Week 1 brings us a match on Aug 7th where Stuttgart plays host to RB Leipzig in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 27 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 15th placed Stuttgart is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Dynamo Dresden. Darko Churlinov scored the first goal for Stuttgart in the 33rd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Dynamo Dresden couldn’t manage to score, and Stuttgart took the shutout win. Stuttgart is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, RB Leipzig recorded a 1-1 draw against Freiburg. Maximilian Eggestein struck first for Freiburg in the 19th minute, then Christopher Nkunku got the equalizer for RB Leipzig in the 76th minute on a feed from Willi Orbán . RB Leipzig is on a hot streak lately, having won 6 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season RB Leipzig won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Christopher Nkunku has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the midfielder has scored 4 goals for RB Leipzig. Stuttgart’s most prolific scorer has been Darko Churlinov. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.