TSG Hoffenheim vs Stuttgart Predictions

• Stuttgart have won their last three away league games, all with both teams scoring
• Hoffenheim have failed to win four of their last five home Bundesliga games and are without several key players through injury and suspension
• Deniz Undav has scored five goals in his last four Bundesliga starts

Stuttgart can stay the course

Stuttgart are breathing down the necks of second-placed Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga and should keep the pressure up with a win at a weakened Hoffenheim outfit on Saturday.

The Swabians stretched their unbeaten run to five games with a 2-0 home victory over Union Berlin last week and are just four points behind the Bavarians.

Dieter Hoeness’ side have won their last three road games too and should not fear a Hoffenheim team that have slipped up too many times at home of late.

Hoffenheim have a lengthy list of absentees

Pellegrino Matarazzo’s men have drawn three and lost one of their last five at home with conceding late goals being a constant theme. And the Hoffenheim coach will be without defenders Ozan Kabak and John Brooks this weekend after they were both sent off in last Sunday’s 3-1 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt.

Midfielder Anton Stach is a doubt, potentially adding to an already-long list of injury absentees for the hosts.  It is a big ask for a weakened Hoffenheim side to disrupt Stuttgart’s momentum, but they should be able to score against a team that has not kept an away clean sheet in eight games.

The return of Deniz Undav to Stuttgart’s probable starting line-up should also help the visitors get the goals they need. The on-loan Brighton striker, who has scored five goals in his last four Bundesliga starts, can celebrate his call-up to the Germany squad with another.