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    Stuttgart vs Viking: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Stats

    Stuttgart vs Viking predicted formations

    Stuttgart host Viking on Wednesday, September 9 (12:45 PM ET / 11:45 AM CT / 9:45 AM PT).

    Stuttgart’s team news for this one is dominated by fitness problems: the muscle-injured Tomas, thigh-injury absentee Nartey, groin-issue absentee Jaquez, upper-back-injury absentee Arevalo and injured Zagadou are all ruled out, leaving the hosts short of options across the pitch. Viking travel with their attacking group intact, led by Tripić, who has scored 2 goals and created 6 chances in 169 minutes so far, with Séne Moi and Christiansen also among the goals for the visitors this season.

    Markets have Stuttgart as clear favourites for this league-phase clash, but Viking have already shown in Croatia that they can be got at defensively even while finding the net themselves, and that combination points to an open contest with goals at both ends rather than a comfortable shutout. A weakened home defence against a Viking side that keeps scoring even away from home tilts this toward entertainment over control.

    Stuttgart vs Viking: Best Bets & Predictions

    Stuttgart's injury-hit defence meets a Viking side that has already shown it can score and concede in the same afternoon.

    Stuttgart to winTop pickStuttgart go in as clear favourites and should have enough quality to see off a Viking side still building continental pedigree, even working around a five-man injury list.
    82%win prob.-450 @ bet365
    BTTS – YesViking have already scored against and conceded to Dinamo Zagreb this season, and Stuttgart's threadbare defence gives the visitors a route to the net here too.
    62%chance-163 @ bet365
    Over 2.5 GoalsA stretched Stuttgart back line facing a Viking attack that has produced goals in both of its recent outings points toward an open, goal-filled contest.
    78%chance-350 @ bet365
    Correct Score – 3-1 StuttgartA home win with goals at both ends fits the shape of this one, with 3-1 covering Stuttgart's edge in quality alongside a Viking goal.
    10%chance900 @ bet365
    Tripić to score anytimeTripić leads Viking's attack with 2 goals and 6 chances created from just 169 minutes, making him their likeliest source of a goal here.
    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐chanceopening soon @ bet365

    Our approach: we build our best bets from what the numbers actually show — verified team news, each side's real goal involvement, and how those two things collide in this specific matchup — rather than pulling five picks that don't agree with each other.

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    Season Form & Standings

    Neither side has a Champions League league-phase point on the board yet this season, with Stuttgart and Viking both sitting on 0 points from 0 games played heading into this fixture.

    Recent domestic form. Here’s Stuttgart’s domestic form ahead of the European opener:

    Stuttgart · Bundesliga 2026/27

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    • 04 Sep – Stuttgart 4–1 Koln (H) W
    • 28 Aug – Bayern Munich 5–1 Stuttgart (A) L

    Potential Match-Winners

    • Zlatko Hovland Tripić (Viking): The forward has scored 2 goals and created 6 chances from just 169 minutes of action, comfortably Viking’s most productive attacker this season.
    • Tobias Saliou Séne Moi (Viking): 1 goal and 2 assists from 148 minutes shows end product at both ends of the final third.
    • Peter Buch Christiansen (Viking): 1 goal from 4 shots, 2 of them on target, in 177 minutes played this season.

    Recent Form

    Viking: D W

    • 2026-08-26: Viking 3-1 Dinamo Zagreb (W, home)
    • 2026-08-18: Dinamo Zagreb 2-2 Viking (D, away)

    Viking arrive off a 3-1 home win over Dinamo Zagreb, following a 2-2 draw away at the same opponents before that.

    Stuttgart vs Viking Prediction

    Stuttgart go into this as the stronger side on paper despite an injury list that stretches to five players, and Viking’s knack for scoring even when they don’t win points to goals at both ends. We’re backing a home win with goals for the visitors too — 3-1 to Stuttgart, with Tripić well placed to add to his tally.