VfB Stuttgart vs Hertha Berlin

Bundesliga, Germany

Match date: Saturday, 21 November, 2009

Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena

Two weeks ago Stuttgart managed to take a point from M Gladbach, after a goalless game, thus moving away from the dangerous zone. Hertha continued their negative run and suffered the minimum defeat by Koln at home, so they are still nailed to the bottom with only four points from the first 12 rounds. After five straight defeats Stuttgart managed to take a point in each of the next three games against Bayern, Sevilla in the Champions League and against M Gladbach, where they were dominant but didn’t have luck to score a winner. Coach Babel and his players can seea way out from the crisis and the match against indisposed Hertha will be an ideal opportunity for Stuttgart to reach a triumph after two winless months. The problem for coach Babel will be the absence of one of the best defenders, Tasci, who is out for the season through injury. Also, Khedira is doubtful and one of the best midfielders will most likely miss this match, as well as Lanig who didn’t sully recover from injury. Stuttgart have gone last five league home games without winning, having scored only one goal in the process. Cacacu and Marica are out which will be a big handicap for the attack, as well as the fact that Pogrbenyack is out of form. That is why seems interesting.  If his men don’t fight a positive result in this game, coach Babel might easily get sacked, so there is nothing else left for him but to use an extremely offensive tactics and try to win. In the last five duels against Hertha, Stuttgart managed to score and obviously Hertha suits them as they are in terrible form and After a minimum win over Hannover in the first round at home, Hertha managed to avoid defeat only in the ninth round, when they split points with Wolfsburg. Berlin side continued losing in the league, after hosting Koln and ruined the good impression from the game against Herenveen in Europa League. Gojko Kacar is club’s best scorer with two goals scored so far and he was impressive in the match against Herenveen, where he had luck to score. Serbian international improved his form after recovering from injury and he will definitely be the biggest threat for Stuttgart’s net, while . Hertha lost each of the six away games with a terrible goal margin, 15:3. Another problem for the new coach Friedhelm Funkel is the fact that he can’t count on defender Marc Stein who got injured in the match against Koln, while Raphael too will miss the match because of five yellow cards and Ochs is a long-term injury. Complete lack of organization in the back line doesn’t bode well for Berlin side so think about . Last season these two teams were top contenders, while their duel this season is the derby of the bottom. Neither of the teams will have much use of a draw, so we expect aggressive start from both sides, which is why we suggest that you bet on goals here. We will post information about results of this match.. stay tuned.