Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Buoyed by back-to-back wins over Real Betis and Real Sociedad, Real Madrid will look to give fans yet another reason to celebrate when they take on Stuttgart in their Champions League opener. Summer signing Kylian Mbappe has been improving his game week by week and, no doubt, all eyes will be on the France superstar when the two sides face each other at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday. Brazil forward Rodrygo returns to the starting XI, while Brahim Diaz is a major doubt after limping off with injury at the weekend. All Dani Ceballos, Eduardo Camavinga, and David Alaba remain in the recovery room.
Die Schwaben, on the other hand, proved their worth in a 3-1 win over Borussia M’gladbach, but they will have a much bigger fish to fry against the Champions League title holders. As Stuttgart suffered a 4-0 loss to Barcelona in their last away game in the elite competition, we are tempted to bet on los Blancos. All Al Dakhil, Kratzig, and Nartey are injured for the Bundesliga side.
Highlighted Player (Kylian Mbappé):
Kylian Mbappe is a French footballer who plays for Paris Saint-Germain as a forward. The French rising star began his youth career at AS Bondy and in 2013 he moved to AS Monaco. After making 12 appearances for Monaco B, Kylian Mbappe made his debut for the senior team in 2015. Mbappe quickly established himself as a regular goalscorer, with the teenager finding the net 15 times in 29 appearances in the Ligue 1 in the 2016/2017 season.
In 2017 he moved to fellow French club PSG on loan, with the option of making the deal permanent. Kylian Mbappe scored 13 goals in 27 appearances for les Parisiens in the 2017/2018 and it has to be noted that Unai Emery’s troops eventually won the national championship.
Speaking of his international career, Mbappe played an important role for France at the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals, with the pacey rising star scoring a brace in a thrilling 4-3 win over Argentina in the last 16 of the showpiece tournament. The PSG attacker was born in Paris on December 20, 1998.
Highlighted Team (Stuttgart):
VfB Stuttgart is a German football club from the regio Bad Canstatt. With over 44 000 members VfB Stuttgart can be considered as one of the top 10 biggest football clubs in the nation. The German football club was founded in 1912 and is playing in the Bundesliga since the very first day.
VfB Stuttgart is currently playing its home games in the Mercedes-Benz Arena which was build in 1933 and holds a capacity of 65 000 seats. The stadium is considered as one of the most impressive and modern stadiums in Germany. The club colors of VfB Stuttgart are White and Red. The VfB Stuttgart fans gave the club the nickname Die Schwaben.
VfB Stuttgart is a successful club in the Bundesliga winning the league title 5 times, the DFB Pokal 3 times and the Supercup once. The club from Bad Canstatt haven’t had any big successes in Europe yet. The club end as runner up in the Europacup II and the UEFA Cup. Important players in the history of Stuttgart are: Tomasson, Bierofka, Dunga, Elber, Gomez, Lahm, Kuranyi and Yakin.