Fulham vs StuttgartPrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

A final test before the season, with two sides who built their summers in opposite ways. Fulham have won three and lost three of their last six at home, including 2-0 against Newcastle, 1-0 against Aston Villa and 3-1 against Burnley, scoring 1.2 a game and conceding 1.1. Stuttgart carry away numbers inflated by lower-level opposition: 8-1 at Kickers Offenbach, 5-0 at Hollenbach and 7-0 at Balingen, alongside 0-3 with Bayern and draws with Eintracht and Hoffenheim. An away figure to handle carefully Stuttgart's 3.3 goals a trip is the most eye-catching number in the fixture, but it comes largely from three routs against amateur sides. Against real opposition the Germans produced far less, and that is worth saying before using it as an argument. Two different registers Fulham play short games, with only 49% of their home matches passing two goals and 30% ending without a goal. Stuttgart cleared 1.5 in all sixteen away games, but with that sample inside. There is no head-to-head between the two. The verdict: the call is between two and six goals in total. All Stuttgart away games cleared 1.5 and 68% of Fulham home games did the same, while the ceiling of six guards against very wide scorelines. Confidence stays contained given the quality of opposition in the German sample. I read it around 82%. My take: a trial run, the count should move but without the excesses of the German summer.