By Ben Sully @SullyBen
Stuttgart may have the possibility to make it seven league matches with out defeat after they play host to Union Berlin on Friday night.
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Stuttgart
Third-placed Stuttgart are effectively set to qualify for subsequent season’s Champions League after accumulating 50 factors from their 24 league matches. Die Schwaben at the moment take pleasure in a six-point hole to Borussia Dortmund in fourth spot and a seven-point cushion to RB Leipzig in fifth place.
Impressively, Sebastian Hoeneß has seen his facet drop simply two factors of their final six league video games since shedding to Bochum on January 20. They recorded 5 consecutive Bundesliga victories, earlier than they have been held to a 1-1 draw by Köln. Stuttgart in the end returned to successful methods in final Saturday’s away sport towards Wolfsburg, with Serhou Guirassy netting a brace and Josha Vagnoman discovering the online to information their workforce to a slender 3-2 victory.
After recording a 3rd consecutive away league win, Stuttgart will now return to the MHPArena, the place they’ve put collectively a nine-game unbeaten house run in all competitions (W7, L2). By the way, that spectacular spell of house type started with a 1-0 victory over Union within the DFB-Pokal.
Group Information
Stuttgart are unable to name upon the providers of Waldemar Anton, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Roberto Massimo, Samuele di Benedetto and Nikolas Nartey. In the meantime, Genki Haraguchi is a doubt resulting from sickness.
Union Berlin
Union noticed their four-game unbeaten run come to an finish in final Saturday’s house sport towards Borussia Dortmund. Karim Adeyemi and Ian Maatsen grabbed a objective apiece to sentence Union to their first house league defeat of the Nenad Bjelica period.
Regardless of falling to defeat final weekend, Union nonetheless take pleasure in a wholesome hole to the underside three with eight factors separating them from Köln within the relegation playoff spot. Nevertheless, Union can ailing afford to relaxation on their laurels, and they are going to be eager to return to successful methods in Friday’s journey to the MHPArena. The guests will likely be trying to file consecutive away league wins for the primary time since January/February 2023.
They can even be hoping to supply a robust offensive show, having scored simply 9 objectives throughout their 12 Bundesliga away matches this season. They’ve additionally failed to search out the online in six of their final eight street journeys within the high flight.
Group Information
Union have reported no contemporary damage considerations forward of Friday’s contest. The guests can even welcome again Robin Gosens, who missed the defeat to Dortmund by suspension.
