Stuttgart vs Borussia Monchengladbach - prediction, team news, lineups

Desperate to get disconnected the people successful the Bundesliga, Borussia Monchengladbach volition question to look an inconsistent Stuttgart astatine MHPArena connected Friday.

Die Roten are looking for their archetypal triumph successful 3 games, portion Die Fohlen are hoping to debar a seventh consecutive defeat.

Match preview

Sebastian Hoeness's Stuttgart finished 4th successful the league past term, qualifying for the Champions League, but they person made a amazingly mediocre commencement to this run contempt ambitions to physique connected that success.

Die Roten mislaid 4 of their archetypal six top-flight outings, including a frustrating 1-0 distant decision Hamburger SV past Saturday.

That latest disappointment has left Hoeness's broadside 13th successful the Bundesliga, wherever their tally of six points has them conscionable 1 supra the relegation zone.

The lone agleam spot for Stuttgart has been their commendable opening to the Champions League's league-phase, which has seen the nine spell unbeaten, winning doubly and drafting erstwhile - 1-1 with Atletico Madrid connected Tuesday.

If Die Roten tin construe their continental tally into home occurrence connected Friday, past they could alteration the complexion of their campaign, considering they beryllium conscionable 4 points shy of the apical five.

With that extremity successful mind, fans of the hosts volition instrumentality bosom from the information the Swabians person lone tasted decision erstwhile crossed each competitions astatine MHPArena this term, winning doubly and scoring 8 goals successful the process.

Meanwhile, Gladbach person endured a dire commencement to 2026-27, and Alexander Blessin volition person his enactment chopped retired to crook things around.

Die Fohlen sacked Eugen Polanski aft a 5-0 thrashing by Freiburg connected September 12, and replaced him with Blessin up of the planetary break.

Gladbach prepared good for the instrumentality to Bundesliga enactment with 2 friendlies, beating Sportfreunde Siegen 3-0 and drafting 1-1 with St Pauli, the caller boss' erstwhile club.

However, the 53-year-old kicked disconnected his tenure with a 2-1 decision to FC Koln connected October 11, earlier repeating the scoreline and effect against Hoffenheim past Sunday.

Those losses mean that Blessin's broadside are stranded astatine the bottommost of the table, wherever they stay without a azygous constituent to their name.

Gladbach are 5 points down 15th-placed Schalke 04, and are astatine superior hazard of being chopped adrift from the division's different relegation contenders this week.

Looking for immoderate crushed to anticipation for improvement, the travelling enactment volition cling to the information that the visitors person scored 4 goals successful their past 3 league matches - netting astatine slightest erstwhile successful each - a stark opposition to the three-game drought they began the run with.

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Team News

Stuttgart are without near winger Justin Diehl owed to a quadriceps injury, portion determination are doubts astir the fittingness of versatile attacker Tiago Tomas, who has been recovering from a musculus problem.

If the second is unavailable, past Jamie Leweling, Deniz Undav and Chris Fuhrich should commencement down striker Ermedin Demirovic connected Friday.

In defence, centre-back Dan-Axel Zagadou's information is successful question owed to a hamstring injury, and right-back Josha Vagnoman is simply a uncertainty aft being forced disconnected against Atletico, truthful expect to spot Finn Jeltsch and Jeff Chabot run astatine the bosom of the hosts' backline, flanked by Lorenz Assignon and Max Mittelstadt.

As for Gladbach, they could person an extended database of absentees to contend with, particularly successful attack, wherever winger Franck Honorat (muscle), right winger Nicolas Kuhn (muscle) and striker Isac Lidberg (thigh) are doubts, while Tim Kleindienst (thigh) and attacking midfielder Fritz Fleck (muscle) are sidelined.

In their absence, Hugo Bolin and Shuto Machino look acceptable to pb the line, supported from retired wide by Joe Scally and Wael Mohya.

Midfielder Enzo Leopold is successful the aboriginal stages of recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament injury, and it is unclear whether Jens Castrop volition play a portion contempt joining grooming connected Tuesday, but Florian Neuhaus and Zento Uno are acceptable to commencement successful the centre of the park.

Elsewhere, Jan Leszczynski is retired with a genu injury, and chap centre-half Ko Itakura is simply a uncertainty with a musculus issue, truthful Kevin Diks and Fabio Chiarodia are apt to signifier a concern successful beforehand of goalkeeper Moritz Nicolas.

Stuttgart imaginable starting lineup:

Seimen; Assignon, Jeltsch, Chabot, Mittelstadt; Karazor, Stiller; Leweling, Undav, Fuhrich; Demirovic

Borussia Monchengladbach imaginable starting lineup:

Nicolas; Sander, Diks, Chiarodia, Ullrich; Scally, Neuhaus, Uno, Mohya; Bolin, Machino

We say: Stuttgart 3-1 Borussia Monchengladbach

Stuttgart whitethorn person struggled domestically this season, but they volition beryllium optimistic up against the Bundesliga's bottommost club.

Gladbach could find themselves connected the scoresheet for the 4th consecutive league game, though it would beryllium a astonishment to spot the visitors debar defeat.

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