VfB Stuttgart vs RB Leipzig

VfB Stuttgart celebrated their first win against RB Leipzig in their last clash against them in January 2024 with a 5-2 home victory - in the 11 duels before that (all in the Bundesliga) there had been two draws and nine defeats for VfB.

RB Leipzig have won nine out of 12 Bundesliga matches against VfB Stuttgart (D2 L1) – against no other current Bundesliga team with at least five duels in the competition the Saxons have such a high win percentage (75%) and such a high points average (2.4 per game) as against the Swabians.

VfB Stuttgart recently failed to score for the first time in their 29th Bundesliga home match under coach Sebastian Hoeneß (0-1 vs. St. Pauli). They have yet to lost consecutive Bundesliga home games under Sebastian Hoeneß – the last time they did so was in the last two home games under predecessor Bruno Labbadia in March 2023.

RB Leipzig have lost three of their last four Bundesliga games away from home (W1) after the Saxons had previously gained points in 10 consecutive away games (7W 3D). Leipzig have conceded 11 goals in these last four away games - the same number as in the previous 11 games on road combined.

With 26 points after 16 games, VfB Stuttgart are playing their second-best Bundesliga season since the 2006-07 championship - only in the previous season have they had more points at this point (34). In the last 12 seasons, however, VfB have only won once at the end of the first half of the season: 3-1 at home to Wolfsburg (D2 L9) in December 2015.