VfB Stuttgart vs Atalanta

Seven of Atalanta's 10 UEFA Champions League wins gave come away from home (70%), the highest proportion by a side in the competition’s history with more than one win in the competition.

Stuttgart have failed to win any of their last eight home games in major European competition (D4 L4), while this is the first time they’ve failed to score in a home UEFA Champions League game since October 2007; a 0-2 defeat to Lyon.

Atalanta have won two of their last three games in the UEFA Champions League (D1), as many as in their previous 11 games in the competition (D5 L4).

VfB Stuttgart and Atalanta have never previously faced in European competition.

Stuttgart beat Italian side Juventus in the UEFA Champions League this season on MD3 – they’d only won one of their first 11 major European games against Italian teams beforehand (D4 L6).

After conceding 13 goals in six games across their last UEFA Champions League group stage in 2021-22, Atalanta have kept three clean sheets in three games in 2024-25. They’ve never kept four clean sheets in a single campaign before.

Only Manchester City (72) have had more shots than Stuttgart (65) in the UEFA Champions League this season. However, the German side are joint 10th for expected goals (6.17) – level with opponents Atalanta – having had the most shots from outside the box of any side (25).

Through the opening three matchdays of this season’s UEFA Champions League, 50% of the goalless draws involved Atalanta (2/4). No side in Champions League history has ever drawn three of their first four games in a campaign goalless.