VfB Stuttgart and FSV Mainz 05 will face on Friday the 26th of November at 8:30 pm in the 13th week of the Bundesliga. The match will be played in Stuttgart at the Mercedes-Benz-Arena.
VfB Stuttgart sits in the 16th place in the standings with 10 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against Borussia Dortmund in its last match in the Bundesliga. Until now, it has won twice, draw 4 times, and lost 6 times.
FSV Mainz 05 sits in the 8th position in the league with 18 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against FC Köln in its last match in the Bundesliga. Until now, it has won 5 times, draw 3 times, and lost 4 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart has mostly adopted the 3-1-4-2 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 41.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-1-4-2 (5 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 FSV Mainz 05 with the following players: F. Müller, W. Anton, K. Mavropanos, H. Ito, B. Sosa, O. Mangala, W. Endo, R. Massimo, P. Förster and T. Coulibaly.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of VfB Stuttgart would be 23.60.
There are doubts about the presence of A. Karazor.
Pellegrino Matarazzo will probably not be able to employ M. Kempf, C. Führich, C. Mola, N. Nartey, E. Thommy and O. Marmoush because of injury.
S. Kalajdzic and M. Sankoh will definitely miss the match.
FSV Mainz 05
FSV Mainz 05 has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 66.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (8 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 3-1-4-2 (once) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Bo Svensson is expected to play against VfB Stuttgart with the following players: R. Zentner, A. Hack, M. Niakhate, A. Martín Caricol, J. Boëtius, L. Barreiro Martins, J. Lee, S. Widmer, K. Onisiwo and J. Burkardt.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of FSV Mainz 05 would be 25.90.
There are doubts about the presence of J. St. Juste.
A. Lucoqui and D. Kohr will definitely miss the match.
Bo Svensson will not be able to have the presence of S. Bell who is suspended.