Borussia Dortmund vs Stuttgart Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Niko Kovac’s first match in charge at Borussia Dortmund sees them host a Stuttgart side who have slipped out of the top four.

Kick-off date/time: Saturday February 8th 2025: – UK – 2:30pm / US ET – 9:30am / US PT – 6:30am

How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports / US – Some matches will be televised on ESPN channels so it is worth checking their schedules

How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / US – ESPN+

Borussia Dortmund Team News: Schlotterbeck banned

Kovac will have to do without star centre-back Nico Schlotterbeck, who is suspended. Fellow defender Niklas Sule is also missing, as is midfielder Felix Nmecha with the pair both currently injured.

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Kobel; Ryerson, Can, Anton, Bensebaini; Sabitzer, Gross; Adeyemi, Brandt, Gittens; Guirassy

Unavailable: Nmecha (Injured), Schlotterbeck (Suspended), Sule (Injured)

Questionable: 

Stuttgart Team News: Illness sweeping through camp

Stuttgart have three players struggling to be passed fit for this game due to illness, those being Bruun Larsen, Vagnoman and Woltemade. Midfielder Enzo Millot could be ruled out through injury and if so, would join five other players on the treatment table.

Predicted XI (4-4-2): Nubel; Stergiou, Chabot, Hendriks, Mittelstadt; Leweling, Karazor, Stiller, Fuhrich; Undav, Demirovic

Unavailable: Al-Dakhil (Injured), Diehl (Injured), Raimund (Injured), Toure (Injured), Zagadou (Injured)

Questionable: Bruun Larsen (Illness), Millot (Injured), Vagnoman (Illness), Woltemade (Illness)

Borussia Dortmund vs Stuttgart Prediction

You could argue that Borussia Dortmund are playing Stuttgart at a good time here. The visitors have lost their last two league games, although they did gain a hard-fought victory in the DFB-Pokal quarter-finals midweek. But the expectation is that Dortmund will enjoy a bounce with this being Niko Kovac’s first home match as head coach.

Stuttgart playing on Tuesday night will likely have had an effect from a physical point of view, whilst Borussia Dortmund enjoyed a week on the training ground leaning the tactics style of play that Kovac wants to implement. This could prove impactful the longer this game goes on and Stuttgart begin to tire.

With home advantage in their favour and the Kovac factor, it would be no surprise if this turned out to be a start of Dortmund’s resurgence and therefore, it’s worth backing them to win but via the security of the draw no bet market.

Borussia Dortmund vs Stuttgart Tip: Borussia Dortmund draw no bet