Bundesliga Gameweek 17 Sat, Jan 16 · 14:30 Stuttgart Arena, Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart 13th · 6 pts · 6 played
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FSV Mainz 05 5th · 10 pts · 6 played
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Away travel148 kmRest days3.8 · 3.8Matches / 14d2 · 2
Real contextStrength only
VfB Stuttgart—%
Draw—%
FSV Mainz 05—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Stuttgart)

Forecast from 1 Jan

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for VfB Stuttgart and FSV Mainz 05. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

VfB StuttgartFSV Mainz 05
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
67 Current StrengthIn forecast 55
70 AttackIn forecast 68
58 DefenceIn forecast 56
46 Form indexContext 70
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

VfB Stuttgart

Attack—
Defense risk—

FSV Mainz 05

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

VfB StuttgartFSV Mainz 05
1.33 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.33
1.67 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.67
1.91 xGVia Att/Def 2.14
2.38 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.35
-0.58 Goals minus xGContext +0.19
67% Scored inContext 83%
17% Clean sheetsContext 50%
17.00 ShotsContext 17.83
5.83 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 6.00
34% On target shareContext 34%
12.17 Shots in the boxContext 13.33
72% Box shareContext 76%
8% ConversionContext 13%
1.60 OffsidesContext 2.40
18.17 Shots allowedContext 12.50
5.33 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.60
5.00 BlocksContext 4.17
3.33 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.60
63% Save rateContext 57%
55% PossessionIn forecast 51%
506 PassesContext 446
422 Accurate passesContext 357
83% Pass accuracyContext 80%
7.02 Team ratingContext 6.94
9.83 FoulsContext 13.83
11.17 Fouls sufferedContext 11.17
1.00 Yellow cardsContext 2.33
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 6 and 6 games
1.90 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.20
1.40 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.80
1.91 xGVia Att/Def 2.21
2.00 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.59
-0.01 Goals minus xGContext -0.01
80% Scored inContext 90%
20% Clean sheetsContext 40%
16.80 ShotsContext 17.10
6.20 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 6.20
37% On target shareContext 36%
11.80 Shots in the boxContext 12.80
70% Box shareContext 75%
11% ConversionContext 13%
2.00 OffsidesContext 2.22
15.50 Shots allowedContext 12.50
4.80 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.00
5.22 BlocksContext 3.30
3.10 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.89
65% Save rateContext 58%
55% PossessionIn forecast 48%
502 PassesContext 420
422 Accurate passesContext 337
84% Pass accuracyContext 80%
7.07 Team ratingContext 6.94
11.10 FoulsContext 12.80
11.20 Fouls sufferedContext 10.30
1.40 Yellow cardsContext 1.90
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

VfB Stuttgart
Rest3.8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km729 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 46 · 6 pts vs 6.4 for an average club · -2.0 vs expected
  • L17 OctA · Hamburger SV0–11.8 xPts
  • W14 OctA · Slovan Bratislava3–02.1 xPts
  • W10 OctA · SC Paderborn 072–01.6 xPts
  • L19 SepH · Borussia Dortmund0–11.2 xPts
  • L12 SepA · 1899 Hoffenheim1–21.4 xPts
FSV Mainz 05
Rest3.8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel148 km360 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 70 · 9 pts vs 6.6 for an average club · +1.8 vs expected
  • W17 OctA · FC Schalke 041–01.3 xPts
  • L10 OctH · Bayer Leverkusen3–41.2 xPts
  • W19 SepA · Borussia Mönchengladbach4–31.5 xPts
  • L12 SepH · Eintracht Frankfurt1–31.9 xPts
  • W6 SepA · Hamburger SV5–01.4 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
VfB Stuttgart FSV Mainz 05
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match3.8Bundesliga 2026-2027, 12 Jan3.8Bundesliga 2026-2027, 12 Jan
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km148 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways729 km360 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days2 / 2 / 32 / 2 / 3
Next matchdays after this one3.27

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

VfB Stuttgart Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Hamburger SV (A) 0–1, 17 Oct
41D. Seimen(G)
3R. Hendriks 24J. Chabot 29Finn Jeltsch 4J. Vagnoman
6A. Stiller 16A. Karazor
18J. Leweling 26D. Undav 11B. El Khannouss
9E. Demirović
FSV Mainz 05 Last XI · not confirmed
3-5-2 · vs FC Schalke 04 (A) 1–0, 17 Oct
1A. Schwolow(G)
48K. Potulski 4S. Posch 21D. da Costa
2P. Mwene 7J. Lee 6K. Sano 10N. Amiri 19A. Caci
9P. Tietz 23S. Becker

