Dortmund vs Stuttgart prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-04-05 16:30.
[p]The race for the UEFA Champions League positions in the Bundesliga looks set to intensify this weekend, as Borussia Dortmund continue to hunt down third-placed Stuttgart with just four points separating them. The Black and Yellows are buoyed by having finally ended their long wait for a Der Klassiker win against Bayern Munich last weekend, while that also made it five successive victories in all competitions.[/p]
[p]Dortmund’s “delighted and extremely happy” head coach Edin Terzić proclaimed his side “can build” on that success as they seek to secure their place in Europe’s elite competition next season. Their continental adventures of this season will soon continue with a midweek trip to face Atlético Madrid, but Dortmund can’t afford to look past this particular matchup, having already lost it twice this season.[/p]
[p]If Stuttgart can notch up a third successive H2H victory then Champions League qualification – something they last achieved in 2008/09 – would be tantalisingly close with the season’s end drawing nearer. Boss Sebastian HoeneĂź will certainly hope this outing is more straightforward than their 3-3 draw with Heidenheim last round, when the Swabians squandered a two-goal lead before netting a last-gasp equaliser.[/p]
[p]That point was “very important for morale” according to HoeneĂź, while it also extended their Bundesliga unbeaten streak to nine matches (W7, D2). Stuttgart have been comfortable on the road of late having won four straight away league outings – scoring 2+ goals in each of them – momentum they’ll be desperate to carry into this clash as they’ve won just one of their last 14 trips to Signal Iduna Park in the Bundesliga (D5, L8).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: The electric Karim Adeyemi has scored before half-time in successive Bundesliga matches and is yet to taste defeat when finding the net for Dortmund (W12, D2). Stuttgart striking duo Serhou Guirassy and Deniz Undav have shouldered the goalscoring burden this season, but Angelo Stiller stepped up last round with a goal and assist against Heidenheim.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Dortmund scored before half-time in five of the last seven league H2Hs.[/p]