VfB Stuttgart host Borussia Mönchengladbach at the MHPArena on October 23 in Regular Season - 7, a Matchday 7 fixture with the season starting to take shape. The table gives the game some weight: Stuttgart are 13th and Gladbach are 18th, so the visitors are in the bottom spot and need points to move up.

Recent league form is the main factor. Gladbach have lost all three Bundesliga matches in the data: 3-4 at home to FSV Mainz 05 on September 19, 2-1 away at 1. FC Köln on October 11, and 1-2 at home to 1899 Hoffenheim on October 18. That is five goals scored and eight conceded, and each defeat was by a single goal or two. Stuttgart's league results are mixed. They won 2-0 at SC Paderborn 07 on October 10, then lost 1-0 at Hamburger SV on October 17. Between those games they won 3-0 away at Slovan Bratislava in the UEFA Champions League on October 14. That adds European travel to their schedule, and it is context for fatigue only.

Head-to-head history also favors the hosts. Stuttgart won four of the last five meetings, including 3-0 at Gladbach on January 25 and 1-0 at home on August 30, 2025. Gladbach's most recent win in the series came 2-1 at the MHPArena on February 1, 2025.

Neither side has reported injuries or unavailable players, so both managers, S. Hoeneb for Stuttgart and A. Blessin for Gladbach, can choose from full squads. Both sides can field the lineups from their last matches. Stuttgart will look to bounce back from the Hamburg defeat, and Gladbach need to find a way to stop conceding.