Borussia Dortmund and VfB Stuttgart are going to face off on Saturday in the 12th week of the Bundesliga. The match will be played in Dortmund at the Signal-Iduna-Park.

Borussia Dortmund sits in the 2nd position in the league with 24 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against RB Leipzig in its last match in the Bundesliga. So far,, it has won 8 times and lost 3 times.​​

VfB Stuttgart sits in the 15th place in the league with 10 points. It comes from a 0-1 loss against DSC Arminia Bielefeld in its last match in the Bundesliga. So far,, it has won twice, draw 4 times, and lost 5 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Borussia Dortmund​

Line - Ups​
3-4-2-1
14 May
Borussia Dortmund-Hertha BSC
2-1
3-4-2-1
07 May
SpVgg Greuther Fürth-Borussia Dortmund
1-3
4-2-3-1
30 Apr
Borussia Dortmund-VfL Bochum 1848
3-4
4-2-3-1
23 Apr
FC Bayern München-Borussia Dortmund
3-1
3-4-2-1
16 Apr
Borussia Dortmund-VfL Wolfsburg
6-1
4-2-3-1
08 Apr
VfB Stuttgart-Borussia Dortmund
0-2
3-4-2-1
02 Apr
Borussia Dortmund-RB Leipzig
1-4
4-1-4-1
20 Mar
FC Köln-Borussia Dortmund
1-1
4-2-3-1
16 Mar
FSV Mainz 05-Borussia Dortmund
0-1
4-2-3-1
13 Mar
Borussia Dortmund-DSC Arminia Bielefeld
1-0
3-5-2
27 Feb
FC Augsburg-Borussia Dortmund
1-1
3-4-2-1
20 Feb
Borussia Dortmund-Borussia Mönchengladbach
6-0
4-3-3
13 Feb
FC Union Berlin-Borussia Dortmund
0-3
4-3-3
06 Feb
Borussia Dortmund-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2-5
4-3-3
22 Jan
TSG Hoffenheim-Borussia Dortmund
2-3
4-3-3
14 Jan
Borussia Dortmund-SC Freiburg
5-1
4-3-3
08 Jan
Eintracht Frankfurt-Borussia Dortmund
2-3
4-2-3-1
18 Dec
Hertha BSC-Borussia Dortmund
3-2
4-2-3-1
15 Dec
Borussia Dortmund-SpVgg Greuther Fürth
3-0
4-2-3-1
11 Dec
VfL Bochum 1848-Borussia Dortmund
1-1
4-1-3-2
04 Dec
Borussia Dortmund-FC Bayern München
2-3
4-2-3-1
27 Nov
VfL Wolfsburg-Borussia Dortmund
1-3
4-2-3-1
20 Nov
Borussia Dortmund-VfB Stuttgart
2-1
3-4-2-1
06 Nov
RB Leipzig-Borussia Dortmund
2-1
3-4-2-1
30 Oct
Borussia Dortmund-FC Köln
2-0
3-4-2-1
23 Oct
DSC Arminia Bielefeld-Borussia Dortmund
1-3
4-3-3
16 Oct
Borussia Dortmund-FSV Mainz 05
3-1
4-2-3-1
02 Oct
Borussia Dortmund-FC Augsburg
2-1
3-5-2
25 Sep
Borussia Mönchengladbach-Borussia Dortmund
1-0
4-3-3
19 Sep
Borussia Dortmund-FC Union Berlin
4-2
4-3-2-1
11 Sep
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Borussia Dortmund
3-4
4-3-1-2
27 Aug
Borussia Dortmund-TSG Hoffenheim
3-2
4-3-1-2
21 Aug
SC Freiburg-Borussia Dortmund
2-1
4-2-3-1
14 Aug
Borussia Dortmund-Eintracht Frankfurt
5-2

Borussia Dortmund has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (3 times or 27.27%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 4-3-3 (2 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 3-5-2 (once) and 4-3-2-1 (once).

Marco Rose is expected to play against VfB Stuttgart with the following players: M. Akanji, M. Pongracic, T. Hazard, J. Bellingham, A. Witsel, T. Meunier, M. Reus, J. Brandt and D. Malen.

In case that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Borussia Dortmund would be 26.33.

There are doubts about the presence of G. Kobel.

