In this week 29 match, on Sat Apr 17th, Union Berlin hosts Stuttgart in a meeting of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. Union Berlin is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Bayern München. Jamal Musiala scored the first goal for Bayern München in the 68th minute, but Marcus Ingvartsen got the equalizer for Union Berlin in the 86th minute earning Union Berlin a comeback draw. Union Berlin is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 9th placed Stuttgart, recorded a 2-3 loss against Borussia Dortmund. Sasa Kalajdzic struck first for Stuttgart in the 17th minute, then in the 47th minute, Giovanni Reyna sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Jude Bellingham But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 80th minute on a goal by Knauff. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Stuttgart should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Stuttgart and Union Berlin last played eachother at the Mercedes-benz-arena on Dec 15th. Stuttgart and Union Berlin battled to a 2-2 draw. Marvin Friedrich struck first for Union Berlin in the 4th minute, then Taiwo Awoniyi added another in the 77th minute.
Stuttgart’s most prolific scorer has been Kalajdzic. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Union Berlin’s most prolific scorer has been Max Kruse. The German attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches
Christopher Trimmel, Sheraldo Becker, Anthony Ujah, Maurice Opfermann, Joel Pohjanpalo and Niko Giesselmann are unavailable to play for Urs Fischer’s team, while Pellegrino Matarazzo’s squad will be without Hamadi Al Ghaddioui, Orel Mangala, Silla Wamangituka, Kempf, Mola and Egloff.