VfB Stuttgart and Hertha BSC will take on on Sunday the 5th of December at 3:30 pm in the 14th week of the Bundesliga. The match will be played in Stuttgart at the Mercedes-Benz-Arena.
VfB Stuttgart is in the 15th place in the table with 13 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against FSV Mainz 05 in its last match in the Bundesliga. Until now, it has won 3 times, draw 4 times, and lost 6 times.
Hertha BSC sits in the 14th position in the league with 14 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against FC Augsburg in its last match in the Bundesliga. Thus far, it has won 4 times, drawn twice, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 3-4-2-1 and 3-1-4-2 (5 times or 38.46% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (5 times), 3-1-4-2 (5 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Pellegrino Matarazzo is expected to play against Hertha BSC with the following players: F. Müller, K. Mavropanos, W. Anton, H. Ito, B. Sosa, W. Endo, A. Karazor, R. Massimo, O. Mangala, P. Förster and O. Marmoush.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of VfB Stuttgart would be 23.91.
Pellegrino Matarazzo will probably not be able to employ M. Kempf, D. Didavi, C. Führich and E. Thommy because of injury.
C. Mola, S. Kalajdzic and M. Sankoh will definitely miss the match.
Hertha BSC
Hertha BSC has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 53.85%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 3-4-2-1 (5 times) and 4-3-3 (once).
Tayfun Korkut is expected to play against VfB Stuttgart with the following players: A. Schwolow, M. Plattenhardt, N. Stark, J. Torunarigha, P. Pekarík, S. Ascacíbar, M. Mittelstädt, S. Serdar, J. Ekkelenkamp, M. Richter and I. Belfodil.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Hertha BSC would be 26.27.
Tayfun Korkut will probably not be able to employ V. Darida because of injury.
R. Almenning Jarstein, M. Dárdai and L. Klünter will definitely miss the match.