Stuttgart’s form has been erratic, especially after the winter break. Upon their return from the winter break, impressive wins against Augsburg and RB Leipzig were secured and continued to start the Rückrunde in style with comfortable wins against Freiburg and Slovan Bratislava.
Last season’s second vs third place takes place on Friday night as Stuttgart host this season’s league leaders Bayern Munich. Stuttgart are in seventh place this season with 36 points and are chasing a top four finish, which they are just three points behind.
HoffenheimHoffenheim are languishing in 15th place after winning five, drawing six and losing 11 of their 22 league matches this season. They may be sitting just outside the bottom three, but they
Unlike Mainz, St Pauli have several players absent this weekend, with Soren Ahlers (knee), Sascha Burchert (groin), Morgan Guilavogui (wrist), Karol Mets (knee), Manolis Saliakas (thigh), James Sands (ankle), Robert Wagner (thigh) and Simon Zoller (calf) expected to miss the 23rd round.