Stuttgart vs Arminia Bielefeld Predictions

• Stuttgart have won four of their last six home league games.
• Arminia Bielefeld have won only two of 16 road Bundesliga matches this season.
• Arminia Bielefeld have not scored on their last three away Bundesliga trips.

Stuttgart can edge out battling Bielefeld

Back-to-back wins have put Stuttgart firmly back in the frame to claim a European berth.

Die Schwaben now need three more points here to maintain the pressure on Union Berlin and  Borussia Monchengladbach above.

If their rivals slip up, then a victory against goal-shy Bielefeld will be enough to earn a spot in the Europa Conference League.

Stuttgart will be without striker Nico Gonzalez, who has headed back to Argentina, and German Under-21 international Mateo Klimowicz through injury.

The match will also be the last in Stuttgart colours for Gonzalo Castro and Marcin Kaminski, whose contracts won’t be renewed.

Leading scorer Sasa Kalajdzic has found his golden touch again after a three-game drought to notch in both recent victories and should relish the opportunity to face a Bielefeld defence that conceded five to Gladbach earlier this month.

Frank Kramer’s side are energetic yet uninspiring and should be swerved here, having scored more than once on only one of their last 13 matchdays.

Surprisingly, there isn’t much between these in the betting but the value appears to be on the hosts to come out on top in a low-scoring affair.