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
VfB Stuttgart Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
FSV Mainz 05 Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

VfB Stuttgart · Home 1.50points per game · 2 home games
W-D-L
1-0-1
Scored
2.00
Conceded
1.00
FSV Mainz 05 · Away 3.00points per game · 3 away games
W-D-L
3-0-0
Scored
3.33
Conceded
1.00

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 2 this season

OpponentVfB StuttgartFSV Mainz 05
Hamburger SV L 0–1 A W 5–0 A
SC Paderborn 07 W 2–0 A D 0–0 H
Points3 of 6 · 1.50 per game4 of 6 · 2.00 per game

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 10 of 10 meetings

5 VfB Stuttgart wins4 draws1 FSV Mainz 05 wins
Goals per game2.00 – 1.30 Over 2.570% Both scored80% Clean sheets10% · 20%
  • 7 Mar 2026FSV Mainz 052–2VfB Stuttgart
  • 26 Oct 2025VfB Stuttgart2–1FSV Mainz 05
  • 25 Jan 2025FSV Mainz 052–0VfB Stuttgart
  • 31 Aug 2024VfB Stuttgart3–3FSV Mainz 05
  • 11 Feb 2024VfB Stuttgart3–1FSV Mainz 05
  • 16 Sep 2023FSV Mainz 051–3VfB Stuttgart

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goals & match trends

VfB StuttgartFSV Mainz 05Forecast
Scored per game 1.332.33
Conceded per game 1.671.67
Match goals 3.004.00
Over 1.5 67%67%
Over 2.5 50%67%
Over 3.5 33%67%
Both teams scored 50%50%
Clean sheets 17%50%
Failed to score 33%17%
Games66
VfB StuttgartFSV Mainz 05Forecast
Scored per game 1.902.20
Conceded per game 1.401.80
Match goals 3.304.00
Over 1.5 80%80%
Over 2.5 70%70%
Over 3.5 50%60%
Both teams scored 60%60%
Clean sheets 20%40%
Failed to score 20%10%
Games1010

Actual results: Season is this league season, Last 10 is all competitions. The Forecast column is the LOAD90 model for this match, so you can compare what the teams have done with what the model expects.

Corners & cards

VfB StuttgartFSV Mainz 05League
Corners
Corners won6.674.83
Corners conceded6.004.00
Match total12.678.8310.72
Over 8.583% 5/667% 4/6
Over 9.583% 5/633% 2/6
Over 10.583% 5/617% 1/6
Cards
Cards1.002.33
Opponent cards2.332.00
Match total3.334.333.51
Over 3.550% 3/650% 3/6
Over 4.517% 1/617% 1/6
VfB StuttgartFSV Mainz 05League
Corners
Corners won6.304.80
Corners conceded5.404.90
Match total11.709.7010.72
Over 8.590% 9/1070% 7/10
Over 9.570% 7/1040% 4/10
Over 10.570% 7/1030% 3/10
Cards
Cards1.401.90
Opponent cards2.101.90
Match total3.503.803.51
Over 3.550% 5/1040% 4/10
Over 4.520% 2/1010% 1/10

Actual per-match figures; Season is this league season, Last 10 is all competitions. LOAD90 does not forecast corners or cards. Corner and card markets on eScored.

Goal timing

VfB Stuttgart6 games · scored 8 · conceded 10
1 0-15
1 1 16-30
1 31-45
3 2 46-60
1 2 61-75
2 4 76-90
FSV Mainz 056 games · scored 14 · conceded 10
4 0-15
3 16-30
4 1 31-45
1 3 46-60
1 61-75
6 1 76-90
VfB Stuttgart10 games · scored 19 · conceded 14
2 2 0-15
4 2 16-30
4 31-45
4 2 46-60
2 3 61-75
3 5 76-90
FSV Mainz 0510 games · scored 22 · conceded 18
3 4 0-15
4 16-30
7 2 31-45
2 4 46-60
2 61-75
6 6 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.

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