Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribéry. (Photo : Getty Images)
Reeling squad VfB Stuttgart (9-13-6, 33 points) will take on the challenge of defending champions and current league leaders FC Bayern Munich (23-2-3, 72 points) in a 2015-2016 Bundesliga season contest at their home stadium of Mercedes-Benz Arena on April 9th, Saturday.
Stuttgart is currently on a three-game winless skid as they have also won just once in their last seven outings to settle at the no. 12 spot of the current league table, only six points above the bottom three relegation zone.
Die Schwaben would like to increase the gap from the possibility of getting demoted next season, but odds are not in their favor in this game against the reigning champions.
Head coach Jürgen Kramny's boys are coming off a 2-2 draw with newly-promoted side SV Darmstadt 98 at the Merck-Stadion am Bollenfalltor last Saturday, as reported by ESPN.
Darmstadt forward Sandro Wagner drew first blood in the contest at the 26th minute to give the early lead to Die Lilien, but Stuttgart managed to score two goals at the stroke of halftime, courtesy of team captain Christian Gentner and midfielder Lukas Rupp, to take the lead at the break, 2-1.
However, Lilies winger Peter Niemeyer scored an equalizer six minutes into the second half as both teams went goalless the rest of the match to share the point in the overall standings.
Meanwhile, Bayern Munich pulled off their third straight win after their two previous winless performances as they nipped Eintracht Frankfurt, 1-0, at the Allianz Arena also last Saturday to keep a five-point gap at the top spot of the league table, as per BBC Sport.
French winger Franck Ribéry scored the lone goal of the match at the 20th minute for Pep Guardiola's side as the Bavarians kept their five-point lead over second-running Borussia Dortmund in the overall standings with only six matchdays left in the season.
Der FCB is set to win their fourth-straight Meisterschale if they can manage to keep Dortmund at bay until the season's final matchday.
The predicted result is a 2-0 victory for Bayern Munich.
Stuttgart starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Tyton; Schwaab, Sunjic, Baumgartl, Insua; Die, Gentner; Rupp, Didavi, Kostic; Kravets
Bayern Munich starting lineup (3-4-2-1 formation): Neuer; Martinez, Alaba, Bernat; Müller, Lahm, Alonso, Ribery; Götze, Thiago; Lewandowski
