RB Leipzig v VfB Stuttgart

RB Leipzig vs Stuttgart Preview

RB Leipzig will take on Stuttgart at their Red Bull Arena in Friday night's fixture in the German top flight with the hosts looking to bounce back from an opening day of the season defeat, while Stuttgart will be going in search of early back-to-back wins here.

A 3-2 defeat away from home at Bayer Leverkusen ensured it would be a losing start to this new Bundesliga campaign for RB Leipzig who had achieved a third place finish at the end of last season in the Bundesliga although they finished five points shy of both Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.

Nevertheless, RB Leipzig finished last term in impressive fashion by winning their last five matches on the trot, collecting victories over the likes of Hoffenheim, Freiburg, Werder Bremen, Bayern Munich and Schalke 04 respectively which should still give RB Leipzig plenty of confidence for this opening home game of the season against Stuttgart.

The bigger picture also looks promising from RB Leipzig's perspective as the hosts have lost just twice in their previous 18 games on home soil in the Bundesliga at their Red Bull Arena.

Stuttgart finished last season third from bottom in the Bundesliga table and therefore had to endure a two-legged play-off against last season's third placed finishers in the Bundesliga 2 table, Hamburg, for the right to play in the German top flight this season.

It turned out that the gulf between the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 appears to still exist as Stuttgart romped to a 6-1 win on aggregate against their challengers and so therefore, the visitors remain in the top flight for this term where they have made a promising start.

Stuttgart inflicted a heavy 5-0 defeat at home upon Bochum on the opening day of this new Bundesliga campaign and having finished last season in positive fashion by putting together a three-match unbeaten sequence, Stuttgart will be quietly confident about their chances at RB Leipzig on Friday night.

Points picked up in draws with Bayer Leverkusen and Hoffenheim were either side of a crushing 4-1 win away from home at Mainz, while the bigger picture shows Stuttgart have suffered just the one defeat out of their last nine matches overall in the German top flight which underlines their potential threat here on Friday night.

RB Leipzig v Stuttgart Verdict

Even though Stuttgart recorded a 5-0 thumping of Bochum in the opening game of the season, Friday night's hosts, RB Leipzig, will have earmarked this upcoming fixture as one they will need to take all three points from, and having won seven of their previous eight meetings against the visitors, RB Leipzig do look to hold the upper hand here.

It's early season though, and Stuttgart could spring a surprise in this one.

Therefore, our main bet will be Both Teams To Score No @ 2.05

Other side bets worth considering:

Under 2.5 goals @ 2.37

Correct score: Stuttgart win @ 5.75