– Stuttgart sit 18th within the Champions League standings
– Atalanta are some extent and place higher off than their hosts
– Advisable wager: Over 3.5 goals
Stuttgart and Atalanta will meet in what might be a pulsating Champions League conflict on the MHPArena on Wednesday.
Bundesliga outfit Stuttgart are again amongst Europe’s elite for the primary time for the reason that 2009-10 season, however they’ve impressed up to now, notably selecting up a 1-0 victory away to Juventus on Matchday Three.
Europa League winners Atalanta are additionally going alongside properly, they continue to be unbeaten on this season’s competitors and have additionally been in red-hot type domestically over current weeks.
Group information
El Bilal Toure scored Stuttgart’s winner in opposition to Juventus and he’s eligible to function on Wednesday regardless of being on mortgage on the MHPArena from Atalanta.
Jeff Chabot (muscular), Yannik Keitel (adductor), Luca Raimund (hip) and Dan-Axel Zagadou (knee) all stay unavailable to go coach Sebastian Hoeness, however defender Leonidas Stergiou might function after a current again problem.
Atalanta stay with out long-term absentees Gianluca Scamacca and Giorgio Scalvini (each knee), however Marco Brescianini returned as a late substitute within the weekend win at Napoli following a thigh problem and will now be prepared for a extra distinguished position.
The stats
Stuttgart have misplaced simply one in all their final 9 matches throughout all competitions, whereas they’re unbeaten on the MHPArena for greater than a yr since dropping to Hoffenheim in October 2023 — a run of 20 matches.
Die Roten’s victory over Juventus on Matchday Three was their first success in a Champions League sport since beating Unirea Urziceni in December 2009.
The German facet have each scored and conceded in all six of their residence matches this season.
Atalanta are unbeaten in eight matches throughout all competitions and Sunday’s 3-0 win in opposition to league leaders Napoli was their fifth Serie A victory on the bounce.
La Dea are additionally the main scorers within the Italian high flight, netting 29 targets throughout their 11 video games to this point.
Gian Piero Gasperini’s facet are unbeaten on this season’s Champions League, however they’ve received solely two of their final 11 matches within the competitors.
Prediction
If Atalanta can deliver their current spectacular type in Serie A into this sport then they’ve each likelihood of selecting up the factors, however Stuttgart are additionally in good nick and confirmed in opposition to Juventus of their final European match that they’ll combine it with the easiest Italy has to supply.
That makes selecting a winner from this match troublesome, however one factor that must be assured is targets.
Stuttgart have scored in all of their European matches to this point this time period, whereas there was a median of almost 4 goals-per-game scored of their 9 Bundesliga fixtures.
Atalanta might have drawn a clean in two of their three continental video games to this point, however that they had extra pictures and possession than Arsenal on Matchday One, whereas in opposition to Celtic they racked up 22 efforts on purpose.
La Dea have scored 18 targets throughout their final six home fixtures, placing six previous Verona and 5 on Genoa throughout that point. Stuttgart will characterize a step up when in comparison with these two groups and the targets ought to circulate at each ends on Wednesday in consequence.
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