On Sun Oct 24th, in week 9, Stuttgart plays host to Union Berlin in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 12th placed Stuttgart, recorded a 1-1 draw against Borussia M’gladbach. Konstantinos Mavropanos struck first for Stuttgart in the 15th minute on a feed from Omar Marmoush, but Jonas Hofmann got the equalizer for Borussia M’gladbach in the 42nd minute squeezing out at least the one point for Borussia M’gladbach. Stuttgart is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 5th placed Union Berlin is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Wolfsburg. Taiwo Awoniyi scored the first goal for Union Berlin in the 49th minute, then Sheraldo Becker added another in the 83rd minute on a feed from Andreas Voglsammer At the end of 90 a dissapointed Wolfsburg couldn’t manage to score, and Union Berlin took the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Union Berlin should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Union Berlin won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Union Berlin’s most prolific scorer has been Taiwo Awoniyi. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Konstantinos Mavropanos has been the most prolific scorer on Stuttgart in the last five matches with two goals.