Record against Augsburg
Overall: 13 games, 5 wins, 1 draw, 7 defeats, 12:20 goal difference
Home: 7 games, 3 wins, 1 draw, 3 defeats, 6:11 goal difference
Away: 6 games, 2 wins, 0 draws, 4 defeats, 6:9 goal difference
Looking back
The Cannstatt club emerged 1-0 winners in the last meeting between the two teams at the WWK Arena, Mario Gomez scoring the only goal of the game.
Visiting fans
VfB have sold out their away allocation of around 3,000 tickets for Saturday’s trip to Augsburg.
Familiar faces
Markus Weinzierl, his assistant Wolfgang Beller and athletics coach Thomas Barth spent four years at Augsburg between 2012 and 2016. Halil Altintop, Erik Thommy and Alexander Esswein have also represented the Bavarian club, while current Augsburg players Rani Khedira and Julian Schieber have both donned the colours of Stuttgart. Khedira made nine VfB appearances during the 2013/14 campaign, while Schieber played 49 Bundesliga games for the club between 2008 and 2012.
Goals guaranteed?
VfB and Augsburg have played each other 17 times in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. There has only ever been one goalless draw between the two teams - on Matchday 6 of the 2017/18 season.
