- Borussia Dortmund are red-hot.
- Stuttgart are a better side than their current 14th place in Bundesliga 2026/2027 suggests.
Stuttgart are a solid, but not spectacular side
VfB Stuttgart are in average form ahead of Saturday's clash with Dortmund at MHPArena, Germany. Sebastian Hoeness has overseen the creation of a compact, well-disciplined and well-structured team which has the capacity to hold games tight and keep the opposition at bay through a compact midfield block. They can get forward and hurt teams on the counter attack when they need to and a 4-1 home win over 1. FC Köln followed by a 3-1 win over Viking FK at home is their story, but they're coming into this off the back of a 2-1 defeat away to Hoffenheim.
Stuttgart's goal scoring is distributed across a number of attacking players, but right-back Josha Vagnoman is the top scorer in Bundesliga 2026/2027 with 2 in 2 games. In all current competitions, Ermedin Demirovic has 4 of Stuttgart's 11 goals in the last 5 games, so Die Roten have a little extra bite in the final third thanks to his presence.
Borussia Dortmund's Bundesliga 2026/2027 start has been perfect - 3 wins from 3 and 9 points puts BVB in 2nd ahead of the rest of the chasing pack. Niko Kovac's team are more disciplined in structure this season, but they still maintain the pace, wing overloads and counter-press that made them such an irresistible force last season.
Dortmund are the right price to roll over Stuttgart
Serhou Guirassy has been Dortmund's main man so far with 2 Bundesliga 2026/2027 goals, but he's only scored 4 of Dortmund's 12 goals in their last 5 competitive fixtures, so we like both teams to score (33/100) and over 2.5 goals at 19/50 here because this game will be a fast paced and high-tempo clash.
Dortmund have taken 2 wins from their recent away games across all current competitions, with their most recent 3 results reading 3-2 (A), 3-2 (H) and 3-0 (H). BVB won the last head-to-head 2-0 away in Bundesliga 2025/2026, but the previous 3 meetings have been split 1 win each and 1 draw.
Stuttgart have won 1 from 1 at home in Bundesliga 2026/2027, averaging 4.00 goals scored and 1.00 goals conceded, but Dortmund are on a 5-game winning streak at the time of writing and we think they'll get the better of Stuttgart on Saturday.
Stuttgart are a narrow 61/50 favourites with Dortmund 91/50 and the draw 11/4, so we're going with the visitors at a better price here. Dortmund should win this clash, but they may not have things all their own way in Stuttgart, as the hosts have done well to keep this game competitive by averaging 4.0 goals per-game at MHPArena so far this term.