Marco Rose will probably not be able to employ E. Can, R. Guerreiro, M. Wolf and M. Dahoud because of injury.

S. Coulibaly, M. Morey Bauzà, M. Schmelzer, N. Schulz, E. Håland and G. Reyna will definitely miss the match.

VfB Stuttgart​

Line - Ups​
4-3-3
14 May
VfB Stuttgart-FC Köln
2-1
3-4-2-1
08 May
FC Bayern München-VfB Stuttgart
2-2
3-4-3
30 Apr
VfB Stuttgart-VfL Wolfsburg
1-1
4-3-3
24 Apr
Hertha BSC-VfB Stuttgart
2-0
4-3-3
16 Apr
FSV Mainz 05-VfB Stuttgart
0-0
4-3-3
08 Apr
VfB Stuttgart-Borussia Dortmund
0-2
4-3-3
02 Apr
DSC Arminia Bielefeld-VfB Stuttgart
1-1
4-3-3
19 Mar
VfB Stuttgart-FC Augsburg
3-2
4-3-3
12 Mar
FC Union Berlin-VfB Stuttgart
1-1
4-3-3
05 Mar
VfB Stuttgart-Borussia Mönchengladbach
3-2
4-5-1
25 Feb
TSG Hoffenheim-VfB Stuttgart
2-1
4-3-3
19 Feb
VfB Stuttgart-VfL Bochum 1848
1-1
4-5-1
12 Feb
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-VfB Stuttgart
4-2
4-4-2
05 Feb
VfB Stuttgart-Eintracht Frankfurt
2-3
3-4-2-1
22 Jan
SC Freiburg-VfB Stuttgart
2-0
3-4-2-1
15 Jan
VfB Stuttgart-RB Leipzig
0-2
3-4-2-1
08 Jan
SpVgg Greuther Fürth-VfB Stuttgart
0-0
3-4-2-1
19 Dec
FC Köln-VfB Stuttgart
1-0
3-1-4-2
14 Dec
VfB Stuttgart-FC Bayern München
0-5
3-4-2-1
11 Dec
VfL Wolfsburg-VfB Stuttgart
0-2
3-5-2
05 Dec
VfB Stuttgart-Hertha BSC
2-2
3-4-2-1
26 Nov
VfB Stuttgart-FSV Mainz 05
2-1
3-1-4-2
20 Nov
Borussia Dortmund-VfB Stuttgart
2-1
3-4-1-2
06 Nov
VfB Stuttgart-DSC Arminia Bielefeld
0-1
3-1-4-2
31 Oct
FC Augsburg-VfB Stuttgart
4-1
3-1-4-2
24 Oct
VfB Stuttgart-FC Union Berlin
1-1
3-1-4-2
16 Oct
Borussia Mönchengladbach-VfB Stuttgart
1-1
3-1-4-2
02 Oct
VfB Stuttgart-TSG Hoffenheim
3-1
4-1-4-1
26 Sep
VfL Bochum 1848-VfB Stuttgart
0-0
3-4-1-2
19 Sep
VfB Stuttgart-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-3
3-4-2-1
12 Sep
Eintracht Frankfurt-VfB Stuttgart
1-1
3-4-2-1
28 Aug
VfB Stuttgart-SC Freiburg
2-3
3-4-2-1
20 Aug
RB Leipzig-VfB Stuttgart
4-0
3-4-2-1
14 Aug
VfB Stuttgart-SpVgg Greuther Fürth
5-1

VfB Stuttgart has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 3-1-4-2 and 3-4-2-1 (4 times or 36.36% each of them).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-1-4-2 (4 times), 3-4-2-1 (4 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times) and 4-1-4-1 (once).

Pellegrino Matarazzo is expected to play against Borussia Dortmund with the following players: F. Bredlow, C. Mola, H. Ito, W. Anton, B. Sosa, W. Endo, A. Karazor, O. Mangala, R. Massimo and D. Didavi.

In case that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of VfB Stuttgart would be 24.40.

There are doubts about the presence of N. Nartey.

Pellegrino Matarazzo will probably not be able to employ F. Müller, M. Kempf, K. Mavropanos, C. Führich, E. Thommy and O. Marmoush because of injury.

S. Kalajdzic and M. Sankoh will definitely miss the match.