In this week 27 match on Mar 19th, Stuttgart plays host to Augsburg in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 16th placed Stuttgart, recorded a 1-1 draw against Union Berlin. Taiwo Awoniyi struck first for Union Berlin in the 41st minute on a penalty kick, but Sasa Kalajdzic got the equalizer for Stuttgart in the 90th minute on a penalty kick earning them at least the one point. Stuttgart looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches, while augsburg sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Arminia Bielefeld. Daniel Caligiuri struck first for Augsburg in the 50th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Arminia Bielefeld was frustrated by Augsburg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Augsburg ended the match with the shutout victory. Augsburg looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
Stuttgart and Augsburg last played eachother at the Wwk Arena on Sunday Oct 31st. Augsburg won by a score of 4 to 1. Chris Führich scored the first goal for Stuttgart in the 7th minute, then Reece Oxford tied it up for Augsburg in the 30th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 53rd minute on a goal by Jeffrey Gouweleeuw.
Michael Gregoritsch has been the most prolific scorer on Augsburg in the last five matches with two goals. Both Tiago Tomás and Wataru Endo have been the hottest scorers for Stuttgart in the last five each having scored 2 goals
Pellegrino Matarazzo’s Stuttgart squad will be without Mangala, Didavi, Silla Wamangituka, Pascal Stenzel and Lilian Egloff, while Fredrik Jensen, Tobias Strobl, Alfreð Finnbogason and Robert Gumny are unavailable to play for Markus Weinzierl’s team.