VfB Stuttgart vs Viking — Tips & Analysis

VfB Stuttgart -1.75: Viking come to Stuttgart without both of their senior strikers, and that is the strongest reason we are with the home side. Veton Berisha and Nick D'Agostino are both out, and captain S. Bjorshol misses this one too. A side without its whole first choice front line has a hard night at this level. Stuttgart have won four, tied one and lost one of their last six games at the MHPArena. They score more than 2 goals a game at home and they beat Koln 4-1 in their last game. They get the ball into the box often, and that should tell against a visiting side sat deep. Viking are no soft touch. They score under 2 goals a game on their league travels and have let in only 1 goal a game across eleven away games. The two clubs have never met, so there is no history to lean on. A 2-0 home win is how this reads, and the bigger the Stuttgart win, the better this looks. There are real warnings here. Viking have won 14 of their last 19 games and tied 2-2 at Dinamo Zagreb in the play-off round, so they can hang around. Stuttgart also have eight players out, including both first choice keepers and two centre backs. We still want Stuttgart to win this by a clear margin.