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VfB Stuttgart started the season with wins against 1. FC Köln and in the Champions League against Viking Stavanger. TSG Hoffenheim and Borussia Mönchengladbach each suffered two defeats at the start of the season. SC Freiburg won all five cross-competition games this season.
Bundesliga soccer team VfB Stuttgart would like to end its first English week of the season with its third win. On Saturday (3:30 p.m./Sky), coach Sebastian Hoeneß's VfB will play against TSG Hoffenheim, who are still without a point.
After the successes against 1. FC Köln (4:1) and in the Champions League against Viking Stavanger from Norway (3:1), Stuttgart are heading into the national duel strengthened. Coach Christian Ilzer's TSG, on the other hand, got off to a false start with two defeats in the Bundesliga.
This also applies to SC Freiburg’s opponents. The Breisgauer team will also host Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday afternoon (3:30 p.m./Sky). Gladbach is also still without a point after two matchdays. Freiburg, on the other hand, have won all five games across all competitions this season - in the Conference League, the DFB Cup and the Bundesliga.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
VfB Stuttgart wins the game against TSG Hoffenheim
Likely · Within hours
SC Freiburg wins the game against Borussia Mönchengladbach
Very likely · Within hours
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