On Dec 5th, Stuttgart hosts Hertha BSC at Mercedes-benz-arena in a clash of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 2 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 15th placed Stuttgart, recorded a 2-1 win against Mainz 05. Hiroki Ito scored the first goal for Stuttgart in the 21st minute, then in the 39th minute, Jean-Paul Boëtius sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Alexander Hack. Stuttgart looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while in their last match, Hertha BSC recorded a 1-1 draw against Augsburg. Marco Richter scored the first goal for Hertha BSC in the 40th minute, then Michael Gregoritsch got the equalizer for Augsburg in the 7th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Fredrik Jensen squeezing out at least the one point for Augsburg. Hertha BSC is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Stuttgart won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Both Stevan Jovetić and Marco Richter have been the hottest scorers for Hertha BSC in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Chris Führich and Roberto Massimo are the top scorers for Stuttgart in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Pellegrino Matarazzo’s squad will be without Konstantinos Mavropanos, Erik Thommy, Omar Marmoush, Chris Führich, Enzo Millot, Wamangituka, Kempf, Kalajdzic, Tanguy Coulibaly and Naouirou Ahamada, while Stevan Jovetić, Vladimír Darida, Dedryk Boyata and Lukas Klünter are unavailable to play for Hertha BSC.