Hamburger SV vs VfB Stuttgart Prediction & Preview - Bundesliga
VfB Stuttgart have won both of the recent meetings with Hamburger SV in our records, and the Bundesliga one was a rout: 4-0 in Stuttgart on 12 April 2026, 188 days before this match. The women's sides met on 29 August 2026 and produced the same winner, VfB Stuttgart taking that 2-1 at home in the Frauen-Bundesliga. So both of the last two went Stuttgart's way, and both were played in Stuttgart. Saturday flips the venue to the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg, and the Hamburger SV vs VfB Stuttgart prediction is a trickier one than that April scoreline suggests.
- Fixture: Hamburger SV v VfB Stuttgart
- Competition: Bundesliga
- Date: Saturday, 17 October 2026
- Kick-off: 14:30 BST
- Venue: Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
What time is kick-off for Hamburger SV vs VfB Stuttgart?
Hamburger SV v VfB Stuttgart kicks off at 14:30 BST on Saturday, 17 October 2026 at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg, in the Bundesliga. You can make your call on the scoreline on the Hamburger SV vs VfB Stuttgart match page.
What the head-to-head record says
The only Bundesliga meeting in our records is the 4-0, and Hamburger SV did not land a glove on Stuttgart in it. Add the women's fixture in August and the pattern is two wins from two for VfB Stuttgart, with Hamburg managing one goal across the pair. Everything in that record happened in Stuttgart, though, which is the one thing Saturday changes.
Hamburger SV are either very good or very bad
Merlin Polzin's side have won three and lost three of their last six, 9 points, scored 7 and conceded 15. The bad half is grim reading: 0-5 at home to 1. FSV Mainz 05, 0-5 away to RB Leipzig, 0-2 away to Borussia Dortmund. The good half is genuinely good. They beat 1. FC Köln 2-1 at home 28 days before this match, won a club friendly 2-0 against FC København, then went to TSG Hoffenheim 7 days before this match and won 3-2.
Two home wins from three is the useful bit. So is the fact they failed to score in three of those six, and conceded two or more in four of six. Nothing about Hamburg at the moment is halfway.
VfB Stuttgart have barely been scored against
Sebastian Hoeneß has four wins from six, 12 points, 14 goals scored and 3 conceded, with four clean sheets in there. Stuttgart won 2-0 at SC Paderborn 07 7 days before this match and then 3-0 away to ŠK Slovan Bratislava in the UEFA Champions League 3 days before it. Both sides have scored in only one of their last six, which tells you how little gets past them.
Their two defeats are the crack in it: 0-1 at home to Borussia Dortmund and 1-2 away at TSG Hoffenheim. Hamburg went to Hoffenheim and won. Stuttgart went and lost.
Team news
Hamburger SV are without captain Nicolai Remberg, who tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in the win at Hoffenheim and needs surgery, with the club putting his recovery in months rather than weeks (HSV); Polzin called it "a bitter moment for him personally and for us as a team". Patson Daka (hamstring) and Albert Sambi Lokonga are also out, while Bakery Jatta and Bilal Nadir are doubtful with adductor trouble, and Dan-Axel Zagadou is nearing a return for Stuttgart but not ready for this one (Sports Mole). Left-back Maximilian Mittelstädt needed stitches after a heel laceration against Paderborn and is out "for the time being" (Yahoo Sports), and Nikolas Nartey came back early from Denmark duty with muscular problems (Bulinews).
Hamburger SV vs VfB Stuttgart prediction
Our prediction for Hamburger SV v VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga on Saturday, 17 October 2026 is a 1-2 away win for VfB Stuttgart at the Volksparkstadion. Stuttgart's defensive record over their last six, 3 conceded with four clean sheets, is the firmest thing in this fixture, and Hamburg have shipped two or more in four of six. Hamburg at home are a different proposition to the side that lost 4-0 in April, so a goal for them feels right. Not enough of them.
Our prediction: Hamburger SV 1-2 VfB Stuttgart
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