In this week 23 match on Feb 19th, Stuttgart and Bochum will play a match in Stuttgart in a clash of the Bundesliga. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 17th placed Stuttgart, recorded a 2-4 loss against Bayer Leverkusen. Moussa Diaby struck first for Bayer Leverkusen in the 41st minute, but Tiago Tomás got the equalizer for Stuttgart in the 49th minute , but fortunately for Bayer Leverkusen it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. Stuttgart looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while bochum sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-2 win against Bayern München. Robert Lewandowski struck first for Bayern München in the 9th minute on a feed from Kingsley Coman, then Christopher Antwi-Adjei tied it up for Bochum in the 14th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 38th minute on a penalty goal by Jürgen Locadia to cap off a wild match. Bochum is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
Bochum and Stuttgart last played eachother at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion on the 26th of September. Bochum and Stuttgart battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Bochum nor Stuttgart could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 16 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
For Bochum, their top scorers are Pantovic and Gerrit Holtmann, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. Tiago Tomás has been the most effective weapon for Stuttgart lately. The Portugeese attacker has netted two goals in his last five matches
Erik Thommy, Omar Marmoush, Wahidullah Faghir, Waldemar Anton, Daniel Didavi, Kalajdzic, Mola and Coulibaly are unavailable to play for Pellegrino Matarazzo’s team, while Zoller, Losilla, Riemann and Grave are unavailable to play for Thomas Reis’s team.