Final match for Sandro Wagner?

VfB Stuttgart beat themselves to some extent in the top-of-the-table clash in Leipzig on the last matchday due to individual errors. Sebastian Hoeneß’s team will therefore be looking to make amends this coming Sunday. And the bookies are confident that the five-time German champions will succeed. According to the odds for a VfB Stuttgart vs. Augsburg tip, the Swabians are the clear favorites.

The mood among the Swabians’ upcoming opponents is slowly beginning to shift. Coach Sandro Wagner, who was welcomed like a messiah in Augsburg before the season, is coming under increasing criticism after his team’s mostly poor performances this season.

Especially since the Brustringträger are not exactly considered a favorite opponent of FCA. Sandro Wagner’s team has traveled to the Neckar seven times recently, and seven times the Fuggerstadt team has returned home empty-handed. It is difficult to imagine that this will change this coming Sunday.

VfB Stuttgart vs. Augsburg Prediction AI

Our AI’s prediction for VfB Stuttgart vs. Augsburg estimates the hosts’ chances of winning to be slightly lower than the bookies. However, the probabilities calculated by artificial intelligence for the counter-events of a draw or an away win do not reveal any value compared to the bookmakers’ odds.

In addition, the VfB Stuttgart vs. Augsburg AI prediction expects three goals in the upcoming match. While the hosts have an xG value of 2.07, AI also believes the visitors from Augsburg are likely to score (xG value 0.97).

VfB Stuttgart – Statistics & current form

It remains the case that the Swabians simply feel most at home on the Neckar. The Red and Whites have won all four of their home games in this Bundesliga season so far with a goal difference of 6:1, whereas last weekend’s defeat to RB Leipzig was their third away defeat. Coach Sebastian Hoeneß will certainly be pleased that there is another home game coming up this Sunday.

Fifth win in fifth home game?

VfB has been strong at home for much of Sebastian Hoeneß’s tenure. What is new for the Swabians, however, is their newly gained defensive stability at the MHP Arena. While they regularly conceded goals in home games last season, they have already kept three clean sheets in four home games this season. In addition to a straight win bet, a VfB Stuttgart vs. Augsburg tip on a clean sheet win is therefore a betting option with good prospects of success.

Our top pick for VfB’s goal scorer this Sunday is Deniz Undav. The German international has scored in three of the last four league games against FCA. He also contributed the winning goal in the 2-1 home win against Mainz.

Augsburg – Statistics & current form

FC Augsburg’s soccer under Sandro Wagner was supposed to become more beautiful and attractive. At least, that was the idea of those in charge in the Fuggerstadt. However, FCA has not exactly stood for these attributes in its 14 years in the Bundesliga. Instead, it has been known for its tough tackling, passion, and commitment rather than its beautiful play.

Against this backdrop, it is more than understandable that the Sandro Wagner adventure has so far turned out to be a big misunderstanding. But of course, we don’t want to delve too deeply into the reasons for FCA’s decline in our VfB Stuttgart vs. Augsburg prediction. We are much more interested in how the next game will go for the Bavarian Swabians.

Will FCA surprise on the Neckar?

The Fuggerstadt team is currently posing little threat up front, with even the bottom team in the 2nd division, VfL Bochum, managing to win 0-0 in Augsburg in the DFB Cup. And BVB also had no trouble defending their narrow lead in the following game. This means that Wagner’s team has gone three competitive games without scoring a goal.

It is likely to be difficult to score in Stuttgart again, as the upcoming opponents have kept a clean sheet in three of their four home games in the Bundesliga so far. Defensively, however, Augsburg are one of the weakest teams in the Bundesliga this season. No other team has conceded more than their 21 goals. The bookies therefore do not rate their chances of keeping a clean sheet in Stuttgart very highly.

VfB Stuttgart – Augsburg Head-to-head record

VfB have won 32 of their 58 matches against Augsburg. Augsburg have only triumphed 17 times in this fixture, with nine draws. In addition, each of the last five matches went to the Swabians, with Augsburg celebrating their last victory against the Brustringträger in 2021.

Since then, there have been seven VfB victories and one draw. The question of how the bookies will distribute their betting odds for the match between VfB Stuttgart and Augsburg is therefore easy to answer.

VfB Stuttgart – Augsburg Tip

Augsburg is not Bayern Munich, as Sandro Wagner has already learned in his short tenure as FCA coach. So far, the former assistant coach of national coach Julian Nagelsmann has failed to change the DNA of his rather rustic team. Officially, Wagner still has the support of those in charge, but if VfB Stuttgart wins at home against Augsburg, the discussions about him are unlikely to subside.

And as sorry as we are for the Augsburg fans, we don’t believe they will see an improvement against their nemesis VfB on Sunday. Compared to FC Augsburg in recent weeks, VfB is currently better in every respect. Stuttgart would need to show a huge improvement in performance to survive. At least they can hope that their opponents are suffering from European Cup fatigue.

Stuttgart coach Sebastian Hoeneß has mostly responded to the intense, demanding weeks of English football with the right rotation lately. His broad squad gives him the opportunity to rotate heavily between the three competitions: the DFB Cup, Europa League, and Bundesliga. So far, there has been no noticeable loss of quality, regardless of which starting eleven was on the pitch.

In addition, the rotation makes the Swabians somewhat unpredictable for their next opponents. Even Sandro Wagner will not know exactly which opponents his team will have to face this coming Sunday. But that’s not the only reason we’re betting on a home win for VfB Stuttgart against Augsburg. Ultimately, the Brustringträger have made a much better impression in recent weeks than the severely weakened FCA.