Stuttgart vs Atletico Madrid - prediction, team news, lineups

Fighting to proceed their 100% commencement successful the Champions League's league-phase, Stuttgart volition invited in-form Atletico Madrid to MHPArena connected Tuesday.

Die Roten are looking for respite from their home woes, but Los Rojiblancos could marque it 7 wins connected the bounce crossed each competitions.

Match preview

Sebastian Hoeness's Stuttgart person endured a hard opening to the season, but their European exploits person served arsenic a agleam spot.

On Saturday, Die Roten were beaten 1-0 by Bundesliga relegation contenders Hamburger SV, a dire effect that means the nine person present mislaid 3 of their past 4 outings successful the German apical flight.

However, Hoeness's broadside collected each 3 points successful a broad 3-0 triumph implicit Slovan Bratislava connected matchday 2 of the Champions League, pursuing up a 3-1 triumph against Viking FK, earned courtesy of a hat-trick from Ermedin Demirovic.

Looking up to Tuesday's showdown, Stuttgart volition beryllium buoyed by the information they person travel retired connected apical successful 3 of their past 4 encounters with Spanish opposition.

On the different hand, detractors would item that Die Roten person ne'er beaten a squad from La Liga successful the Champions League, drafting doubly and losing 5 times, astir precocious 3-1 to Real Madrid connected matchday 1 successful 2024-25.

Meanwhile, Diego Simeone's Atletico are successful fantabulous form, and volition beryllium expecting to prehend maximum points successful midweek.

Los Rojiblancos were downed 2-1 by Liverpool astatine Anfield connected matchday one, but person won each of their six matches since, including a 2-1 triumph successful the Madrid derby and a 2-0 occurrence against Manchester United successful the Champions League past Tuesday. 

Making that winning-streak much awesome is the information Simeone's broadside person kept 4 cleanable sheets successful the process, scoring 14 goals and conceding conscionable twice.

Adding to the feeling of optimism successful the Atleti campy this week volition beryllium the cognition that the nine person emerged triumphant from their past 3 Champions League matches against German teams, astir precocious thrashing Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1 successful the 2025-26 league-phase.

However, each of those wins came astatine home, and acrophobic supporters volition beryllium alert that Los Rojiblancos person won conscionable 1 of their past six distant matches successful UEFA's premier nine competition, losing three.

Notably, the Spanish broadside person besides tasted decision successful each of their past 5 distant clashes with Bundesliga opponents, a dire tally that goes backmost to a 4-2 occurrence against Bayer Leverkusen successful the 2016-27 circular of 16.

In fact, Atletico person lone won erstwhile successful Germany during the radical signifier oregon league-phase, erstwhile they bushed Borussia Dortmund 2-1 successful October 1996.

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Team News

Stuttgart volition beryllium without centre0back Ameen Al-Dakhil (knee) erstwhile again, but they besides person doubts astir the readiness of chap centre-half Dan-Axel Zagadou owed to a thigh strain, arsenic good arsenic left-back Maximilian Mittelstadt, who sat retired the past 2 games with a important laceration.

If neither Zagadou nor Mittelstadt are available, past expect to spot Finn Jeltsch and Jeff Chabot enactment up astatine the bosom of Hoeness's defence, flanked by Josha Vagnoman and Ramon Hendriks.

At the other extremity of the pitch, near winger Justin Diehl is retired with a quadriceps injury, while Tiago Tomas and Nikolas Nartey are doubts owed to respective musculus and thigh issues.

Thankfully for the hosts, Ermedin Demirovic should beryllium acceptable to pb the line, supported by an attacking trio featuring Bilal El Khannouss, Deniz Undav and Chris Fuhrich.

As for Atletico, they are apt to beryllium missing seasoned midfielder Koke arsenic helium works his mode backmost from a insignificant hamstring injury, but Johnny Cardoso could commencement aft sitting retired against Espanyol with illness.

Elsewhere, centre-back Cristian Romero is retired with an adductor problem, truthful Marc Pubill and David Hancko look acceptable to commencement successful beforehand of goalkeeper Jan Oblak.

Stuttgart imaginable starting lineup:

Bredlow; Vagnoman, Jeltsch, Chabot, Hendriks; Stiller, Promel; El Khannouss, Undav, Fuhrich

Atletico Madrid imaginable starting lineup:

Oblak; Llorente, Pubill, Hancko, Grimaldo; Simeone, Barrios, Cardoso, Baena; Alvarez, Lee

We say: Stuttgart 1-2 Atletico Madrid

Stuttgart person struggled successful the Bundesliga this season, but the Champions League has been a fruitful contention truthful far, and they are apt to enactment up a combat connected Tuesday.

However, Atletico are successful beardown form, and could beryllium excessively overmuch for the hosts, ending their mediocre agelong successful Germany to prevail successful a constrictive clash.

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