Stuttgart vs Augsburg - Predictions, Odds & Betting tips 19/03/2022, Team News and Lineups

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Two teams looking to extend their recently gained unbeaten runs go head-to-head on Saturday afternoon, as Stuttgart take on Augsburg at Mercedes-Benz Arena. Read on for our free predictions and betting tips.

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Bookmaker Ratings prediction one: Both Teams to Score – YES – 1.85

Bookmaker Ratings prediction two: Total Goals – Over 2.5 Goals – 2.00

Both Teams to Score – YES

For starters, both teams must view this as an opportunity to score goals. Neither have been prolific in terms of clean sheets in recent weeks, nor in their respective home and away games. The hosts are without a clean sheet at home all season, though they’ve scored in each of their last three at this venue, as well as in 77% of their home games overall, failing to score only once at home against bottom-half opposition.

Over 2.5 Goals

With the hosts really needing to start winning games, we could see quite an open encounter, which wouldn’t be out of the ordinary for games at Mercedes-Benz Arena. After all, 69% of Stuttgart’s home games have contained three or more goals, with an average of 3.69 goals going in at the home of Matarazzo’s men.

Preliminary review and match prediction for Stuttgart vs Augsburg

Stuttgart needed to pull something out of the bag against Gladbach a fortnight ago. They did. They also needed something late on against Union Berlin last weekend. They found it. After two important late goals from striker Sasa Kalajdzic secured four points from a possible six, Saturday’s hosts are in a better position to secure survival, but there’s still lots of work to be done, especially as they are not yet occupying a position of certain safety.

In addition to coming into this game unbeaten in two, the Stuttgart boys are unbeaten in two at home. First, they drew with Bochum, while they beat Monchengladbach when last in action at this venue. For a while a lack of goals was a problem, especially at this venue, though Pellegrino Matarazzo’s men have now scored in three consecutive home matches, scoring a total of six goals during that time. Off the back of such an effort, a more confident home side is likely to appear on Saturday afternoon.

The visitors also arrive at this junction having gone two games unbeaten, the most recent of which they won. After narrow defeats to both Monchengladbach and Freiburg, Augsburg held their nerve well to hold Borussia Dortmund to a point, before fighting hard to pick up a 0-1 win away against Arminia Bielefeld last time out.

Overall, their recent away form isn’t great, with last week’s win preceded by three straight travelling defeats, but we shouldn’t judge the visitors too harshly, as two of those three defeats came against solid top-six sides, and let’s face it, travelling to face Stuttgart is less daunting that going to take on Bayer Leverkusen or Hoffenheim.

Quick Rich

At a slightly bigger price, you may want to take a chance on Sasa Kalajdzic keeping up his scoring run. The forward has scored in each of his last two, while he averages a promising 0.47 expected goals.

Stuttgart vs Augsburg Team News

Daniel Didavi may be back following illness. The same can be said for Enzo Millot. Silas Katompa remains sidelined. For the visitors, Alfred Finnbogason is still out, as is Robert Gumny. There are doubts over the fitness of Felix Udoukhai.

Starting Line-ups

Stuttgart: Muller, Mavropanos, Anton, Ito, Sosa, Fuhrich, Karazor, Endo, Tiago, Kalajdzic, Marmoush.

Augsburg: Gikiewicz, Gouweleeuw, Oxford, Udoukhai, Iago, Gruezo, Maier, Caliguiri, Sarenren-Bazee, Gregoritsch, Vargas.

Highlighted Player

Borna Sosa

Stuttgart’s Croatian wing-back Borna Sosa has been a shining light this season. Producing six assists, the lively wide man has offered the energetic displays required to stay in this division, while his creativity from the wide areas has been invaluable. None of Stuttgart’s regular starters average more assists per 90 minutes.