Gimber and Marnon Busch in front of him in defence. Niklas Dorsch, Jan Schoppner and Frans Kratzig will be the three central midfielders. Adrian Beck will be the playmaker and will have Sirlord Conteh and Marvin Pieringer in front of him as the two centre-forwards.

Key Factors to Consider

• VfB Stuttgart have won 1 and lost 3 of their last 6 Bundesliga games.
• VfB Stuttgart have scored 56 goals in 30 Bundesliga games this season.
• VfB Stuttgart have won 11 and lost 8 of their 30 Bundesliga games this campaign.
• Heidenheim have won just 1 of their last 6 Bundesliga matches.
• Heidenheim have scored 32 goals and conceded 60 goals in 30 Bundesliga matches this season.

Conclusion

Heidenheim are in real danger of getting relegated to the second tier of German football at the end of the season and have been poor all campaign. It is hard to see the visiting team get anything from the Bundesliga match against VfB Stuttgart, who should pick up all three points from the game.

Prediction: VfB Stuttgart to win 3-0

Best Odds: 9/1

Bookmaker: etbet