Instead, the third to last of the Bundesliga occurs in a relegation in the first and second leg against the third placed in the 2nd Bundesliga. A pairing that has saved many a Bundesliga player’s head and neck and has left many a low-class club disappointed. Since the reintroduction of this relegation, the second division has only managed to overthrow the representative from the upper house of German football in only two out of ten cases. Therefore, the more optimistic VfB Stuttgart is now in the duel with Union Berlin. The Eiserne – home strongest team of the season 2018/19 in league two – strive for a good starting position in the Mercedes-Benz Arena, on the following Monday in the stadium at the Alte Försterei to make the promotion to the Bundesliga perfect.

VfB Stuttgart vs Union Berlin Today’s Betting Prediction

At least in the first leg VfB Stuttgart against Union Berlin, according to odds bookmakers the clear favorite. That is also a sound assessment. Finally, the Swabians gambled away the direct relegation in foreign places, where in the current season only a single victory from 17 away games was scored. At home there are six wins to be won at VfB Stuttgart. Union Berlin are just as important for the prediction as the desolate outlook of the Iron. The Berliners did not leave the potential direct ascent by chance, of course, but won only three of their 17 away games in the entire season 2018/19. After all, there were only four defeats in ten remis sions in the distance. With all this, the troupe of Urs Fischer could certainly live. The main thing, the away goal is scored and the starting position is correspondingly good. Since we expect a wait and see game on both sides, VfB Stuttgart vs. us appears. Union Berlin a tip to be less than 2.5 goals in this first leg the most sustainable betting opportunity.

VfB Stuttgart – Statistics & Current Form

Almost exactly a month ago, the fivefold German champion pulled one last time on the ripcord, leave the only used in October and extremely hapless Markus Weinzierl and sat with interim coach Nico Willig on the previous U19 youth coach. A courageous decision, which, however, should bear fruit. Because the coach found immediate access to the team, pressed the right buttons and got seven points from the four games until the end of the season, with which the relegation place was brought across the finish line. Especially the momentum brought the fact that the Swabians in three of these four games without conceding remained, which is now also absolutely necessary for the first leg against the Iron.

“I expect two highly competitive games against a strong opponent. It is not easy to score goals against Union. We were strong in home games and that was good for the players. ” – Thomas Hitzlsperger

Thus, Thomas Hitzlsperger points to the newly won home strength, because with Borussia Mönchengladbach and VfL Wolfsburg defeated the VfB in the final spurt of the season in the domestic Mercedes-Benz Arena not anyone, but two teams that the Bundesliga for the 2019/20 season be represented in the UEFA Europa League. Results on which the Reds can continue to build, especially since Stuttgart on the one hand acted a little more dangerous on the offensive and on the other defensive found more access to the opponents. Not least because of VfB Stuttgart against Union Berlin, the odds are good for the five-time German champions in this important first leg, the third home win to retract to zero in a row. A starting position, with the away in the stadium at the Alder Försterei every draw and even a defeat in their own goal success to stay in the upper house of German football would be enough.

A whereabouts, which, by the way, would be financially absolutely necessary for survival of the Swabians. Thus, the Stuttgart would be missing more than 20 million euros, should be pending after 2015/16 for the second time in this decade, the transition to the second division. Although it is with Benjamin Pavard, who will leave the Swabians in the summer against Bayern Munich, the first departure is already fixed. If it works with another year in the Beletage of German football but the French champion could possibly remain the only really well-known finish. Exactly this is the point now to set the course.

Best scorers in the league:
🥇 Mario Gómez (7 goals)
🥈 Anastasios Donis and Steven Zuber (5 goals each)

Expected formation of VfB Stuttgart:
➤ Zieler – Insúa – Kempf – Kabak – Pavar – Castro – Gentner – Akolo – González – Esswein – Donis

Last matches of VfB Stuttgart:

⚽️ 18.05.2019 – Schalke Vs. VfB Stuttgart 0: 0 (Bundesliga)
⚽️ 11.05.2019 – VfB Stuttgart vs. Wolfsburg 3: 0 (Bundesliga)
⚽️ 04.05.2019 – Hertha vs. VfB Stuttgart 3: 1 (Bundesliga)
⚽️ 27.04.2019 – VfB Stuttgart vs. Gladbach 1: 0 (Bundesliga)
⚽️ 20.04.2019 – Augsburg Vs. VfB Stuttgart 6: 0 (Bundesliga)

Union Berlin – Statistics & Current Form

Only and solely because of the worse goal difference missed the first FC Union Berlin at the end of the direct rise in the Beletage of German football. It would be the first participation of the traditional club, which even made it in 2001 as a regional league even times in the DFB Cup final, ever been at the Bundesliga. At the very end, however, the ironies failed collectively and nervously, as even the slip-up from SC Padernborn could not be exploited on Matchday 34. Although the scored team of Urs Fischer after the 0: 2 deficit at VfL Bochum came back great, was able to compensate with goals in the 83rd and 86th minute to 2: 2, but missed the redeeming winner, with the now one Ascension celebration in Mallorca and not two more mentally and physically highly demanding games in the relegation would have stood.

