Stuttgart vs Holstein Kiel prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-10-25 13:30.
[p]Last season’s surprise runners-up in the Bundesliga, Stuttgart, haven’t quite hit the same heights so far this campaign domestically, winning just two of their first seven league games (D3, L2) and as such, occupy a mid-table berth. A 1-0 midweek away victory in the UEFA Champions League against Juventus will no doubt have boosted morale, but Die Schwaben are now winless in three top-flight matches (D2, L1) for the first time under Sebastian Hoeneß.[/p]
[p]It looks unlikely that Stuttgart will be able to repeat their heroics of 2023/24 this term, but a return to MHPArena on Saturday will be welcomed. Since Hoeneß’s appointment in April 2023, they have lost just one of their 24 Bundesliga home games (W15, D8), scoring at least once in every single encounter, with no-one in Germany’s top flight currently able to match that latter statistic.[/p]
[p]Visitors Holstein Kiel still await a first-ever Bundesliga victory following their promotion, having made the worst start to their maiden campaign in the German top-flight of any club for 46 years. Seven games into life among the elite, having conceded 2+ goals on every one of their outings, Marcel Rapp’s side have just two points to their name (D2, L5) and are already beginning to be cut adrift in their battle for survival.[/p]
[p]Despite their dismal start to the campaign as far as results are concerned, Kiel have scored 2+ goals of their own in four of their seven Bundesliga games, and against the narrative here, history suggests that Stuttgart could be the opponents they manage to spring a surprise against. Die Störche have won three of the four previous H2Hs (L1), including their only previous visit to the MHPArena in October 2019.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Midfielder Enzo Millot has six goal involvements in his last six Stuttgart appearances (G3, A3), with four of those coming after the hour mark. The Frenchman may therefore get some joy playing against Magnus Knudsen, whose three yellow cards for Kiel this season have all come after the break.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Stuttgart’s seven league games so far this term have averaged more than four match goals.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Ben Olawumi[/i][/p]