Stuttgart vs Borussia Dortmund - prediction, team news, lineups

Borussia Dortmund's cleanable commencement to the Bundesliga play volition beryllium nether menace connected Saturday, erstwhile they instrumentality connected hosts Stuttgart astatine MHPArena.

BVB are 2nd with 9 points from 3 matchweeks, with extremity quality keeping them from archetypal place, whereas the location broadside find themselves successful 14th with conscionable 3 points.

Match preview

Stuttgart person endured a hard commencement to 2026-27, with their latest effect a 2-1 nonaccomplishment to Hoffenheim connected September 12, a clash successful which they missed 4 of their 5 large chances.

Die Roten are inactive creating astatine a beardown complaint successful the last 3rd - they person netted astatine slightest 3 goals 3 times successful each competitions this word - but they person been susceptible astatine the back.

While 5 of the 9 goals the hosts person conceded this play came successful a 5-1 nonaccomplishment against Bayern Munich successful matchweek one, their lone cleanable expanse successful their 5 games successful 2026-27 was successful a 4-0 DFB-Pokal occurrence against Hansa Rostock connected August 21.

Manager Sebastian Hoeness has guided his broadside to 3 wins successful their 5 matches truthful far, though helium has lone experienced 2 victories successful his past 7 Bundesliga fixtures, losing twice.

Stuttgart person won some of their 2 outings astatine MHPArena this word by an aggregate scoreline of 7-2, and they person triumphed successful 5 of their past six matches astatine the crushed portion remaining unbeaten.

Dortmund were made to enactment for their 3 points against newly-promoted Paderborn connected September 12, arsenic portion they won 3-0, it took them until the 80th infinitesimal to nett their 2nd aft opening the scoring successful the 5th minute.

Niko Kovac's broadside person present won each 5 of their contests since losing the Supercup last to Bayern Munich connected August 22, keeping 3 cleanable sheets and scoring connected 16 occasions.

BVB's grounds against their hosts is not beardown considering they person lone emerged arsenic victors erstwhile successful their past 8 meetings with Die Roten - they mislaid 5 of those matchups - though that triumph was a 2-0 occurrence successful April.

The value of winning connected the play should not beryllium understated, arsenic portion Stuttgart volition beryllium a hard test, Dortmund person excessively often dropped points against struggling opponents, allowing Bayern to capitalise during rubric races successful past years.

Dortmund person won each 2 of their distant games this season, and different triumph connected the play would beryllium their 4th successful a enactment connected the road.

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Team News

Stuttgart's dilatory commencement to 2026-27 tin partially beryllium explained by the information they person been dealing with somewhat of an wounded crisis, and up to 8 players whitethorn miss retired this weekend.

The hosts' wounded woes person mostly impacted their attacking options, though the lack of Dan-Axel Zagadou means that Finn Jeltsch, Jeff Chabot and Maximilian Mittelstadt volition apt play successful a three-man defence.

Deniz Undav remains Stuttgart's main attacking threat, and helium volition anticipation that chap forwards Bilal El Khannouss and Dzenan Pejcinovic tin lucifer his level.

The bully quality for Borussia Dortmund is that teenage guardant Konstantinos Karetsas is acceptable to beryllium included successful their squad following circulatory problems, though helium volition astir surely not beryllium successful the XI up of Ethan Nwaneri and Fabio Silva.

Centre-backs Emre Can and Filippo Mane stay injured, though Waldemar Anton, Nico Schlotterbeck and Joane Gadou are acceptable to feature.

Stuttgart imaginable starting lineup:

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

Borussia Dortmund imaginable starting lineup:

Kobel; Anton, Schlotterbeck, Gadou; Ryerson, Bellingham, Nmecha, Svensson; Nwaneri, Silva; Guirassy

We say: Stuttgart 1-3 Borussia Dortmund

Dortmund's antiaircraft resoluteness volition beryllium tested connected the weekend, and it would not beryllium astonishing if they failed to support a cleanable sheet.

Stuttgart person looked disjointed without the shot this season, and unless they code their frailty, it is hard to spot the hosts taking thing from their clash with BVB.

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