VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia Dortmund — Bundesliga result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 19 September 2026

Bundesliga·Saturday, 19 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 12.9 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

VfB Stuttgart

39%

top pick

Draw

25%

Borussia Dortmund

35%

result

Final score

0–1

Top pick missed

Metis gave a Borussia Dortmund win 35.4% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a VfB Stuttgart win. Expected goals 1.72–1.65 against 0–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals65%1 scored
Both teams score67%no
VfB Stuttgart clean sheet19%no
Borussia Dortmund clean sheet18%yes
VfB Stuttgart score 2+51%no
Borussia Dortmund score 2+49%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.2855
1X2 Brier score0.6357
Probability on the result35.4%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (11.0%), 2–1 (8.5%), 1–2 (7.7%). It finished 0–1.

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VfB Stuttgart

28 AugAvs Bayern Munich1–5L
4 SeptHvs FC Cologne4–1W
12 SeptAvs Hoffenheim1–2L
19 SeptHvs Borussia Dortmund0–1L
10 OctAvs Paderborn2–0W

Borussia Dortmund

29 AugHvs Hamburg2–0W
5 SeptAvs Hoffenheim3–2W
12 SeptHvs Paderborn3–0W
19 SeptAvs VfB Stuttgart1–0W
9 OctHvs Werder Bremen2–2D

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatVfB Stuttgart
(Home · 3 matches)
Borussia Dortmund
(Away · 4 matches)
BTTS rate66.7%50.0%
Over 2.5 rate66.7%50.0%
Clean sheet0.0%50.0%
Avg goals3.672.50

Home stats use VfB Stuttgart's home record; away stats use Borussia Dortmund's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.