VfB Stuttgart and Darmstadt 98 are going to clash on Friday the 22nd of September at 8:30 pm in the 5th week of the Bundesliga. The match is going to be played in Stuttgart at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. The encounter will be officiated by Matthias Jöllenbeck.
VfB Stuttgart is in the 4th place in the standings with 9 points. It comes from a 1-3 win against FSV Mainz 05 in its last match in the Bundesliga. As of now, it has won 3 times and lost once.
Darmstadt 98 occupies the 17th position in the league with 1 points. It comes from a 3-3 draw against Borussia Mönchengladbach in its last match in the Bundesliga. Until now, it has drawn once and lost 3 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
VfB Stuttgart
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (4 times).
Sebastian Hoeneß is expected to play against Darmstadt 98 with the following players: Alexander Nübel, Hiroki Ito, Waldemar Anton, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Pascal Stenzel, Angelo Stiller, Atakan Karazor, Chris Führich, Enzo Millot, Silas Katompa Mvumpa and Serhou Guirassy.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of VfB Stuttgart would be 25.09.
Sebastian Hoeneß will probably not be able to employ Josha Vagnoman, Thomas Kastanaras and Laurin Ulrich because of injury.
Woo-Yeong Jeong and Nikolas Nartey will definitely miss the match.
Darmstadt 98
Darmstadt 98 has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (2 times or 50.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (2 times), 3-5-2 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Torsten Lieberknecht is expected to play against VfB Stuttgart with the following players: Marcel Schuhen, Thomas Isherwood, Christoph Klarer, Klaus Gjasula, Emir Karić, Marvin Mehlem, Fabian Holland, Tobias Kempe, Matthias Bader, Tim Skarke and Luca Pfeiffer.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Darmstadt 98 would be 28.27.
Torsten Lieberknecht will probably not be able to employ Alexander Brunst, Mathias Honsak and Fraser Hornby because of injury.
Christoph Zimmermann, Braydon Manu, Fabian Nürnberger and Oscar Vilhelmsson will definitely miss the match.
Torsten Lieberknecht will not be able to have the presence of Matej Maglica who is suspended.