Wolfsburg-Stuttgart is a match valid for the 24th day of the Bundesliga and is played on Saturday at 6:30pm: live TV, probable formations, predictions.
Stuttgart, after four consecutive victories, slowed down over the last weekend, thanks to an excellent Cologne. The Swabians, ahead at the start of the second half through Millot, were unable to maintain the lead over Timo Schultz’s team, which found the equalizing goal through Martel, just minutes after going under.
Sebastian Hoeness’s men undoubtedly threw away a golden opportunity: if they had won, in fact, they could have stretched both Borussia Dortmund fourth and Leipzig fifth – both defeated – and consolidated third place in the standings. Theirs, in any case, remains a sensational season. Having started with the goal of reaching a quiet, uneventful salvation – last year they were saved only after a promotion-relegation playoff with Hamburg – Stuttgart is currently the best-performing team after Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich and is fighting for a place in the next Champions League, an unthinkable goal at the beginning of the tournament. Between now and May, therefore, all they have left to do is to administer an already sizable lead over the fifth, currently 7 points away.
Stuttgart, which, in Saturday’s Bundesliga postponement, will try to take advantage of the not-so-easy moment of Wolfsburg, still on a winless streak since resuming play after the Christmas break.
The green-and-whites’ last success was last December 16 (1-0 at home to bottom-of-the-table Darmstadt), and in 2024, so far, there have been six draws and one defeat. Europe has now become a pipe dream for a Wolfsburg side that could stay out of the cups for the second consecutive season. The Wolves are currently thirteenth, but at any rate they are in no danger of being sucked into the fight not to be relegated.
The prediction
Stuttgart prevailed 3-1 in the first leg, breaking a three-game winning streak with Wolfsburg. Those who are better off, without any doubt, are the Swabians but the hosts, despite often being disappointing, lose few games. It tantalizes the “goal” option, since in the new year only on one occasion in Wolfsburg matches both teams have not scored.
The probable lineups of Wolfsburg-Stuttgart
WOLFSBURG (4-4-2): Casteels; Baku, Lacroix, Jenz, Mæhle; Majer, Svanberg, Arnold, Paredes; Behrens, Wind.
STOCKHOLD (4-2-3-1): Nübel; Vagnoman, Anton, Ito, Mittelstädt; Karazor, Stiller; Jeong, Millot, Führich; Guirassy.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-2
