In the opening of the 4th round of the Bundesliga, on Friday, September 21st, the VfB Stuttgart – Fortuna Dusseldorf will be played. The confrontation will take place on the “Mercedes-Benz Arena”, starting at 19:30. The hosts are looking for the first success of the current season.
After the first two stages failed to score even once, the “Swabians” unleashed their journey from Freiburg. However, they did not manage to concede all three points, finishing with a draw, score 3-3. At 33, Mario Gomez successfully led the offensive, this time managing a double in just seven minutes. Undoubtedly, Korkut’s band will now try to get the first success to leave the red ranking area as soon as possible. Meyer and Kempf (injured), will not evolve.
On the other side, back on the first stage of German football, Fortuna enjoyed an excellent debut. After pulling a point on Leipzig’s field, in the previous round he managed to beat Hoffenheim, scoring 2-1. Victoria came late in the 88th minute after Lukebekio turned a 11 meter kick. Earlier in the first half, Morales opened the score. Taken this summer at Ingolstadt, defender Alfredo Morales was first successful for his new band. With four points accumulating against teams evolving in European Cups, Fortuna is ranked 8th in the rankings, a more than honorable position for a newly-promoted. Wiesner, Contento and Duman (injured) will be absent from the guest group.
In the last direct confrontation, disputed in February 2017, Stuttgart was forced to score 4-0. It was the only success achieved in the four direct matches recorded so far.
Probable teams:
Stuttgart: Zieler – Maffeo, Pavard, Baumgartl, Insua – Gentner (c), Ascacibar, Aogo, Akolo – Gonzalez, Gomez
Fortuna: Rensing – Zimmer, Ayhan, Hoffmann, Kaminski, Gießelmann – Zimmermann, Sobottka, Morales – Ducksch, Hennings
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1.67
