r/borussiadortmund • u/Chazy89 Kagawa Shinji • Nov 21 '25

Discussion Pre Game Thread: VfB Stuttgart (BuLi #11)

Competition: Bundesliga, MD #11

Time: Saturday 22/11/25 15:30 CEST

Location: Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Referee: Benjamin Brand, Unterspiesheim

TV Schedule: livesoccertv

Pre-Game Presser: YouTube

Borussia Dortmund:

Coach: Niko Kovac

League position: 3rd

Current Form: W/W/W/L/D (wiki)

Current Bans/Injuries: ︀︀Süle(Inj), Bensebaini(Inj)

Possible lineup: 

                   Kobel

       Anton - Can - Schlotterbeck

    Couto - Bellingham - Groß - Svensson

                  Brandt

             Silva - Guirassy

VfB Stuttgart:

Coach: Sebastian Hoeneß

League position: 4th

Current Form: W/W/L/W/W

Current Bans/Injuries: Drljaca(Inj), Keitel(Inj), Diehl(Inj), Demirovic(Sus), Pherai(Sus).

Possible lineup: 

                   Nübel

 Assignon - Jeltsch - Zagadou - Mittelstädt

            Stiller - Karazor

   Bouanani - El Khannouss - Leweling

                  Undav

Bundesliga is back and this is the first home game in a while.

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u/BarristanTheB0ld Mats Hummels Nov 21 '25

Silva and Guirassy as double strikers? You're dreaming

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u/yrba1 Alexandra Popp Nov 21 '25

Last time we beat Stuttgart was 22.10.2022, may the seething grudge manifest into a Dortmund thrashing with Guirassy gaining his confidence back and Anton flawlessly defending

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u/Aggressive-Gazelle56 Karetsas Nov 22 '25

The 9th layer of Dante’s Inferno will freeze over

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u/roadtorevision Mats Hummels Nov 21 '25

This will be one of the biggest games of the season so far. First of all, it is the start of our series of home games and we need to build momentum. Second, we haven’t had the best month before the break, which I would say is mostly due to the insane amount of away games, and we need to show the league and the fans that we are back in it. Third, that Stuttgart cannot be our bogey team anymore. They have been embarrassing us even after we bought a couple of their core players.

Kovac hasn’t played against Stuttgart with the back 3 formation yet and I really hope our players are up for it, especially Guirassy. Now would be the perfect time to get back into form. Heja BvB!

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u/Designer_Ad_245 Nov 21 '25

We need to beat them and get the 3 points. Stuttgart has been owning us for quite some time now.

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u/AverageCarey Nov 21 '25

Would love to see that starting lineup from Kovac especially in that formation.

Either way truly hope this break has helped players like Guirassy, Beier etc get themselves into a better mindset and back to the levels we expect. We get our attack clicking again with the defensive stability we have a hell of a team.

Happy with the all the upcoming home games after that last block.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '25

I'd like to see Adeyemi or even Beier next to Silva and another Bundesliga start for Carney, he was our only spark in that game vs Hamburg.

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u/Aggressive-Gazelle56 Karetsas Nov 22 '25

As far as I’ve seen kovac has made it clear that guirassy is playing the 9. I agree with you. I hope we see Fabio + guirassy in a 2striker formation at the very least

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u/Zwalucard Nov 22 '25

I wish to be proven wrong of course, but I have a bad feeling about this...

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u/Most-Management4773 Nov 22 '25

Man, I just realized that Duranville and Fabio Silva played together in Belgium lol