DFB Pokal Final Preview: Arminia Bielefeld vs Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart will look to lift their first DFB Pokal for the first time since 1997, but they will have to overcome 3. Liga side Arminia Bielefeld who are enjoying a fairytale season.
After winning the 3. Liga and gaining promotion back into the 2. Bundesliga, Arminia – who have knocked out Bundesliga opposition in the last four rounds – will look to trouble Sebastian Hoeneß' Stuttgart. After beating Hannover 2-0, Michél Kniat's Arminia – captained by American Mael Corboz – eliminated Union Berlin (2-0), Freiburg (3-1), Werder Bremen (2-1) and last season's Bundesliga and German Cup winners, Bayer Leverkusen (2-1).
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Stuttgart meanwhile beat Preußen Münster (5-0), Kaiserslautern (2-1), Jahn Regensburg (3-0), Augsburg (1-0) and RB Leipzig (3-1) to reach their first German Cup final since 2013, where they lost to Jupp Heynckes Bayern Munich (3-2).
Arminia Bielefeld vs VfB Stuttgart Team News
Bielefeld have been without Nassim Boujellab (Knee) for their last eight league games and the Moroccan midfielder will miss Saturday's clash against Stuttgart, who will be without their own midfield maestro Angelo Stiller (Ankle). The German – who is being courted by Europe's top clubs – suffered an injury in the penultimate matchday of the Bundesliga season.
Arminia Bielefeld vs VfB Stuttgart Likely Line-ups
Arminia Bielefeld: Kersken – Schneider, Russo, Großer – Hagman, Schreck, Corboz (c), Oppie – Sarenren Bazee, Wörl – Grodowski.
VfB Stuttgart: Nübel – Jeltsch, Chabot, Hendriks – Vagnoman, Karazor (c), Millot, Mittelstädt – Leweling, Undav – Woltemade.
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