VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia M'gladbach Prediction & Preview
Borussia Mönchengladbach lost 1-2 at home to TSG Hoffenheim five days before this Bundesliga trip to VfB Stuttgart, and it was the conceding rather than the scoring that stood out. Again. Stuttgart have shipped two goals in total across their last six matches, so VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia M'gladbach is a meeting between a side that barely gives anything up and one that cannot stop giving.
Here are the basics before any of the football:
- Fixture: VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Mönchengladbach
- Competition: Bundesliga
- Date: Friday, 23 October 2026
- Kick-off: 19:30 BST
- Venue: MHPArena, Stuttgart
What time is kick-off for VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia M'gladbach?
VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia Mönchengladbach kicks off at 19:30 BST on Friday, 23 October 2026 at the MHPArena in Stuttgart. It is a Bundesliga fixture, and it opens the weekend's German football a day before the bulk of the programme.
You can make your call on it on the VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia M'gladbach match page right up to kick-off.
Was the Hoffenheim defeat a one-off for Borussia M'gladbach?
No. Gladbach have won 1, drawn 1 and lost 4 of their last six, taking 4 points and conceding 14 goals while scoring 9. They lost 1-2 away to 1. FC Köln twelve days before this match, were beaten 3-4 at home by 1. FSV Mainz 05, and were taken apart 0-5 away at SC Freiburg.
The pattern is relentless. They have conceded two or more in 4 of those 6 games, kept one clean sheet, and there have been three or more goals in the match in 5 of 6. Both sides scored in 4. Gladbach games are not tight, and that is before you get to a defence being asked to hold out at the MHPArena.
Their one win in those six came away from home, and they have taken nothing from either of their last two at Borussia-Park.
How good have VfB Stuttgart been in defence?
Two goals conceded in six matches, with four clean sheets. Sebastian Hoeneß's side have won 4, drawn 1 and lost 1 for 13 points, and they have not conceded two or more in a single one of those six games. Fourteen scored, two against. Those are the numbers of a team that is comfortable in its shape.
At the front end they are less emphatic than that suggests - two goals or more in 4 of 6, and they drew a blank in one - but 3-0 away at ŠK Slovan Bratislava and 2-0 away at SC Paderborn 07 are the kind of wins that do not require much.
What the Atlético Madrid draw says about Stuttgart
Stuttgart drew 1-1 at home with Atlético Madrid in the UEFA Champions League three days before this fixture. They were not beaten by one of Europe's better sides and they did not leak goals doing it.
The one blemish is more instructive: a 0-1 defeat away to Hamburger SV six days before this match, their only loss in the six and the only game of the six in which they failed to score. Stuttgart have won 2 of 3 at home in this run.
Team news
Stuttgart are without Justin Diehl (thigh), Luca Malanga (abdominals) and Dan-Axel Zagadou (hamstring), with Ameen Al-Dakhil (knee) and Tiago Tomás (muscular) listed as doubts, while Gladbach's list is longer - Jens Castrop (shoulder), Franck Honorat (muscular), Ko Itakura (muscular), Tim Kleindienst (muscular), Enzo Leopold (knee) and Jan Leszczyński (knee) are all out, with Simon Lidberg (thigh) doubtful, according to Bundesliga.com. Alexander Blessin confirmed a fresh muscle tear for his striker, per gladbachlive, and Maximilian Mittelstädt and Nikolas Nartey have both returned to training for Stuttgart, Comunio reported on 19 October 2026.
VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia M'gladbach prediction
VfB Stuttgart should beat Borussia Mönchengladbach in this Bundesliga fixture at the MHPArena, and we think they do it without conceding. Stuttgart have given up two goals in six matches and kept four clean sheets; Gladbach have conceded two or more in 4 of their last 6. That is not a gap one good night closes.
The reason we are not going higher is Stuttgart's own finishing - 2-0 at SC Paderborn 07, 0-1 at Hamburger SV, a 1-1 draw on Tuesday. They win these, they do not always win them well.
Our prediction: VfB Stuttgart 2-0 Borussia M'gladbach
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