Professionals, 28. February 2020
Record against Greuther Fürth (since the Bundesliga was founded)
Overall: 11 matches, 6 wins, 1 draw, 4 defeats, 15:7 goal difference
In Bundesliga 2: 7 matches, 4 wins, 1 draw, 2 defeats, 11:4 goal difference
Looking back
When the two teams met earlier in the season, VfB won 2-0 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. In Bundesliga 2 back in 2016/2017, VfB again won at home, 4-0 that time, but fell to a 1-0 defeat on their travels.
Support
The full allocation of 2,400 tickets has been sold in the away end for Saturday’s match.
We meet again
Julian Green, Hans Nunoo Sarpei, Marius Funk and Marco Caligiuri are all former Stuttgart players. On the VfB side, assistant coach Michael Wimmer played for Greuther Fürth’s reserve team from 2000 to 2002, while Jens Grahl kept goal for them between 2006 and 2009.
In form
The Cannstatt boys are unbeaten in their past eight matches and have not conceded a goal in 304 minutes.
Top attackers
Daniel Didavi and Silas Wamangituka lead the way for VfB when it comes to goal involvements, having scored or assisted nine goals each. Didavi has found the net three times in the last three matches, while Wamangituka has set up two of the last three VfB goals.