VfB Stuttgart and VfL Bochum 1848 will clash on Saturday the 19th of February at 3:30 pm in the 23rd week of the Bundesliga. The match is going to take place in Stuttgart at the Mercedes-Benz-Arena.
VfB Stuttgart occupies the 17th position in the table with 18 points. It comes from a 4-2 loss against Bayer 04 Leverkusen in its last match in the Bundesliga. As of now, it has won 4 times, draw 6 times, and lost 12 times.
VfL Bochum 1848 sits in the 11th place in the league with 28 points. It comes from a 4-2 win against FC Bayern München in its last match in the Bundesliga. Until now, it has won 8 times, draw 4 times, and lost 10 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 45.45%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (10 times), 3-1-4-2 (6 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 4-5-1 (once), 4-4-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Pellegrino Matarazzo is expected to play against VfL Bochum 1848 with the following players: F. Müller, P. Stenzel, K. Mavropanos, H. Ito, B. Sosa, S. Wamangituka, W. Endo, O. Mangala, C. Führich and A. Karazor.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of VfB Stuttgart would be 24.90.
Pellegrino Matarazzo will probably not be able to employ S. Kalajdzic because of injury.
T. Coulibaly, D. Didavi, C. Mola, N. Nartey and M. Sankoh will definitely miss the match.
VfL Bochum 1848
VfL Bochum 1848 has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 63.64%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (14 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times) and 4-1-4-1 (3 times).
Thomas Reis is expected to play against VfB Stuttgart with the following players: M. Esser, D. Soares, M. Leitsch, A. Bella-Kotchap, C. Gamboa Luna, A. Losilla, P. Osterhage, M. Pantović, G. Holtmann, C. Antwi-Adjej and J. Locadia.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of VfL Bochum 1848 would be 28.36.
Thomas Reis will probably not be able to employ D. Blum because of injury.
S. Zoller will definitely miss the match.
Thomas Reis will not be able to have the presence of E. Rexhbecaj who is suspended.