The exciting Bundesliga season continues with a blockbuster Matchday 33 fixture between VFB Stuttgart and Augsburg. The match is billed to take place at the MHP Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, on the 11th of May, 2025.
As of the time of writing, Stuttgart are 11th in the German Bundesliga with 41 points from 31 matches. They have won 11 matches, drawn eight matches, and lost 12 times in the league this season.
VFB Stuttgart, under German coach Sebastian Hoeness, have had a mixed campaign. They finished strongly last season, achieving a second-place finish and an automatic qualification for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League. This ensured they finished ahead of Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, who finished the season in third place. Their most high-profile departure in the summer was Striker Serhou Guirassy, who scored 30 goals in all competitions last season. The striker left for rivals Borussia Dortmund in a deal worth about €18 million. Brighton forward Denis Undav, who spent the previous season on loan at the club, was brought in to replace the forward.
Following the exploits last term, there were high hopes going into the season, but things have not gone well for them. Die Schwaben started the season with a penalty shootout loss to Bundesliga Champions Bayer Leverkusen in the German Super Cup. They also lost their opening fixture of the season to Freiburg before picking up a first victory on the road when they defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1. Sebastian Hoeness’ side have just two wins from their past 11 games in all competitions.
In the UEFA Champions League, they finished in the bottom 12 and were knocked out after picking up 10 points from eight games. In the DFB Pokal, they did well to reach the final by beating RB Leipzig 3-1 in the semifinals. Angelo Stiller, Nick Woltemade, and Jamie Leweling scored in the win, and they will now face Arminia Bielefeld in the final for a chance to win their first DFB Pokal in 28 years.
On the other hand, Augsburg have only fared slightly better than the hosts this season. Augsburg defeated Viktoria Berlin 4-1 in their opening game of the season in the DFB Pokal. In the Bundesliga, they faced Bremen, and it finished in a 2-2 draw. Elvis Rexhbecaj scored his side’s first league goal of the season in that fixture. The second league game of the season saw them fall to a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Heidenheim. However, back-to-back wins over Ulm and St. Pauli brought back some smiles. The inconsistency continued as they went ahead to lose their next two games against Maiz and RB Leipzig, conceding seven goals across those two encounters.
However, four wins in their next five games improved their fortunes on all fronts. They eventually ended the year with two defeats at the hands of Kiel and Leverkusen. Then Stuttgart beat them at home in the reverse fixture to welcome them into the new year. Three consecutive wins against Union Berlin, Bremen, and Heidenheim changed their situation a bit once again. In the past 13 games, Augsburg have lost just three times. But more recently, they have won just once in their past five games. They might just be looking to gatecrash the European ticket race in the final games of the season.
The two clubs will most likely finish in midtable by the time the season comes to an end. With a repeat of last season’s heroics far from Stuttgart, it is expected that they will be more focused on the DFB Pokal final later in May than this particular encounter.
In terms of the head-to-head, from the past 27 games played between Stuttgart and Augsburg since 2006, Stuttgart have won 14, Augsburg have won 10, and the remaining 3 games have been stalemates.
Match tickets
The epic match at MHP Arena in Stuttgart will kick off at 18:30 GMT on Sunday, 11th May, 2025.
The 60,449-capacity stadium will host this league game between Die Schwaben and Fuggerstädter.
Getting Stuttgart v Augsburg tickets could take a lot of work given the standard of this game. Hence, you are advised to search ticket reselling sites should they be expectedly sold out on each club’s channels.
Team news
Line-ups
Stuttgart currently have the likes of Enzo Millot, El Bilal Touré, Anrie Chase, Justin Diehl, and Nikolas Nartey injured, but some should be back for this game. Sebastian Hoeness will certainly have his mind on the DFB Pokal final, so some of the fringe players might be given minutes in a game like this.
Stuttgart XI: Alexander Nubel; Leonidas Stergiou, Finn Jeltsch, Julian Chabot, Maximiliam Mitttelstadt; Angelo Stiller, Atakan Karazor; Fabian Rieder, Deniz Undav, Chris Fuhrich; Ermedin Demirovic.
Augsburg also have some players out injured. Dominic Banks and Mërgim Berisha are part of the players in the treatment room, but they could be back before this game. In their absence, Jess Thorup has Frank Onyeka and Kristijan Jakic to call upon in his midfield.
Augsburg XI: Dahmen(GK), Matsima, Gouweleeuw, Zesiger; Wolf, Jakic, Onyeka, Giannoulis; Rexhbecaj, Claude-Maurice; Essende.
Prediction
The matchup is expected to produce few goals, considering both teams like to attack occasionally. Only one team has scored in their past four meetings. In addition, just one goal has been scored in their past three encounters. By the way, getting Stuttgart tickets is important.
However, Stuttgart have won the past six meetings between the sides they have hosted at the MHP Arena, so that should be key.
Stuttgart 1-0 Augsburg
