Sebastian Hoeness' Hoffenheim continues to improve week after week, and is currently glad to be sitting in fifth place. Hoffenheim chases the top four that would give the team an opportunity to return to the UEFA Champions League, where the hosts played last time in 2018. The hosts finished eleventh-placed last season, mostly focusing on their Europa League run, only to get eliminated in the round of 32 by the Norwegian side Molde. On the other side, VfB Stuttgart is experiencing a huge drop in form compared to last season, when Pellegrino Matarazzo's squad finished ninth-placed. His team is now struggling to stay in the top-flight, being the second-worst side in Bundesliga right now. The guests are four points behind the relegation-safe Hertha, and there isn't much hope about Stuttgart surviving relegation this season.

Hoffenheim will miss Ermin Bicakcic, Chris Richards, Robert Skov, and Angelo Stiller, while the visitors go into the duel without Tanguy Coulibaly, Daniel Didavi, and Nikolas Nartey.

The home team is on a two-game winning streak, coming from a 2-1 away win against Wolfsburg. Their last game here was a 2-0 triumph vs. Bielefeld, where Hoeness' men completely dominated the game. The last time this side welcomed Stuttgart at home resulted in a 3-3 tie. Hoffenheim won four of its last six meetings vs. Stuttgart on this ground, sharing points in the other two. "Die Kraichgauer" remain one of the best home sides in the league, winning seven of the eleven matches played at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena. Meanwhile, Stuttgart earned the victory in just one of its eleven visits this season, scoring only eight goals away from home while conceding nineteen.

I cannot see the hosts dropping any points in this clash, and will predict them to find an easy victory here. Good luck!

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塞巴斯蒂安·赫内斯的霍芬海姆继续一周又一周的进步，现在很高兴能坐在第五名。霍芬海姆追求的是前四名，这将使球队有机会重返欧洲冠军联赛(UEFA Champions League)，东道主上一次参加欧洲冠军联赛是在2018年。东道主上个赛季只获得了联赛第11名的成绩，主要精力都放在了欧联杯上，结果在32轮比赛中被挪威球队莫尔德淘汰。另一方面，斯图加特正经历着与上赛季相比的巨大下滑，上赛季佩莱格里诺·马塔拉佐的球队只获得了第九名。他的球队现在正努力保持在顶级联赛，是德甲第二糟糕的球队。客队落后于保级的赫塔四分，而斯图加特在本赛季保级后生还的希望也不大。

霍芬海姆将错过埃尔明·比卡契奇、克里斯·理查兹、罗伯特·斯科夫和安吉洛·斯蒂勒，而客队将在没有坦基·古里巴利、丹尼尔·达维和尼古拉·纳提的情况下进行决斗。

主队在客场2-1战胜沃尔夫斯堡后，取得了两连胜。他们在这里的最后一场比赛是2-0战胜比勒菲尔德，赫内斯的球员完全控制了比赛。上一次这支球队在主场迎接斯图加特时，以3-3战平。在过去与斯图加特的六场比赛中，霍芬海姆赢了四场，在另外两场比赛中平分分。“Kraichgauer”仍然是联赛中最好的主场球队之一，赢得了在莱茵-纳卡球场举行的11场比赛中的7场。与此同时，斯图加特在本赛季11次客场比赛中仅一次获胜，客场仅进8球，失球19球。

我预计主队会在这里轻松取胜。好运！