In this week 18 match on the 8th of January, Stuttgart will travel to Fürth to battle Greuther Fürth in a Bundesliga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 2 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Greuther Fürth recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Augsburg. Neither Greuther Fürth nor Augsburg could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 3 and 14 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10, while stuttgart sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Köln. Anthony Modeste scored the first goal for Köln in the 89th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Stuttgart couldn’t manage to score, and Köln took the shutout win. Stuttgart looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
On Aug 14th, Stuttgart hosted Greuther Fürth at the Mercedes-benz-arena in their last match together. Stuttgart won by a score of 5 to 1 in front of just over 18000 fans. Wataru Endo struck first for Stuttgart in the 30th minute on a feed from Philipp Forster, then Phillipp Klement added another in the 36th minute on a feed from Mateo Klimowicz.
Philipp Forster has been the most effective weapon for Stuttgart lately. The German midfielder has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. Greuther Fürth is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Hrgota and Timothy Tillman each only have 1 goal in their last five
Justin Hoogma, Jessic Ngankam, Kehr and Funk are unavailable to play for Stefan Leitl’s team, while Stuttgart will be without Erik Thommy, Enzo Millot, Borna Sosa, Massimo, Kalajdzic and Fabian Bredlow.