SGE-VFB: Facts & Figures

Eintracht and Stuttgart will meet for the 84th time in the top flight. SGE won 51% of their home games against VfB: 21 wins, 9 draws, 11 defeats.
The goal drought of the Eagles (5 matches without scoring) will hopefully come to an end. Against no other Bundesliga teams did they score as often as against Stuttgart (137 goals).
The last goalless draw between Eintracht and Stuttgart was 19 years ago in March 1994 and there were only 3 altogether in 83 Bundesliga meetings including the very first encounter in 1963.
On average 3.5 goals were scored in their previous Bundesliga encounters.
Time to end a run: VfB have not lost away to Eintracht in 7 matches, the last home win of the Eagles v Stuttgart was in 2001 (2-1).

SGE are looking to score goals again (5 games without scoring) but defensively they have performed well and conceded only 8 goals in 2013 (2nd best in the league).
The Eagles recorded the best duel success rate in the league (52%).
Thy also scored 11 headed goals already – 2nd best in the league.
VfB collected only 4 points since the winter break (1 win, 1 draw, 6 defeats) – a Bundesliga low.
Of all Bundesliga teams Stuttgart have played the most competitive matches (41).
Stuttgart recorded the most yellow cards (58) and had 5 players sent off already (3 straight reds, 2 second yellows).

Both teams rely heavily on their top scorers: Alex Meier scored 32% of SGE’s goals (12 / 38) and Vedad Ibisevic 425 of Stuttgart’s (11 / 26).
Takashi Inui (SGE, 660) and Martin Harnik (VfB, 694) recorded the most sprints in the league.
Busy goalkeepers: SGE’s Kevin Trapp had 96 saves (73% of shots allowed) as did Sven Ulreich (69%).
Armin Veh won the title with VfB Stuttgart as their manager in 2007.
Two Eagles had spells at VfB in their past: Stefano Celozzi (2009-2012, 30 matches) and Martin Lanig (2008-2010, 27 matches).

Sources: Opta, Impire, eintracht.de