VfB Stuttgart vs 1. FC Union Berlin, Bundesliga 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Bundesliga · 2023-24

VfB Stuttgart

2 – 0

Full Time

1. FC Union Berlin

Fri 8 Mar 2024 · 19:30 UTC Mercedes-Benz Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Sehrou Guirassy 19' 1–0

Chris Fuhrich 65' 2–0

Y 39' Rani Khedira

R 69' Andras Schafer

Y 77' Lucas Tousart

Josha Vagnoman 84' Y

Overview

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VfB Stuttgart vs 1. FC Union Berlin — Bundesliga at Mercedes-Benz Arena.

VfB Stuttgart 9 games · 12 pts (2026/27)
1. FC Union Berlin 9 games · 7 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Robert Schroder
Assistant 1 Norbert Grudzinski
Assistant 2 Jan Neitzel

6 games this season 🟨 4.8/game ⚽ 9.0 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Bayern Munchen	9	21
2	Borussia Dortmund	9	21
3	SC Freiburg	9	19
4	RB Leipzig	9	18
5	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	9	16
6	SV Werder Bremen	9	15
7	SV 07 Elversberg	9	13
8	VfB Stuttgart	9	12
9	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	9	12
10	Eintracht Frankfurt	9	12
11	Hamburger SV	9	12
12	1. FSV Mainz 05	9	10
13	SC Paderborn 07	9	10
14	FC Augsburg	9	9
15	1. FC Koln	9	9
16	1. FC Union Berlin	9	7
17	FC Schalke 04	9	6
18	Borussia Monchengladbach	9	4

Head-to-Head

VfB Stuttgart 13 games · Avg 3.0 goals 1. FC Union Berlin

Last 5 meetings

2024-03-08 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 1. FC Union Berlin 2023-10-31 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 1. FC Union Berlin 2023-10-21 1. FC Union Berlin 0–3 VfB Stuttgart 2023-04-01 1. FC Union Berlin 3–0 VfB Stuttgart 2022-10-09 VfB Stuttgart 0–1 1. FC Union Berlin

Recent Form

VfB Stuttgart

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Mar	1. FC Union Berlin	H	2–0	W
02 Mar	VfL Wolfsburg	A	3–2	W
24 Feb	1. FC Koln	H	1–1	D
17 Feb	SV Darmstadt 98	A	2–1	W
11 Feb	1. FSV Mainz 05	H	3–1	W
06 Feb	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	A	2–3	L

1. FC Union Berlin

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Mar	VfB Stuttgart	A	0–2	L
02 Mar	Borussia Dortmund	H	0–2	L
24 Feb	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	H	2–2	D
17 Feb	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	A	1–0	W
10 Feb	VfL Wolfsburg	H	1–0	W
07 Feb	1. FSV Mainz 05	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

VfB Stuttgart		1. FC Union Berlin
#8	Position	#16
12	Points	7
9	Played	9
4 / 0 / 5	W / D / L	1 / 4 / 4
15	Scored	7
15	Conceded	21
+0	GD	-14
1.33	PPG	0.78
44%	Win %	11%

Key Stats

62% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

54% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
VfB Stuttgart this season

22% Clean Sheets
1. FC Union Berlin this season

VfB Stuttgart are 8th (12 pts). 1. FC Union Berlin are 16th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

VfB Stuttgart

0-15

3/1

16-30

2/2

31-45

1/1

46-60

4/2

61-75

2/3

76+

3/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

1. FC Union Berlin

0-15

2/3

16-30

–/3

31-45

–/2

46-60

–/3

61-75

1/6

76+

4/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

VfB Stuttgart

Ermedin Demirovic	5 G
Josha Vagnoman	2 G	1 A
Maximilian Mittelstadt	2 G	1 A
Bilal El Khannouss	2 G
Grischa Promel	1 G

