Freiburg vs Stuttgart - Predictions, Odds & Betting tips 22/01/2022, Team News and Lineups

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After taking a heavy beating last time out in the league, Freiburg will be hoping to rebuild when they host Stuttgart at Europa-Park Stadion. Can the hosts get the required result? Or will the visitors get their own pick-me-up after a string of poor results?

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Bookmaker Ratings prediction one: Full-Time Result – Freiburg to Win – 1.95

Bookmaker Ratings prediction two: Team Goals – Freiburg to Score Over 1.5 Goals – 1.91

Freiburg to Win

The hosts haven’t been in outstanding form of late, but if we look at their overall home efforts this term, they’re hard to go against here. The visitors find it very tough to get going on the road, winning just one of their last nine travelling matches. They’ve also won zero out of three away against top-half teams, losing two of those three, while they’ve lost six out of nine against top-half teams in general this term. Throw in that no team in the division has scored fewer away goals than Stuttgart this season and betting on Freiburg, who have an average expected goal difference of +0.61 at home compared to Stuttgart’s of -0.71 on the road, to come out on top becomes the route to take.

Freiburg to Score Over 1.5 Goals

Freiburg, for all not in great form recently, know how to score goals at home, scoring two or more in three of their last five at Europa-Park Stadion. At the same time, the visitors have shipped two or more in six out of nine against teams currently residing in the top half.

Preliminary review and match prediction for Freiburg vs Stuttgart

After what was a superb start to the campaign, one that saw them flying high for several weeks, Freiburg’s fortunes have altered somewhat. Saturday’s hosts have recently gone through something of an inconsistent patch. They haven’t won back-to-back games since October, while they’ve won two, lost two and drawn two of their last six.

Since the winter break, Christian Streich’s men have struggled to really get going. They showed promise at times during their 2-2 draw with Arminia Bielefeld, even if such a result was displeasing at home, but last time out against Dortmund, they looked weak, especially at the back. Seven goals conceded in two games doesn’t exactly point towards defensive solidity, that’s for sure.

Fortunately for the hosts, the visitors are out of sorts too. Stuttgart lost last time out to RB Leipzig at home, a result that marked four games without a win for Pellegrino Matarazzo’s men. They’ve lost three of those four.

In general, playing away from home has presented Saturday’s visitors with numerous problems this season. They’ve won just one out of nine on the road, losing four of the other eight, scoring a paltry six goals. Their total of 13 conceded in nine is quite a bit better than many of the teams around them, but such a defensive figure pales into insignificance when they’re finding it immensely tough to impose themselves at the other end.

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Freiburg vs Stuttgart Team News

The hosts have just one absentee ahead of Saturday’s fixture. Keven Schlotterbeck is out. For the visitors, it’s a different story with Wahidullah Faghir and Silas Katompa Mvumpa both expected to be out with illness, alongside Omar Marmoush, who is on international duty.

Starting Line-ups

Freiburg: Uphoff, Kubler, Lienhart, Gulde, Gunter, Haberer, Hofler, Sallai, Jeong, Grifo, Holer.

Stuttgart: Muller, Mavropanos, Anton, Ito, Fuhrich, Endo, Mangala, Nartey, Coulibaly, Tibidi, Kalajdizic.

Highlighted Player

Vincenzo Grifo

Italian playmaker Vincenzo Grifo can make the difference for the hosts. Freiburg’s number 32 arrives here having scored twice in the cup during the week, while he’s been the main source of creativity this term with six assists and four goals in the league.