VfB Stuttgart vs FC St. Pauli Predictions, Lineups & Betting Tips Predictions

VfB Stuttgart vs FC St. Pauli Predictions, Lineups & Betting Tips

VfB Stuttgart host high-flying FC St. Pauli on Friday night in the Bundesliga, with the hosts looking to add to their solitary win so far, whilst the visitors aim to retain their unbeaten status. However, our money is on Stuttgart to make it two wins from their first four games and hand St. Pauli their first defeat.

VfB Stuttgart vs FC St. Pauli Predicted Lineups

Stuttgart: Nubel, Chabot, Jeltsch, Mittelstadt, Vagnoman, Karazor, Stiller, E. Khannouss, Leweling, Bouanani, Demirovic

Justin Diehl and Silas are definitely out for this one, whilst Deniz Undav, Fabian Bredlow, Leonidas, Stergiou, Ameen Al-Dakhil and Luca Jaquez are doubts.

St. Pauli: Vasilj, Smith, Wahl, Dzwigala, Sands, Fujita, Oppie, Pyrka, Sinani, P. Lage, Hountondji

Ricky-Jade Jones and Karol Mets are both out, David Nemeth and Abdoulie Ceesay are doubts.

VfB Stuttgart vs FC St. Pauli Recent Matches Analysis

Stuttgart Last Five: Freiburg 3-1 Stuttgart

Grossaspach 2-6 Stuttgart (Friendly)

Stuttgart 1-0 Monchengladbach

Braunschweig 4-4 Stuttgart (7-8 pens) (DFB Pokal)

Union Berlin 2-1 Stuttgart

Stuttgart have had an underwhelming start to the season, with one win and two losses so far in the Bundesliga, plus they only scraped through against lower league opposition in the DFB Pokal.

St. Pauli Last Five:

St. Pauli 2-1 Augsburg

Kiel 1-1 St. Pauli (Friendly)

Hamburg 0-2 St. Pauli

St. Pauli 3-3 Dortmund

Norderstedt 0-0 St. Pauli (2-3 pens) (DFB Pokal)

Two late goals saved them against Dortmund just a week after they snuck through on penalties against underdogs Norderstedt, however since then St. Pauli have gone on a good run with wins against Hamburg and Augsburg.

Stuttgart vs St. Pauli Head-To-Head Record

21 Dec 2024 // VfB Stuttgart 0-1 FC St. Pauli

17 Aug 2019 // VfB Stuttgart 2-1 FC St. Pauli

08 Aug 2016 // VfB Stuttgart 2-1 FC St. Pauli

31 Oct 2012 // VfB Stuttgart 3-0 FC St. Pauli

These two have only met once recently, which ended in the visitors taking the win. However, all three matches before that went the other way.

Stuttgart vs St. Pauli Predictions

Our advanced algorithm analyses over 200 data points to generate these predictions with 51% confidence in a VfB Stuttgart victory. The model factors in current form, head-to-head records, player availability, home advantage and tactical matchups.

Stuttgart vs St. Pauli Best Betting Tips

Football Park's Best Bet: Vfb Stuttgart to win @ 1.64 - Our team of in-house betting tipsters have predicted a Stuttgart win, and this represents good value.

Alternate Bet: Both teams to score @ 1.66 - Both teams have scored at least once in their first three Bundesliga games, so this could be good odds for both to score.

Key Players To Watch: Stuttgart vs St. Pauli

Max Mittelstadt (Stuttgart) The left-back represented Germany at their home Euros in 2024, and played in some high-stake games such as the quarter-final versus Spain, and is probably the best player on the pitch across both clubs.

Andreas Hountondji (St. Pauli) has started the season on fire, netting in all three of their games, and will be desperate to continue his 100% scoring streak in this one.

Stuttgart vs St. Pauli Match Information

19 September 2025 // KO 19:30 UK

The game will be shown live on the BBC Sport Website in the UK

The match takes place at the MHPArena, which has a capacity of 60,058 and was opened in 1929.