Werder Bremen vs Stuttgart Preview: Team News & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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Werder Bremen begin the weekend’s round of fixtures sitting firmly in the middle-of-the-table as they now take on last season’s DFB-Pokal winners Stuttgart this weekend.
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Werder Bremen preview: Mid-table Werder
Werder Bremen come into this one on the back of a 3-2 defeat to Hamburg at the Volksparkstation in their most recent outing, last weekend, having been a goal up at half-time in that clash before succumbing to a loss.
Werder are now in average form and are beginning to slide down the Bundesliga table with that defeat to the Hamburgers now meaning that they have managed just one win in their last five matches in the league.
Stuttgart preview: Entertaining Stuttgart
Under the management of Sebastian Hoeness, Stuttgart have been extremely entertaining to watch throughout the last couple of seasons and their 13 Bundesliga matches have consisted of 43 goals.
Having been beaten 5-0 by Bayern Munich last weekend, they recovered with a comfortable 4-1 loss of Israeli champions Maccabi Tel-Aviv in the league phase of the UEFA Europa League in midweek.
Werder Bremen team news: No Wober
Former Leeds United centre-back Max Wober is working his way back from a serious hamstring injury sustained in August and he remains sidelined alongside the likes of Mitchell Weiser, Felix Agu and Julian Malatini.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Nagata; Sugawara, Pieper, Coulibaly, Friedl; Lynen, Stage; Puertas, Schmid, Grull; Topp
Unavailable: Wober (Injured), Weiser (Injured), Malatini (Injured), Agu (Injured)
Questionable: Deman (Injured)
Stuttgart team news: Assignon suspended
Former Burnley loanee Lorenz Assignon is missing through suspension for Stuttgart this weekend, while the likes of Dan-Axel Zagadou and Switzerland international attacker Ermedin Demirovic are unavailable due to injury.
Predicted XI (4-3-3): Neubel; Vagnoman, Al Dakhil, Hendriks, Mittelstadt; Nartey, Chema Andres, Stiller; El Khannouss, Undav, Leweling
Unavailable: Jaquez (Injured), Assignon (Suspended), Zagadou (Injured), Keitel (Injured), Demirovic (Injured)
Questionable: Diehl (Injured), Silas (Injured)
Werder Bremen vs Stuttgart prediction
Werder Bremen are seemingly the archetypal mid-table side in the Bundesliga. They have a limited squad but far better than ever being dragged towards a relegation battle. Home advantage should at least see them take the initiative here, up against a Stuttgart side that, playing well or playing badly, are always worth a watch for a neutral and so this should be quite intriguing.
Werder Bremen vs Stuttgart tip: Both teams to score
