VfB Stuttgart and Borussia Mönchengladbach are going to play on Saturday the 5th of March at 6:30 pm in the 25th week of the Bundesliga. The match is going to be played in Stuttgart at the Mercedes-Benz-Arena.
VfB Stuttgart sits in the 17th position in the league with 19 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against TSG Hoffenheim in its last match in the Bundesliga. To date, it has won 4 times, draw 7 times, and lost 13 times.
Borussia Mönchengladbach occupies the 13th position in the standings with 27 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against VfL Wolfsburg in its last match in the Bundesliga. As of now, it has won 7 times, draw 6 times, and lost 11 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 41.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (10 times), 3-1-4-2 (6 times), 4-5-1 (2 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 4-3-3 (once), 4-4-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Pellegrino Matarazzo is expected to play against Borussia Mönchengladbach with the following players: F. Müller, P. Stenzel, K. Mavropanos, W. Anton, H. Ito, W. Endo, O. Marmoush and A. Karazor.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of VfB Stuttgart would be 25.38.
There are doubts about the presence of O. Mangala and C. Führich.
Pellegrino Matarazzo will probably not be able to employ B. Sosa because of injury.
N. Nartey, S. Wamangituka and M. Sankoh will definitely miss the match.
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 54.17%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (13 times), 4-2-3-1 (6 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 3-1-4-2 (once), 4-3-3 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Adolf Hütter is expected to play against VfB Stuttgart with the following players: Y. Sommer, M. Ginter, N. Elvedi, J. Scally, R. Bensebaini, F. Neuhaus, C. Kramer, S. Lainer, J. Hofmann, A. Pléa and M. Thuram.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Borussia Mönchengladbach would be 27.73.
Adolf Hütter will probably not be able to employ M. Doucouré and T. Jantschke because of injury.
L. Stindl will definitely miss the match.
Adolf Hütter will not be able to have the presence of L. Beyer who is suspended.