VfB Stuttgart vs Union Berlin Prediction: Stuttgart to win but under 2.5 goals expected

MHPArena will be the next stop on Union Berlin's challenging run of matches, which will continue with the trip. Over the course of the first match of Gameweek13 in the German Bundesliga, which will take place on Friday evening, they are going to face off against Stuttgart.

With six consecutive losses across all competitions, Union Berlin enters the match without a single victory to their name. Last weekend, they were defeated by Bayer Leverkusen at home by a score of 1-2. It was yet another impressive performance from the team led by Bo Svensson. The Union Berlin team has a defensive record that is tied for second best in the division, while their offensive record is tied for second worst. Over the course of the preceding five matches across all competitions, Union Berlin never managed to score more than one goal.

Stuttgart is coming into this match after a match against Werder Bremen that ended in a 2-2 draw. Ever since the beginning of the season, they have been playing a game that is both hot and cool. The fact that they have only won one of their previous six matches across all competitions is surely cause for concern for head coach Sebastian Hoeness and his team.

A solid 2-0 victory against Bochum in the Bundesliga last weekend allowed Stuttgart to halt a three-game losing record across all competitions. On Wednesday, they were defeated by Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League by a score of 5-1, which was a crushing defeat for them. However, their momentum rapidly ran out again.

Stuttgart is going to have a difficult time competing in the Champions League. With three matches left to play, they are currently ranked 27th out of the 36 teams in the rankings, and they are already two points behind the last 16 playoff berths. Even though crucial matches against the two teams that are currently in last place in the group, Young Boys and Slovan Bratislava, are still to come, Stuttgart's attention is currently being directed back toward domestic affairs.

Stuttgart will be returning to Bundesliga action with the goal of improving their present ninth-place ranking and putting an end to a three-game winless run on the road. It is possible that a victory may revive their efforts to move up the league table to a higher position.

After winning four of their eleven league matches, drawing four of them, and losing three of them, Union is currently the tenth-best team in the league. Since their victory over Holstein Kiel on October 20, Union Berlin has not been victorious in any of their last four league matches, meaning that they are currently undergoing a terrible run of form. A narrow defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich was followed by two draws at home against Eintracht Frankfurt and Freiburg. In between, they played and lost to Bayern Munich.

Despite the fact that they have been experiencing a string of unsatisfactory results, Union will still be optimistic about their chances of gaining anything from the match that will take place on Saturday. They have been victorious in all five of their home league matches this season (W3, D2). At the Stadion An der Alten Forsterei, the hosts have shown themselves to be a difficult team to break down, as they have only allowed three goals to be scored against them in their five Bundesliga matches played at home.

Stuttgart will rely on the benefit of playing on their home court here. They played six home matches in this Bundesliga season, and they won three of them, drew two of them, and lost one of them. To add insult to injury, Stuttgart will be coming into this matchup on the heels of three consecutive victories in head-to-head matches versus Union Berlin.

No one has scored a goal in any of the five head-to-head matches that have taken place between these two opponents in the past. Taking into consideration the fact that Union Berlin has been playing at a close level from the beginning of the season, we have sufficient grounds to anticipate that the game on Friday night will also be low-scoring.

Considering the above-stated factors, I highly anticipate Stuttgart to win as well as under 2.5 goals.