Bundesliga
Is Stuttgart’s series against Hertha?
Four times in a row, Stuttgart in the Bundesliga last won the Abstiegszone away. Now, waiting with Hertha is a tough one. Particularly motivated is on the Berlin page, an Ex-Stuttgart.
3:1, 3:1, 2:1 and 4:2 – the victories of VfB Stuttgart from the last four League games against Wolfsburg, Cologne, Hamburg and Frankfurt. Were the Stuttgart after 16. Day as Tabellenletzter with only twelve points still in the acute descent danger, they are four games later with 24 points comfortable ten meter above the “red Zone”. The team in the first leg, under Alexander the fierce, often confused and hopeless was pregnant under new coach Jürgen Kramny now just so self-confident. Now with Hertha BSC for the first Time this season a team from the Top 3 of the League be defeated (Saturday, 15:30 CET).
The
Cup-Out against Borussia Dortmund should not slow you down. However, would like to Kramny the expectations not too high screws: “Now, let’s look first as the team the Cup, puts away,” he said and pulled at the same time Positive from the 1:3-Cup-defeat against BVB: “We have a good morale proved. We have resisted and against the defeat braced. At the end has a bit of luck was missing, but we have good things seen, against a strong opponent, and I’m sure that we are against Hertha a similar level of performance.”
Hertha waiting for the first of three in the year 2016
A little different than in Stuttgart is the location, by contrast, opponents Hertha BSC: look forward to Berlin, through the
3:2-Cup success in Heidenheim for the first time since 1981, and again in the DFB-Pokal semi-finals and for the first Time, the final in their own stadium, could achieve, however, brought the three Bundesliga matches after the winter break only a meager yield. Three times played the Hertha draw, both matches ended 0:0.
This is supposed to be on Saturday in Stuttgart change – especially thanks to a player who is in Stuttgart familiar and now for the first Time since his move to Berlin last August to his old workplace and return: Hertha-scorer Vedad Ibisevic.
Hits Herthas top scorer Vedad Ibisevic (l.) against the old colleagues from the VfB Stuttgart again?
For the VfB scored the Bosnians in three and a half years and 86 League games at least 33 goals. Only in his last year in the VfB-shirt failed to be Torinstinkt. Before the Stuttgart Ibisevic in the summer of 2015 to Berlin alloyed front, he had a year and a half not to score more scores.
When Hertha took the 31-Year-old his marksmanship quickly again: In 13 League games for Berlin scored Ibisevic six hit himself and put three goals on. On Wednesday, he met in the Cup quarter-finals in Heidenheim twice and thus became the match winner for his Team. Good conditions for a return to the old employer, the separation is not in all friendship went. The ambitious Ibisevic, the responsible persons of the VfB would like to show, is out of the question. That he – should he meet, out of respect for the old club on long cheers waived, may at least be doubted. To a announcement in the direction of Stuttgart settled on the place, sometimes hot-tempered Bosnians but so far, not get carried away – maybe follows you on Saturday afternoon on the green grass.
Wolfsburg under pressure, first for Nagelsmann
Only mediocrity: VfL Wolfsburg
At the beginning of the 21. Game day located on Friday night of the FSV Mainz 05 FC Schalke 04 (20:30). On Saturday afternoon could be Borussia Dortmund with a home win Tabellenschlusslicht Hannover 96 even deeper into the crisis, shoot. The into the midfield abgerutschte VfL Wolfsburg fights in the game against FC Ingolstadt, therefore, not fully connected to the European ranks to lose. Werder Bremen will try to use the momentum from the Pokalerfolg under a week with the game against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. The TSG is sitting after the resignation of Huub Stevens for the first time
Julian Nagelsmann on the bench. Also, it must have Bayer 04 Leverkusen at the away game in Darmstadt, Germany, to try the Abwehrbeton the “lilies” to crack – but without Top striker Chicharito, who because of a muscle injury must pause (triggering each to 15:30 PM).
On Saturday night, would like to 1. FC Köln against Eintracht Frankfurt their first win of the season (18:30). Sundays are still the games for Hamburger SV against Borussia Mönchengladbach (15:30) and the Tabellenführers FC Bavaria Munich FC Augsburg (17:30).
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