Stuttgart vs Maccabi Tel Aviv prediction: EUROPE: Europa League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-12-10 17:45.
[p]Stuttgart come into this contest looking to further boost their strong UEFA Europa League (UEL) qualification chances, while Maccabi Tel Aviv will hope to end their torrid run on the European stage.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Stuttgart have put their 1-0 UEL loss to Fenerbahçe in October behind them with two successive wins in the competition. Both victories came with clean sheets, meaning that they could now win three straight European matches without conceding for the very first time, while that recent pair of victories has seen them climb to nine points (W3, L2), leaving them just a point outside the top eight and automatic qualification. Confidence will have been knocked coming into this fixture though, as they were smashed 5-0 at home by Bayern Munich on Saturday. [/p]
[p]The European picture is much bleaker for Maccabi, who have picked up just one point in their five UEL league phase matches this season, with the last four all ending in defeat. Since the start of last term, no side have lost more main-draw games in the competition than they have (ten), while they have also conceded the most such goals (31) in that time. Maccabi’s form therefore means that they are second-bottom of the table with comfortably the worst goal difference (-13), and while progression could remain mathematically possible with a win here, it feels right now that imminent elimination is a foregone conclusion.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Stuttgart’s only previous European meeting with an Israeli team was in July 1996 in the Intertoto Cup when they beat Hapoel Haifa 4-0. Maccabi have faced German opponents six times previously in major European competition, winning just once (D1, L4), though that victory came in their most recent such encounter in November 2013 against Eintracht Frankfurt (4-2).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Stuttgart’s last three games in all competitions have each produced a red card. [/p]
[p]Stuttgart’s defeat to Bayern was their first home loss in nine matches (W8). [/p]
[p]Maccabi’s last six European games saw the half-time result replicated at full-time.[/p]
[p]Maccabi have been reduced to ten men in three of their last five matches.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Jamie Leweling scored twice in Stuttgart’s most recent UEL win and has assisted in two of his last three domestic appearances, while Maccabi defender Tyrese Asante has picked up a yellow card in three of his past four matches. [/p]
[p]Leicester loanee Bilal El Khannouss (UEL goals: 3) could be a big miss after being forced off against Bayern. Maccabi will be without Sagiv Jehezkel through suspension and Ion Nicolaescu due to a serious knee injury sustained on Sunday.  [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]This competition has proved extremely difficult for Maccabi so far this term, so we are expecting a comfortable Stuttgart win with a 2+ goal margin of victory. [/p]
[p][i]Author: David H[/i][/p]