Coming from the Bundesliga 2, Stuttgart were not expected to have a simple ride in the top flight.
With 13 points after 11 games, they should be content to not be inside the relegation zone just yet.
They are currently five points off the relegation zone and are the only team in the league who have earned all their points at home.
Stuttgart have not beaten Dortmund in seven years and lost 3-0 the last time they met in April 2016.
At the beginning of the season, it looked as though Borussia Dortmund would finally be winning the title again.
They started with five straight wins and clean sheets; however, things have turned very bad by the time the last international window came around.
They lost to Bayern Munich (3-1), RB Leipzig (3-2), Hannover 96 (4-2) and drew at Eintracht Frankfurt (2-2) domestically before failing to beat Apoel in two matches (both ended 1-1).
Despite their poor form, Dortmund’s front line of Pulisic, Yarmalenko, Kagawa and Aubameyang remain one of the most potent in the league and they only need a good defence to complement their efforts.
Aubameyang already has 10 goals in 11 games and he will be looking to increase that goal tally here.
Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions
VfB Stuttgart
LAST FIVE GAMES
DATE
COMPETITION
L
Hamburg SV
3-1
VfB Stuttgart
Nov 4, 2017
German Bundesliga
W
VfB Stuttgart
3-0
SC Freiburg
Oct 29, 2017
German Bundesliga
W
Kaiserslautern
1-3
VfB Stuttgart
Oct 25, 2017
German DFB Pokal
L
RB Leipzig
1-0
VfB Stuttgart
Oct 21, 2017
German Bundesliga
W
VfB Stuttgart
2-1
FC Cologne
Oct 13, 2017
German Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund
LAST FIVE GAMES
DATE
COMPETITION
L
Borussia Dortmund
1-3
Bayern Munich
Nov 4, 2017
German Bundesliga
D
Borussia Dortmund
1-1
Apoel Nicosia
Nov 1, 2017
UEFA Champions League
L
Hannover 96
4-2
Borussia Dortmund
Oct 28, 2017
German Bundesliga
W
1. FC Magdeburg
0-5
Borussia Dortmund
Oct 24, 2017
German DFB Pokal
D
Eintracht Frankfurt
2-2
Borussia Dortmund
Oct 21, 2017
German Bundesliga
H2H
LAST FIVE GAMES
DATE
COMPETITION
VfB Stuttgart
0-3
Borussia Dortmund
Apr 23, 2016
German Bundesliga
VfB Stuttgart
1-3
Borussia Dortmund
Feb 9, 2016
German DFB Pokal
Borussia Dortmund
4-1
VfB Stuttgart
Nov 29, 2015
German Bundesliga
VfB Stuttgart
2-3
Borussia Dortmund
Feb 20, 2015
German Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund
2-2
VfB Stuttgart
Sep 24, 2014
German Bundesliga
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Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Bayern München
34
24
6
4
88
32
+56
78
2
Borussia Dortmund
34
23
7
4
81
44
+37
76
3
RB Leipzig
34
19
9
6
63
29
+34
66
4
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
34
18
4
12
69
52
+17
58
5
Borussia Mönchengladbach
34
16
7
11
55
42
+13
55
6
Wolfsburg
34
16
7
11
62
50
+12
55
7
Eintracht Frankfurt
34
15
9
10
60
48
+12
54
8
Werder Bremen
34
14
11
9
58
49
+9
53
9
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
34
13
12
9
70
52
+18
51
10
Fortuna Düsseldorf
34
13
5
16
49
65
-16
44
11
Hertha BSC
34
11
10
13
49
57
-8
43
12
1. FSV Mainz 05
34
12
7
15
46
57
-11
43
13
SC Freiburg
34
8
12
14
46
61
-15
36
14
Schalke 04
34
8
9
17
37
55
-18
33
15
Augsburg 1907
34
8
8
18
51
71
-20
32
16
Stuttgart
34
7
7
20
32
70
-38
28
17
Hannover 96
34
5
6
23
31
71
-40
21
18
Nürnberg
34
3
10
21
26
68
-42
19
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