Borussia Dortmund vs Stuttgart Prediction Preview

Borussia Dortmund need to get back on track after suffering a major upset against Bayern (6-0) in the last round.
On a brighter note, midfielder Marco Reus and defender Ömer Toprak are likely to return to Peter Stöger’s side after being out injured. However, Shinji Kagawa (five goals, one assist) and Andriy Yarmolenko (three goals, two assists) will remain unavailable for this match.
Tayfun Korkut’s side (STU) have won their last three away matches with an average of two goals scored and one conceded. Tayfun Korkut is still undefeated as manager of Stuttgart (W5, D3). Only two have ended with more than 2.5 goals.
Mario Gomez and Daniel Ginczek have been a prolific duo in Stuttgart’s attack. Their eleven goals combined account for 42% of all the goals scored by the team in the league. Additionally, eight of the last ten goals in favour of Stuttgart were directly contributed (goal or assist) by Gomez and Ginczek.
Across all competitions, Dortmund have gone undefeated at home against Stuttgart in their past nine encounters. Including home and away matches, the last nine have produced more than 2.5 goals.

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Belgian striker Michy Batshuayi has scored four times in the past four matches played at Signal Iduna Park, and he needs to be in shape if his team wants to stand the best chance of victory.
For Stuttgart, defender Benjamin Pavard leads the team in terms of average interceptions per game (2.8) and clearances (4.4). He has also been responsible for less than one foul per game (0.8).
Despite standing at 1.89m and 1.90m respectively, strikers Mario Gomez and Daniel Ginczek have scored only one goal each via a header.
In 17 of 28 games played in the league so far, Dortmund have shown preference for a 4-3-3 formation, with a record of: W9, D5, L3, when using it.

Betting Prediction: Borussia Dortmund
Odds: 1.65