Stuttgart (dpa) – Goal scorer Silas Katompa Mvumpa will be available as a joker for VfB Stuttgart, who are threatened with relegation, in the game at SC Freiburg. After a break due to a corona infection in training, the 23-year-old “made a fresh, lively impression,” said VfB trainer Pellegrino Matarazzo on Thursday. But if he is even in the Bundesliga squad on Saturday (3:30 p.m. / Sky), it may only be enough for him to play for ten or 15 minutes.
On the other hand, left-back Borna Sosa is fit again after muscular problems. The Croatian national player will not go to the table 17 training camp after the Freiburg game. fly to Spain because he’s going to have a wisdom tooth pulled, Matarazzo explained. The tooth may also be the reason for the muscle problems.
Like Sosa, offensive player Erik Thommy is back in full training after hip problems. On the other hand, a use of the cold midfielder Philipp Förster is questionable. Stuttgart have been without a win and their own goal for four games. But if his team creates as many chances as they did in the 0-2 draw against RB Leipzig, they will score again, said Matarazzo.
Freiburg, who are sixth, rightly belonged in the upper third of the table “due to the unity of their team and the completeness of their game concept”. “These are very unpleasant opponents,” said the 47-year-old about the DFB Cup quarter-finalists. “The feedback from my players after we played Freiburg is always: It was ugly.”
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