On Saturday afternoon, two out of form teams meet at the Mercedes Benz Arena, as Stuttgart host Hertha Berlin, with both teams looking for crucial points in the Bundesliga.
Stuttgart have made a solid start to life back in the top-flight of German football after promotion last season. The home sides results have not been great of late, yet Pellegrino Matarazzo’s team are still tenth-place in the table, eight points clear of the relegation play-off spot.
Their recent poor run continued last time out, as Die Roten suffered a 5-2 hammering at Bayer Leverkusen, which was their third defeat in their last four outings.
The defeat in Leverkusen followed a high-scoring trend for Stuttgart in the German top-flight this season, as there have been over 2.5 goals scored in five of their previous six Bundesliga outings.
Stuttgart have a poor home record this season in the Bundesliga, as they have won just one of their nine league matches on home soil. A 2-0 win over Mainz in their last home match ended an eight-game home run without a victory in the German top-flight.
Hertha Berlin continue to flatter to deceive in the Bundesliga. Pal Dardai’s return as head coach has done little to quell the visitors poor league form. In fact, the team from the German capital have now lost their last four matches in the Bundesliga.
Their recent run of five defeats in six games has seen them drop to 15th place in the table. They are only out of the relegation play-off spot courtesy of superior goal difference to 16th place Arminia Bielefeld.
Unsurprisingly, considering their league form, Hertha have struggled on their travels, as they have failed to win in six away games in the Bundesliga.
Forebet predicts that these two out of form teams will play out a low-scoring draw, which would at least end Hertha’s recent run of league defeats.