Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Stuttgart
Match Time & Date:
07/08/2022
15:30
Prediction: 1-2
Leipzig
Stuttgart and Leipzig face each other at Mercedes-Benz Arena in what is expected to be an interesting Bundesliga opener. Die Schwaben managed to keep their 100% record intact in pre-season, with the team beating Dynamo Dresden in their DFB Pokal opener. Stuttgart aim to kick off the new Bundesliga season in style as well, but they will have to do it without injured trio Kastanaras – Nartey – Coulibaly. Summer signing Juan Jose Perea will be the man to watch in the home team.
The Red Bulls, on the other hand, aim to make amends for the German Super Cup defeat to Bayern Munich, and they are seen as favourites to win Sunday’s showdown. Even though Yussuf Poulsen remains in the recovery room, we are tempted to put our money on Leipzig, who looked sharp in front of goal at the weekend. New signings David Raum and Xaver Schlager are likely to make their official debuts against Stuttgart.
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 (Leipzig):
Leipzig are a professional football club founded in 2009. Die Bullen (The Bulls) were unbeaten in the 2012/2013 Regionalliga Nordost and, as a result, they secured promotion to the 3. Liga. After finishing the 2013/2014 as 3rd. Liga campaign in second place in the standings, Leipzig were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga and they competed in the German second tier for two seasons.
Despite suffering a loss to Karlsruher on the last day of the 2015/2016 round in the 2. Bundesliga campaign, die Bullen secured promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time ever. Leipzig play their home games at Red Bull Arena (42,959) and it has to be noted that the stadium was opened in 1954.
Die Bullen wear white shirts and red shorts while their away kit is blue and yellow. Ralph Hasenhuttl was appointed as the team’s manager at the end of the 2015/2016 season and you should know that the likes of Ralf Rangnick, Achim Beierlorzer, Alexander Zorniger, Peter Pacult, Tomas Oral and Tino Vogel were in charge of the team in the past as well.
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