“In three days you have no room to correct anything. But I do not think you have to correct that much. At the end you have to bring the round thing over the line. That’s the hardest thing in football. ” – Urs Fischer at the Berliner Morgenpost

Especially bitter, because it was once again the chance exploitation, which it haperte. So scored 26 chances with eight shots just just for two hits against the decimated and the last 20 minutes in outnumbered Bochum. Symptomatic: The Iron Man once again missed victory in the distance, where a sobering ninth place in the away table is recorded (three wins, four defeats, ten draws). What makes interesting at VfB Stuttgart against Union Berlin a tip on the first Bundesliga promotion of the men of Urs Fischer nevertheless, is the fact that the whole thing will decide next Monday in the stadium at the old forester in the heart of Berlin. And here Union is extremely dangerous and won in only one competitive match defeat in the entire season 2018/19 eleven of the 17 league games.

It is therefore all the more important that the starting situation looks good on Monday. An away goal must therefore, although Urs Fischer certainly will not allow his men to run blind. Thus, the offensive of Union Berlin – also because of the not too good chance exploitation, which runs like a thread throughout the season 2018/19 – at only 54 goals this season anyway not excessively dangerous. The only 33 goals, however, are at home-high distance of the league table. Although word has also spread among the iron that only two of the ten second division teams managed to climb the relegation to the Bundesliga for the 2008/09 season, nonetheless, everyone who is part of this team knows that in just two games History can be written.

Best scorers in the league:
🥇 Sebastian Andersson (12 goals)
🥈 Sebastian Polter (9 goals)

Expected formation of Union Berlin:
➤ Gikiewicz – Reichel – Hübner – Friedrich – Trimmel – Schmiedebach – Prömel – Kroos – Zulj – Polter – Andersson

Last matches of Union Berlin:

⚽️ 19.05.2019 – Bochum Vs. Union Berlin 2: 2 (2nd Bundesliga)
⚽️ 12.05.2019 – Union Berlin vs. Magdeburg 3: 0 (2nd Bundesliga)
⚽️ 05.05.2019 – Darmstadt vs Union Berlin 2: 1 (2nd Bundesliga)
⚽️ 28.04.2019 – Union Berlin vs. HSV 2: 0 (2nd Bundesliga)
⚽️ 20.04.2019 – Fürth Vs. Union Berlin 1: 1 (2nd Bundesliga)

VfB Stuttgart vs Union Berlin Direct Comparison

It has only been two meetings between VfB Stuttgart and 1. FC Union Berlin so far. Both duels go back to the 2016/17 season, when the Swabians gave a one-year stint in the 2nd Bundesliga, but immediately made the direct resurgence. In a season in which the five-time German champions won 21 of the 34 league games and became champion in the second-highest division of Germany, the Swabians took four points against the Iron. In the first leg in the stadium at the Alte Försterei it was at the end still 1-1 draw, before the VfB clearly won the second leg in the Mercedes-Benz Arena 3-1. The scorer for the interim 1: 2-Anschlusstreffer was then incidentally also the today’s Union goalgetter Sebastian Polter.

VfB Stuttgart vs Union Berlin Our Best Betting Prediction Explained

In VfB Stuttgart against Union Berlin, the prediction is quite affected by the fact that there will be a return match between the two teams next Monday. So no one wants to get into a bad starting position, let alone prematurely forfeit the starting position for the 2019/20 season in the Beletage of German football. Accordingly, it should be assumed that the already very defensive and strong home Iron will put their focus clearly on the defense. This makes the task for the Swabians very unpleasant, because on the one hand Stuttgart can not afford to run in counterattack, on the other hand need the Reds but the home win in order not to rely on an away win in the stadium at the old forester next Monday. After all, Union Berlin is the strongest home team in the entire 2nd Bundesliga.

Key facts – VfB Stuttgart vs Union Berlin tips

🔻 Since reintroduction of the relegation prevailed only twice in ten cases, the second division
🔻 VfB Stuttgart won the last two home games of the season against Gladbach and Wolfsburg without conceding
🔻 Union Berlin missed the promotion clearly in the distance and won only three of the 17 away games (ten draws, four defeats)

It is correspondingly difficult at VfB Stuttgart. Union Berlin a tip from the classic 3-way system, since it could be a mental matter in many ways. Both teams have proven that they want to play in the Bundesliga, but here and there they miss the final bite and the will to win. So, on the supposedly safe side, you should be in our sight if you opt for sub-betting and bet on under 2.5 goals in this first leg. A result, as it fits in any case very well to the relegation, where not seldom only the second leg has brought the decision.

Betting Prediction: Under 2.5 goals
Odds: 1.80