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Bundesliga · Matchday 7 Match report

VfB Stuttgart 2-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

MHPArena, Stuttgart

Our picks against the result

9 of 13 right

  • Result VfB Stuttgart win72% 2-3
  • Double chance VfB Stuttgart or draw (1X)89% 2-3
  • Both teams to score Yes63% Yes
  • Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.572% 5 goals
  • More corners VfB Stuttgart75% VfB Stuttgart (6-5)
  • Yellow cards Above average 6 yellow cards · league 3.4
  • Yellow cards 6 yellow cards 3.5 Over51% 4.5 Under68% 5.5 Under83%
  • Corners Around average 11 corners · league 10.7
  • Corners 11 corners 8.5 Over72% 9.5 Over62% 10.5 Over52%

Match stats

VfB Stuttgart Borussia Mönchengladbach
  • 2 Goals 3
  • 2 Yellow cards 4
  • 0 Red cards 0
  • 6 Corners 5

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia Mönchengladbach opens Matchday 7 of the Bundesliga at the MHPArena on Friday 23 October 2026, and our model goes for a home win, with Stuttgart win or draw as the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model makes VfB Stuttgart the clear call, rating them clearly above the Bundesliga average on its long-run strength measure while placing Borussia Mönchengladbach clearly below it. What keeps this from being a formality is that the visitors do score — eight goals across six defeats — and they won 2‑1 at the MHPArena early in 2025. The pick holds because the matchup itself favours Stuttgart and they are at home, and because Borussia Mönchengladbach have conceded twenty goals in six games, giving up big chances clearly more often than the league average. The call is clear.

Both teams to score: Our model also expects goals at both ends: Stuttgart's recent attacking play, with shots, big chances and time in the box, is strong, while Borussia Mönchengladbach concede big chances clearly more often than the league average.

Form guide

VfB Stuttgart

  • D 1-1 vs Atlético Madrid (H) Champions League · 20 Oct
  • L 0-1 at Hamburger SV (A) Bundesliga · 17 Oct
  • W 3-0 at Slovan Bratislava (A) Champions League · 14 Oct
  • W 2-0 at Paderborn (A) Bundesliga · 10 Oct
  • L 0-1 vs Borussia Dortmund (H) Bundesliga · 19 Sep

Borussia Mönchengladbach

  • L 1-2 vs Hoffenheim (H) Bundesliga · 18 Oct
  • L 1-2 at 1. FC Köln (A) Bundesliga · 11 Oct
  • L 3-4 vs Mainz 05 (H) Bundesliga · 19 Sep
  • L 0-5 at Freiburg (A) Bundesliga · 12 Sep
  • L 3-4 vs Elversberg (H) Bundesliga · 5 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

VfB StuttgartBorussia Mönchengladbach
Attack 82 41 1.3 goals per match this season1.3 goals per match this season
Defence 76 12 1.7 conceded per match this season3.3 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Bundesliga clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.

Head-to-head

13VfB Stuttgart wins
5draws
12Borussia Mönchengladbach wins

30 meetings since 2010, results after 90 minutes.

  • 25 Jan 2026 · Bundesliga Borussia Mönchengladbach 0-3 VfB Stuttgart
  • 30 Aug 2025 · Bundesliga VfB Stuttgart 1-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
  • 1 Feb 2025 · Bundesliga VfB Stuttgart 1-2 Borussia Mönchengladbach
  • 14 Sep 2024 · Bundesliga Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-3 VfB Stuttgart
  • 18 May 2024 · Bundesliga VfB Stuttgart 4-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach

Bundesliga so far

Bundesliga records before the match
#Team PWDLGoalsGDPts
13 VfB Stuttgart 6 204 8:10 -2 6
18 Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 006 8:20 -12 0

Positions in our table of 18 clubs, before kick-off. Full table

Match facts

Competition
Bundesliga, Matchday 7
Kick-off
Venue
MHPArena, Stuttgart

Questions and answers

What was the score of VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia Mönchengladbach?

VfB Stuttgart 2-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga (Matchday 7) on Friday 23 October 2026.

Was the OptimaGoal prediction for VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia Mönchengladbach right?

No: our result pick was VfB Stuttgart win, and the score after 90 minutes was 2-3. 9 of our 13 picks and markets for this match were right.

How many cards and corners were there in VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia Mönchengladbach?

6 yellow cards (VfB Stuttgart 2, Borussia Mönchengladbach 4), no red cards and 11 corners (VfB Stuttgart 6, Borussia Mönchengladbach 5).

Times are UTC.