Stuttgart will hope to earn their second win of the Bundesliga season against Nuri Sahin's Borussia Dortmund on Sunday at MHPArena.

Match preview

Stuttgart have endured a difficult start to their 2024-25 season, losing the German Super Cup final on penalties against Bayer Leverkusen on August 17, before losing their first league game 3-1 against Freiburg on August 24.

The hosts drew 3-3 in their second league game against Mainz 05, but they managed their first Bundesliga win when they beat Borussia Monchengladbach 3-1 on September 14.

The match itself was a fairly open contest, with Borussia Monchengladbach producing four big chances and Stuttgart creating six of their own.

Die Roten followed up their win in the league with a 3-1 loss against Real Madrid on Tuesday in their first Champions League game of the season, though given Real have been tipped to win the competition, it would be harsh to read too much into the result.

Manager Sebastian Hoeness commented after his side's defeat on Tuesday that Stuttgart "produced a really good performance" and that they played with "courage" at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Stuttgart have only won once in their three most recent Bundesliga matches, but are unbeaten in their last 13 league fixtures at MHPArena, and have won 14, drawn seven and lost just one of their 22 most recent top-flight matches at home.

Opponents Borussia Dortmund have started life under Sahin positively, with BVB having won four of their five games during his tenure so far.

These victories include a 3-0 win against Club Brugge on September 18 in their first Champions League match of 2024-25, though the Belgian side proved difficult to break down considering BVB only opened the scoring in the 76th minute.

English sensation Jamie Bynoe-Gittens netted twice in his side's win against Club Brugge despite only being substituted on in the 68th minute.

The 20-year-old forward has already scored four times in just 180 minutes of competitive football this season, and is showing great signs of development in the early days of his senior career.

Sahin has implemented a more front-footed style of football than his predecessor Edin Terzic, and his side have already kept two clean sheets in the league this term, as many as they had in the previous eight Bundesliga games.

However, Dortmund have lost twice and drawn once in their last three away league matches, though they did win the prior four top-flight games on the road.

player absent：

Stuttgart

28 (Central Midfielder) Nicolas Natty

20 (Central Defender) Sturgio

29 (Central Defender) Anthony Rouault

28 (Centre Defender) Amin Dashile

17 (left winger) Justin Dill

Dortmund

7 (attacking midfielder) Giovanni Reina

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