German Bundesliga
2010-12-19 - Vfb Stuttgart vs Bayern Munich
A Sports Betting Pick by Niko
Football ; Germany : Bundesliga
Mercedes Benz Arena
Sunday,19th December 2010 – kickoff 17:30
Vfb Stuttgart
Vfb Stuttgart appointed new coach (former Hamburger SV coach) Bruno Labbadia as a head coach last week and he will be already third man in charge this season after sackings of Christian Gross and Jens Keller.
Vfb Stuutgart are still second team from the bottom but during midweek coach Labbadia got off to a winning start with convincing 5-1 victory over Denmark's Odense BK in the Europa League.
However in the Bundesliga they have been very poor this season with just three wins from sixteen matches and they have also lost four out of the last five matches and only managed a draw against 1899 Hoffenheim.
Interestingly, now Vfb Stuttgart will have to play against Bayern Munich twice in space of just few days as after this encounter on Sunday they will also meet the Bavarians in the Round of 16 of the DFB Cup next Wednesday.
For this match, the striker Ciprian Marica is not available as he still has one match to serve for a red card suspension and Stefano Celozzi, Johan Audel and Daniel Didavi are out through injuries.
In the attack Cacau will be partnered with Pavel Pogrebnyak.
Probable Vfb Stuttgart line-up :
P. Degen, Tasci, Delpierre, Molinaro,
Trasch, Gentner, Gebhart, Boka,
Cacau, Pogrebnyak
Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich easily beat St.Pauli 3-0 last weekend and showed good performance so probably they are slowly getting out of their crisis.
However, Bayern Munich are still massive 17 points behind the league leaders Borussia Dortmund and have no right for more mistakes, but they have had a very poor traveling form so far this season with just one win (against 1899 Hoffenheim).
Mario Gomez missed last weekend's match against St. Pauli due to a flu infection but he is ready again and is expected in the starting line up as top striker. He has been in great form this season scoring 15 goals in 12 matches in all competitions.
Holger Badstuber, Toni Kroos , Daniel Pranjic as well as Arjen Robben and Ivica Olic are all out through injuries.
Probable Bayern Munich line-up :
Lahm, Tymoshchuk, Breno, Contento,
van Bommel, Schweinsteiger,
Hamit Altintop, T. Muller, Ribery,
Gomez
The Betting Verdict
Vfb Stuttgart and Bayern Munich have played total of 86 matches, with Bayern Munich winning 49 games, Vfb Stuttgart have won 17 times and 20 matches have ended in a draw.
Interesting fact is that it has been over five years since Bayern Munich have won a match in Stuttgart. Last time the Bavarians won in Stuttgart is back in May 2005 when they beat their opponents 3-1.
Despite that tradition, this season Bayern Munich are much stronger team than Vfb Stuttgart and i expect them to win this final Bundesliga match this year and get their second away win this season.
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The Pick :
Vfb Stuttgart-Bayern Munich 1-2
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