Stuttgart vs Everton - prediction, team news, lineups

Everton proceed their mentation for the commencement of the Premier League successful August with a affable clash against hosts Stuttgart astatine MHPArena connected Saturday.

The Bundesliga broadside volition beryllium looking guardant to their coming run having secured Champions League football, whereas Everton volition anticipation to debar being dragged person to the bottommost 3 successful 2026-27.

Match preview

Stuttgart statesman their competitory run connected August 21 successful the DFB-Pokal against Hansa Rostock, precisely a week earlier the commencement of their league play against reigning champions Bayern Munich.

The Bundesliga nine finished 4th successful the apical formation successful 2025-26, qualifying for the Champions League for a 2nd clip successful 3 seasons.

Manager Sebastian Hoeness has been wide praised for his violative benignant of play, with his team's instrumentality of 71 league goals past word lone bettered by Bayern.

At the different extremity of the pitch, the 49 goals they conceded was the 2nd worst grounds successful the apical six, though they person lone conceded 3 goals successful their 4 pre-season friendlies truthful far.

MHPArena has been somewhat of a stronghold for Die Roten considering they ended their Bundesliga run having mislaid conscionable 2 and won 12 of their 17 matches astatine the ground, and they person won 3 and drawn 1 of their past 4 clashes astatine the stadium.

Everton's crippled connected Saturday is their last 1 extracurricular of the UK, with the nine inactive having 3 much friendlies to play aft the play earlier their opening lucifer of the Premier League play connected August 22 against Crystal Palace.

The Toffees volition person mixed feelings astir 2025-26, arsenic portion they finished 13th and avoided a relegation battle, their points tally of 49 was lone 1 amended than the full they achieved successful 2024-25.

David Moyes besides came nether immoderate scrutiny for failing to usher the nine to a European spot fixed 9 teams from the part qualified for a UEFA competition.

The Merseysiders concerningly ended their league play winless successful 7 fixtures - they suffered 4 defeats successful that clip - and they person won two, drawn 1 and mislaid 1 of their 4 friendlies this summer.

Everton failed to triumph immoderate of their last 5 distant contests, suffering 3 losses, and they conceded 9 goals portion scoring connected conscionable 5 occasions successful that period.

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Team News

Stuttgart person utilized some a backmost 3 and a backmost 4 nether Hoeness, and if helium was to usage a three-man defence against Everton, past Finn Jeltsch, Dan-Axel Zagadou and Maximilian Mittelstadt could feature.

Midfielder Angelo Stiller returned to grooming connected July 31, and helium volition apt beryllium fixed minutes successful midfield, portion returning talisman Deniz Undav whitethorn commencement up front.

Undav could beryllium joined by Ecuadorian Jeremy Arevalo, who mightiness expect a greater relation successful the archetypal squad successful the coming play aft joining successful January 2026.

Everton signed midfielder Christian Norgaard from Arsenal connected Wednesday, and helium could beryllium thrown consecutive into the lineup alongside idiosyncratic specified arsenic Hayden Hackney.

Moyes fielded centre-backs James Tarkowski and Jarrad Branthwaite against Hamburger SV connected August 1, and the brace whitethorn beryllium trusted unneurotic again.

Tyrique George is astir definite to look successful a wide relation successful attack, while Iliman Ndiaye has returned to grooming and volition nary uncertainty beryllium fixed minutes connected Saturday.

Stuttgart imaginable starting lineup:

Bredlow; Jeltsch, Zagadou, Mittelstadt; Jovanovic, Andres, Stiller, Fuhrich; Nartey; Arevalo, Undav

Everton imaginable starting lineup:

Travers; O'Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Hackney, Norgaard; George, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye; Barry

We say: Stuttgart 3-2 Everton

Both teams are apt to marque galore changes astatine fractional time, and that could pb to a comparatively unfastened game.

Stuttgart person been beardown astatine MHPArena, and fixed Everton person often struggled erstwhile travelling, possibly the hosts volition look arsenic winners.

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