Week 7 brings us a match on Oct 2nd where Stuttgart will host Hoffenheim at Mercedes-benz-arena in a meeting of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. 13th placed Stuttgart is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Bochum. Neither Bochum nor Stuttgart could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 16 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10, while 9th placed Hoffenheim is fresh off their 3-1 win against Wolfsburg. Ridle Baku struck first for Wolfsburg in the 25th minute on a feed from Maximilian Philipp, but Andrej Kramarić got the equalizer for Hoffenheim in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time Finally they completed the comback victory in the 74th minute on a goal by Christoph Baumgartner to cap off a wild match. Hoffenheim is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Stuttgart won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Hoffenheim’s most prolific scorer has been Christoph Baumgartner. The Austrian midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Stuttgart is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Hamadi Al Ghaddioui and Konstantinos Mavropanos each only have 1 goal in their last five
Chris Führich, Waldemar Anton, Orel Mangala, Forster, Wamangituka, Sasa Kalajdzic, Lilian Egloff, Tanguy Coulibaly and Naouirou Ahamada are unavailable to play for Pellegrino Matarazzo’s team, while Ihlas Bebou, Ermin Bičakčić, Sebastian Rudy, Benjamin Hübner, Håvard Nordtveit, Kevin Akpoguma and Munas Dabbur are unavailable to play for Hoffenheim.