Stuttgart vs Werder Bremen Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Having now broken into the Bundesliga top five, a win for Werder Bremen against Stuttgart would make it three in a row for Daniel Thioune’s side.

Kick-off date/time: 7 November 2026 at 5:30 pm

How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports / USA – ESPN

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

Stuttgart preview: Wasteful midweek

Had Stuttgart taken their chances in midweek, they may well have beaten Galatasaray. Instead, they paid the price and lost 2-0 in Turkiye. It was a frustrating result for Sebastian Hoeness, who will hope his side can respond in the Bundesliga. With a short turnaround between fixtures, though, it will be a big test for a squad that came away with an impressive 2-4 win over Bayer Leverkusen at the BayArena last weekend.

That victory was a welcome boost, but Stuttgart still have plenty of work to do domestically. They sit four points adrift of the top six heading into Saturday's games.

Werder Bremen preview: Champions League spot within site

Werder Bremen find themselves within touching distance of the top four following their 2-0 home victory over Hoffenheim. Only goal difference now separates them from fourth-placed RB Leipzig, who also won last weekend.

Key to Werder’s success has been making themselves extremely tough to beat, with Daniel Thioune’s men having lost just one of their eight Bundesliga fixtures so far this campaign. Goals have been just as important, with Werder finding the net two or more times in each of their last five league matches.

Stuttgart team news: Karazor could be out

Stuttgart wait for news on whether Karazor will be passed fit in time to play, whilst they are expected to be without both Stiller and Zagadou.

Predicted XI (3-4-3): Seimen; Jaquez, Chabot, Mittelstadt; Leweling, Spalt, Promel, Fuhrich; El Khannouss, Demirovic, Undav

Unavailable: Diehl (Injured), Malanga (Injured), Sauer (Injured), Stiller (Injured), Vagnoman (Injured), Zagadou (Injured)

Questionable: Karazor (Injured)

Werder Bremen team news: No good news

Still all those on the treatment table remain so for Werder Bremen, meaning they are missing several players for the trip to Stuttgart, up to nine in total.

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Hein; Arthur, Pieper, Friedl, Deman; Reis, Regeer; Dinkci, Chuki, Grull; Fullkrug

Unavailable: Agu (Injured), Alvero (Injured), Erevbenagie (Injured), Musah (Injured), Ndiaye (Injured), Stage (Injured), Stark (Injured), Topp (Injured), Weiser (Injured)

Questionable: 

Key stats

• Stuttgart's biggest win in 56 Bundesliga meetings with Werder Bremen since 1995/96 came on this day 16 years ago: 6-0 at home on 7 November 2010.
• Stuttgart lead the Bundesliga head-to-head since 1995/96 with 20 wins to Werder Bremen's 16, with 20 draws in 56 meetings.
• Stuttgart have won 14 of their 28 home Bundesliga games against Bremen (D8 L6), but are winless in the last two (1-2 on 13 April 2025 and 1-1 on 26 April 2026).
• Stuttgart are unbeaten in the last two meetings (W1 D1), including a 4-0 win in Bremen on 14 December 2025, and have scored in each of the last six.
• Stuttgart are 11th with nine points coming into Matchweek 9, having lost five of their first eight games – they have lost at least five of their first eight for only the fourth time in 30 Bundesliga seasons since 1995/96 (also 2010/11, 2015/16 and 2018/19).
• Stuttgart have lost two of their three home games this season (0-1 vs Dortmund and 2-3 vs Gladbach) – as many home defeats as in the whole of 2025/26 (W12 D3 L2).
• Stuttgart come into the game off a 4-2 win at Leverkusen – two of their three wins this season have come away from home (W2 L3).
• Stuttgart have won 161 of their 325 home Bundesliga games on a Saturday since 1995/96 (D73 L91).
• Werder Bremen are fifth with 15 points coming into Matchweek 9 – their highest total after eight games since 2018/19 (17).
• Bremen are unbeaten in seven (W4 D3) since a 1-4 opening-day defeat at Freiburg, and have won their last two (3-2 at Mainz and 2-0 vs Hoffenheim).
• Bremen have scored in all eight Bundesliga games this season, and last weekend's 2-0 win over Hoffenheim was their first clean sheet of the season.
• Away from home, Bremen are unbeaten in three (W1 D2) but have conceded in seven consecutive away games since 12 April 2026.
• Sören Storks has refereed one previous Bundesliga meeting of these sides, Stuttgart's 2-0 home win on 21 April 2018 – still Stuttgart's only home game with him (W3 L4 in seven overall since 2017/18).
• Bremen have won only one of their eight Bundesliga away games refereed by Storks since 2017/18 (D2 L5) and have lost their last two games with him overall.

‘Key stats’ are Bundesliga only (not all competitions)

Stuttgart vs Werder Bremen prediction

Werder Bremen must see this as a big opportunity. Stuttgart are coming off a demanding midweek assignment and the hosts could well tire as the game goes on. If Hoeness's side don't find the net early, the visitors should profit.

It's also difficult to ignore Werder's recent glut of goals, which makes them so hard for any opposition to beat. Despite having home advantage, Stuttgart are too inconsistent to back, so the smart play is to use the double chance market and back Werder Bremen to pick up at least a point, if not all three.

Stuttgart vs Werder Bremen tip: Double chance - Draw/Werder Bremen