VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia Moenchengladbach Preview

Six defeats from six leave Borussia Mönchengladbach bottom of the Bundesliga without a point, and they travel to the MHPArena on Friday night to face a Stuttgart side that has lost just once in its last five matches. Gladbach have conceded 20 goals in their six league games, and they lost 2-1 at home to Hoffenheim on Sunday. Stuttgart are 13th on six points after a 1-0 defeat at Hamburger SV on 17 October, and they drew 1-1 at home with Atlético Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday. That puts six points between the clubs, and Stuttgart’s goal difference of -2 compares with -12 for Gladbach. Stuttgart have also won four of the last five meetings between the sides. Kick-off in Stuttgart is at 7:30pm UK time.

Stuttgart have won three, drawn one and lost one of their last five, scoring 11 goals and conceding two. Tuesday’s 1-1 home draw with Atlético Madrid in the Champions League is the latest. Before that, Hamburger SV won 1-0 against Stuttgart on 17 October, the only defeat of the five and the only game in which they failed to score. Further back, Slovan Bratislava were beaten 3-0 away in the Champions League on 14 October, Paderborn 2-0 away in the Bundesliga on 10 October, and Greuther Furth 5-0 at home in a friendly on 1 October, a thumping by any scoreline. That adds up to three clean sheets in five. At the MHPArena itself, the two home games in the sample brought that 5-0 win and the draw with Atlético Madrid.

Gladbach’s last five read W1 D1 L3, with nine goals scored and nine conceded, and all three defeats came in the Bundesliga. Sunday’s 2-1 home defeat to Hoffenheim is the latest, a game in which they scored once and still lost. Before that, FC Köln won 2-1 against Gladbach on 11 October. Further back, they drew 1-1 away at St. Pauli in a friendly on 3 October and won 3-0 away at Siegen in a friendly on 24 September, the only win of the five and a clean sheet. The oldest result is a 4-3 home defeat to Mainz in the league on 19 September, the highest-scoring game in the sample. Gladbach scored in every game of the five, conceded in four of them, and lost both of their home games.

Stuttgart have won four of the five Bundesliga meetings listed, with Gladbach taking just one and no draws, and the goals read 12-3. The most recent was Stuttgart’s 3-0 win away at Gladbach on 25 January 2026, and before that they won 1-0 at home on 30 August 2025. Gladbach’s only win in the record was a 2-1 victory at the MHPArena on 1 February 2025, so Stuttgart have won twice and lost once on this ground in these meetings. Stuttgart also won 3-1 away on 14 September 2024 and 4-0 at home on 18 May 2024, which means Gladbach have scored just three goals across the five games.

Stuttgart are 13th in the Bundesliga on six points with a goal difference of -2, while Gladbach are 18th on zero points with -12. A win would take Gladbach to three points, still bottom and two behind Union Berlin, Paderborn and Schalke on five.

In Germany, the match is live on Sky Sport Bundesliga 1 and Sky Sport Bundesliga UHD, with Sky Go and WOW streaming. UK viewers can watch on BBC Sport Web and BBC iPlayer, while in the USA it’s on UNIVERSO, with fuboTV, Peacock and Fandango streaming. In Austria, Sky Sport Bundesliga 1 carries the game too, with Sky Go Austria streaming.

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