Record against Bayern
Overall: 136 games. 27 wins, 24 draws, 85 defeats. 164:293 goal difference.
In the Bundesliga: 108 games. 18 wins, 22 draws, 68 defeats. 121:227 goal difference.
Looking back
VfB and FCB produced two tight contests last season. The first meeting in Munich ended in a 2-2 draw after goals from Chris Führich and Serhou Guirassy, while Bayern triumphed 2-1 in the reverse fixture. Stuttgart’s goal came from Juan Perea, currently on loan at Hansa Rostock.
Goals
This fixture averages 3.22 goals per match, with nets rippling 348 times across the 108 Bundesliga encounters to date. The highest-scoring clashes are the three times that Bayern won 5-3: in December 2010, October 1995 and April 1993.
Team news
Hiroki Ito, Roberto Massimo, Lilian Egloff and Nikolas Nartey (all injured) are unavailable for the visitors.
Crowd
Sunday’s match in Munich is completely sold out. VfB will have at least 7,600 fans supporting them.