VfB Stuttgart vs Atletico Madrid Prediction & Betting Tips

Two very different runs of form

Atletico have been in excellent domestic touch. Their recent La Liga run includes wins over Real Madrid, Osasuna, Real Sociedad, Sevilla and Malaga, plus a draw with Villarreal, with only a defeat at Athletic Club breaking that sequence.

VfB Stuttgart: 20 completed matches; Atletico Madrid: 20 completed matches.

VfB Stuttgart

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

55

Conceded

28

Difference

+27

Atletico Madrid

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

35

Conceded

27

Difference

+8

Stuttgart's Bundesliga form has been patchier. They've lost their last two league outings, at home to Borussia Dortmund and away at Hoffenheim, having also shipped five at Bayern Munich a little earlier. Their one Champions League game this season, though, was a comfortable 3-1 home win over Viking.

Atletico's league form looks the stronger of the two, but neither side's European sample tells us much yet.

Comparative Team Statistics: VfB Stuttgart vs Atletico Madrid

Where they sit in the league phase

Stuttgart currently sit sixth in the Champions League table after their opening game, a 3-1 home win over Viking. Atletico are down in 26th after losing 2-1 away at Liverpool.

It's worth remembering this is a table built on a single match each. Positions like these can move a long way after just one or two more results, so it's more a snapshot than a settled picture.

One game each means the current gap in the table shouldn't be read as a reliable form guide.

Stuttgart's early attacking spark

Ermedin Demirović has scored three goals in his one recorded appearance this season, and Deniz Undav has two assists from a single match too. Both point to a lively Stuttgart forward line when things click.

VfB Stuttgart:

Best scorers:

E. Demirović - 3

Best assist providers:

D. Undav - 2

There's no equivalent attacking data available for Atletico here, and this is only a small sample for Stuttgart's pair as well, so it's a hint rather than a full picture of either squad's threat.

Could this one produce goals?

Stuttgart's home games this season have swung between big wins, like 5-1 and 4-1 scorelines, and a narrow home defeat to Dortmund. Atletico's away form has been similarly mixed, with heavy wins at Real Sociedad and Sevilla alongside defeats at Athletic Club and Liverpool where they conceded twice each time.

Put together, that suggests goals at both ends are plausible rather than a tight, low-scoring affair, though nothing here guarantees it plays out that way.