Wolfsburg midfielder Maximilian Arnold (L) competes for the ball against Borussia Dortmund's Marco Reus. (Photo : Getty Images)
Cellar-dweller VfB Stuttgart (3-10-3, 12 points) is scheduled to host contending team VfL Wolfsburg (7-4-5, 26 points) at the Mercedes-Benz Arena on December 19th, Saturday as the 2015-2016 Bundesliga season continues to move forward.
Stuttgart had been struggling all season with only three won games so far and they are currently on a five-game winless slide following their 0-0 draw with Mainz at the Coface Arena on December 11th, via Goal.
Die Schwaben was the more aggressive team during the match and was able to "hit the goal twice", according to the match report, but they were eventually restrained to the scoreless tie by the O-Fives.
It was an impressive draw for Jürgen Kramny's wards, though, as they were facing a top seven team in Bundesliga this season.
Meanwhile, fourth-running Wolfsburg settled for a 1-1 draw with middling club Hamburg at their home field of Volkswagen Arena last Saturday, as reported by Sports Mole.
Hamburg actually drew first blood at the 21st minute when forward Philipp Muller struck a right-footed shot from the center box past Die Wölfe goalkeeper Diego Benaglio's gloves.
Die Rothosen kept their lead until late in the second half when Wolves midfielder Maximilian Arnold netted the equalizer at the 78th minute off a superb pass from Portuguese midfielder Vieirinha.
Dieter Hecking's men are on a three-game winless streak and they will look to snap it in this game versus the bottom dwellers.
The prediction is a 2-0 triumph for Wolfsburg.
Stuttgart starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Tyton; Schwaab, Sunjic, Niedermeier, Insua; Die, Gentner; Rupp, Maxim, Kostic; Werner
Wolfsburg starting lineup (4-1-4-1 formation): Benaglio; Trasch, Naldo, Dante, Schafer; Guilavogui; Vieirinha, Draxler, Arnold, Schurrle; Kruse
