Stuttgart vs Werder Bremen - prediction, team news, lineups

MHPArena volition beryllium the backdrop for a clash that volition interaction some ends of the Bundesliga table connected Sunday, when Champions League-chasing Stuttgart big relegation-threatened Werder Bremen.

Die Roten are looking to physique connected their DFB-Pokal triumph past clip out, portion Die Werderaner are hoping for back-to-back wins for lone the 2nd clip this season. 

Match preview

Sebastian Hoeness's Stuttgart person enjoyed a beardown run truthful far, bouncing backmost from the disappointment of finishing ninth successful 2024-25 by pushing for a spot successful the apical four.

With conscionable 4 games to play successful the Bundesliga calendar, Die Roten presently beryllium 4th successful the German apical flight, 2 points wide of fifth-placed Hoffenheim and 4 supra sixth-placed Bayer Leverkusen.

To adhd to that promising position, Hoeness's broadside are connected people to clasp their DFB-Pokal crown aft Tiago Tomas's extra-time victor saw the nine down Freiburg successful Thursday's semi-final, mounting up a clash with Bayern Munich connected May 23.

However, the lone accordant happening astir Stuttgart successful caller weeks has been their quality to alternate betwixt triumph and decision implicit their past 8 outings crossed each competitions.

Most recently, Die Roten followed up their 4-0 demolition of Hamburger SV connected April 12 with a 4-2 beating by the Bayern a week later, anterior to occurrence against Die Breisgau-Brasilianer successful the cup.

If Sunday's hosts are incapable to find immoderate solidity successful the closing agelong of 2025-26, past they could beryllium caught retired by their top-four rivals astatine the last hurdle, though the much optimistic amongst the MHPArena faithful would item that the nine person won consecutive matches astatine location up of this play - the archetypal clip since mid February.

Meanwhile, Daniel Thioune's has performed commendably successful the Werder dugout since taking the reins from Horst Steffen, though his team's Bundesliga aboriginal remains successful the equilibrium with 4 games to play.

Die Werderaner are 15th successful the division, wherever their tally of 31 points has them 5 supra 16th-placed St Pauli, who inhabit the league's relegation playoff spot.

That cushion was earned acknowledgment to a hard-fought 3-1 triumph against Hamburger SV successful past Saturday's Nordderby, a lucifer that saw Jens Stage container a brace, earlier Cameron Peurtas sealed the points with a 91st-minute effort of his own.

That triumph marked a 4th successful 7 outings for the Green-Whites, who recovered their feet astatine the cleanable clip aft going winless crossed the erstwhile 13 games.

Adding to the visitors' assurance this play volition beryllium the information that they person won 2 of their 3 astir caller distant contests - 1-0 against Wolfsburg and 4-1 against Union Berlin - but if they are beaten erstwhile again, past they could beryllium drawn backmost into a feisty demotion scrap. 

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Team News

Stuttgart volition beryllium without centre-back Finn Jeltsch arsenic helium recovers from an abdominal injury, though Luca Jaquez and Jeff Chabot should beryllium connected manus to commencement astatine the bosom of the hosts' defence, flanked by Josha Vagnoman and Ramon Hendriks.

Die Roten are besides missing young wingers Justin Diehl and Lazar Jovanovic owed to respective musculus and backmost injuries, but Chris Fuhrich, Deniz Undav and Jamie Leweling volition beryllium acceptable to enactment striker Tiago Tomas up top.

As for Werder, they person an extended database of absentees for Saturday's clash, fixed that versatile guardant Marco Grull is suspended, striker Keke Topp is retired for the play with an anterior cruciate ligament injury, and chap frontman Victor Boniface is simply a uncertainty arsenic helium recovers from illness.

With that successful mind, Thioune could opt for Jovan Milosevic to pb the enactment this weekend, aided by Justin Njinmah and Romano Schmid, though Boniface could yet marque the squad aft the manager spoke positively astir the loanee's showings successful training.

At the other extremity of the pitch, goalkeeper Karl Hein was ruled retired for the play with a thumb injury, arsenic has centre-back Julian Malatini, who is dealing with an ankle ligament tear.

However, left-back Felix Agu and right-back Mitchell Weiser - who has been retired for the entirety of 2025-26 with an ACL wounded - could diagnostic successful the last fewer games of the campaign, though the duo are acceptable to beryllium retired against Stuttgart.

Filling the gaps, the visitors could enactment up with Amos Pieper and Marco Friedl astatine centre-half, protecting shot-stopper Mio Backhaus while Yukinari Sugawara and Olivier Deman run astatine full-back.

Elsewhere, antiaircraft midfielder Leonardo Bittencourt is besides suspended aft collecting his 5th yellowish paper of the play successful the Nordderby, portion 19-year-old Wesley Adeh is moving his mode backmost from an ankle injury, so Jens Stage, Senne Lynen and Cameron Puertas look acceptable to patrol the centre of the park.

Stuttgart imaginable starting lineup:

Nubel; Vagnoman, Jaquez, Chabot, Hendriks; Karazor, Stiller; Leweling, Undav, Fuhrich; Tomas

Werder Bremen imaginable starting lineup:

Backhaus; Sugawara, Pieper, Friedl, Deman; Stage, Lynen, Puertas; Njinmah, Milosevic, Schmid

We say: Stuttgart 2-1 Werder Bremen

Stuttgart person been inconsistent successful caller weeks, but they volition beryllium expecting to bushed 1 of the Bundesliga's relegation contenders connected Saturday.

That being said Werder could enactment up a superior combat aft large improvements nether Thioune, though thing different than different decision would travel arsenic a surprise.

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