Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Stuttgart and Hoffenheim take on each other at Mercedes-Benz Arena in the Bundesliga round 25. Following back-to-back wins over Koln and Schalke, die Schwaben played out a 1-1 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt in their last league match. Stuttgart aim to keep their Europa League hopes alive, and we are positive that they will go for a win in Sunday’s clash. A man to watch in the home team will be Sasa Kalajdic, who extended his brilliant goalscoring run at the weekend.
Hoffenheim have been showing signs of improvement of late, with the team beating both Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg at home, while sharing the spoils with Union Berlin. Since both sides are likely to go for a win in the Mercedes-Benz Arena clash, both teams to score betting option should be considered. In the first half of the season the two sides played out a 3-3 draw.
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 (Hoffenheim):
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim is a German sport club from Hoffenheim in the Baden-Wurttemberg region. The football division played in season 2001/2002 for the first time in the Regionalliga Sud: the third highest football division in Germany. In 2007 the club managed to get to the 2. Bundesliga. One year later in 2007/2008 the club even managed to reach the Bundesliga .
Hoffenheim plays its home games in the Rhein-Neckar-Arena Rhein-Neckar-Arena which was built in 1999. The venue holds a capacity of 32 000 and is one of the most modern stadiums in Germany. The club colors of Hoffenheim are blue and white. The most known nickname for the club is Hoffe. The most famous football player that played for Hoffenheim was Luiz Gustavo.