Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Mercedes-Benz Arena will host Tuesday’s Bundesliga game between Stuttgart and Bayern Munchen. Die Schwaben aim to build on a 2-0 win over Wolfsburg, but they will have a mountain to climb in the midweek clash. All Sasa Kalajdzic, Erik Thommy, Mohamed Sankoh, Philipp Klement, and Enzo Millot remain on the sidelines with injuries, while Roberto Massimo should be fit for the match despite limping off with injury at the weekend.
The title holders, on the other hand, aim to build on a hard-fought 2-1 win over Mainz. Julian Nagelsmann’s troops are eyeing their fourth consecutive league win, and we predict that they will give fans yet another reason for celebration on Tuesday evening. Both Serge Gnabry and Niclas Sule should be recalled to the starting XI, while all Marcel Sabitzer, Josip Stanisic, and Leon Goretzka continue to miss out with injuries. Joshua Kimmich is sidelined through illness.
Highlighted Player (Wataru Endo):
Wataru Endo is a Japanese footballer who plays for Urawa Red Diamonds as a defender. Endo is a product of Shonan Bellmare youth academy and he continued playing for the club at senior level. After scoring 21 goals in 153 appearances (league) for the club the 178-cm tall centre-back moved to Urawa Red Diamonds in 2016 and he has been playing for the J1 League club ever since.
Endo won the AFC Champions League with Urawa in 2017 as the Reds defeated Al-Hilal in the final of the competition. The Japanese defender played 90 minutes in the victory over the Saudi Arabian side and the winning of the AFC Champions League trophy is considered the biggest success of his career.
Wataru Endo made his debut for Japan on August 2, 2015 in a 2-1 loss to Korea DPR at the EAFF E-1 Football Championship. In 2016 he was the AFC U-23 Championship trophy with the Samurai Blue. The Urawa Red Diamonds footballer was born in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama (Japan) on February 9, 1993.
Highlighted Team (Bayern Munich):
Over the years Bayern Munich have established themselves as one of the most successful European clubs. The Stern des Sudens (Star of the South) are the dominant force in German football and it has to be noted that the Bavarians clinched their 26th Bundesliga title in 2016. Bayern Munich have won 18 German Cup trophies, while winning the Champions League (European Cup) five times.
The German giants clinched the Intercontinental Cup in 1976 and 2001, while lifting the FIFA Club World Cup trophy in 2013. Bayern Munich was founded in 1900 by eleven football players and their leader was Franz John. The Bavarians host their rivals at Allianz Arena (75,000), the stadium that was built in 2005.
Fellow Bavarian sides TSV 1860 Munchen 1860 and Nurnberg are regarded as Bayern Munich’s fiercest rivals, but the rivalry between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern is big as well. The likes of Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Franz Beckenbauer, Lothar Matthaus, Oliver Kahn, Gerd Muller and Giovane Elber are famous footballers who played for Bayern Munich in the past.