1. FC Union Berlin

Tim Skarke	2 G	1 A
Leopold Querfeld	1 G	1 A
Emmanuel Latte Lath	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! VfB Stuttgart vs 1. FC Union Berlin — let the football do the talking.
5' With 0 assists to his name this season, Lucas Tousart is clearly more than just a goal scorer for 1. FC Union Berlin.
10' A quiet spell here at Mercedes-Benz Arena. 1. FC Union Berlin seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
15' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
19' GOAL! Sehrou Guirassy scores on 19. Assisted by Atakan Karazor
24' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
29' 1. FC Union Berlin have won 374 goals from 445 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
34' Portugal international Diogo Leite has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
39' The referee calls foul for Rani Khedira. He receives a card.
44' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
46' The VfB Stuttgart manager makes a substitution. Anthony Rouault departs to be replaced by Waldemar Anton.
51' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His VfB Stuttgart side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
56' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. VfB Stuttgart needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
60' Another change for VfB Stuttgart made on 60 minute. Pascal Stenzel leaves to be changed by Jamie Leweling.
65' The Germany forward Chris Fuhrich breaks the deadlock on 65 minutes. 2-0!
66' It is a substitution in 1. FC Union Berlin team. Yorbe Vertessen is replaced by Benedict Hollerbach on 66 minute.
69' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Andras Schafer.
72' Fresh legs for 1. FC Union Berlin! Brenden Aaronson comes on to replace Kevin Volland.
77' Lucas Tousart picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
82' Jerome Roussillon gets the nod from 1. FC Union Berlin. He replaces Diogo Leite and will look to change the dynamic.
84' It’s a booking for VfB Stuttgart player. Josha Vagnoman gets a card.
89' It looks surprising 1. FC Union Berlin does not make any changes. Andras Schafer has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
Another three points for VfB Stuttgart.

Lineups

VfB Stuttgart Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Sebastian Hoeneß

1. FC Union Berlin Lineups

5-4-1

Starting XI

5
Danilho Doekhi
29
Lucas Tousart
10
Kevin Volland ↓ Brenden Aaronson 72'
8
Rani Khedira ↓ Alex Kral 66'
2
Kevin Vogt
1
Frederik Ronnow
6
Robin Gosens ↓ Chris Bedia 82'
4
Diogo Leite ↓ Jerome Roussillon 82'
18
Josip Juranovic
13
Andras Schafer
14
Yorbe Vertessen ↓ Benedict Hollerbach 66'

Bench

Coach Nenad Bjelica

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sasa Kalajdzic	3
Taiwo Awoniyi	3
Deniz Undav	3
Chris Fuhrich	2
Nick Woltemade	2
Genki Haraguchi	2
Sehrou Guirassy	2
Andrej Ilic	2

Head to Head

VfB Stuttgart Form

2024-03-08 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 1. FC Union Berlin W 2024-03-02 VfL Wolfsburg 2–3 VfB Stuttgart W 2024-02-24 VfB Stuttgart 1–1 1. FC Koln D 2024-02-17 SV Darmstadt 98 1–2 VfB Stuttgart W 2024-02-11 VfB Stuttgart 3–1 1. FSV Mainz 05 W 2024-02-06 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3–2 VfB Stuttgart L

1. FC Union Berlin Form

2024-03-08 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 1. FC Union Berlin L 2024-03-02 1. FC Union Berlin 0–2 Borussia Dortmund L 2024-02-24 1. FC Union Berlin 2–2 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 D 2024-02-17 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 0–1 1. FC Union Berlin W 2024-02-10 1. FC Union Berlin 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg W 2024-02-07 1. FSV Mainz 05 1–1 1. FC Union Berlin D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.02 VfB Stuttgart xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.69 1. FC Union Berlin xG

I would bet for: VfB Stuttgart to win 65% + Under — clean sheet likely 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

VfB Stuttgart65% Draw22% 1. FC Union Berlin13%

Actual: VfB Stuttgart win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes44% 0% No56%

Avg goals/match: 2.71

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	50%	50%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

VfB Stuttgart or Draw

87%

Draw or 1. FC Union Berlin

35%

VfB Stuttgart or 1. FC Union Berlin

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

VfB Stuttgart47% Draw43% 1. FC Union Berlin10%

Actual: VfB Stuttgart win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

12.9%

1 – 1

10%

2 – 1

3 – 0

8.7%

0 – 0

8.4%

3 – 1

6.2%

4 – 0

4.4%

0 – 1

3.8%

4 – 1

3.2%

2 – 2

3.1%

1 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — VfB Stuttgart

Handicap	VfB Stuttgart covers	Push	1. FC Union Berlin covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	21%	57%
-1.5	43%	—	57%
-1	43%	24%	33%
-0.5	67%	—	33%
+0.5	89%	—	11%
+1	89%	8%	3%
+1.5	97%	—	3%
+2	97%	2%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

VfB Stuttgart keeps clean sheet

50% ✓

1. FC Union Berlin keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.