On Tuesday
SpVgg Greuther Fürth hosts
VfB Stuttgart in the Round of 16 of the
DFB Cup. Greuther Fürth is eight of the 2. Bundesliga and hopes to surprise, above all their opponent Stuttgart is in bad form. VfB lost the last 3 league fixtures.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth has qualified for the DFB Cup Round of 16 with wins over Wormatia Worms and Rot Weiss Ahlen. In both fixtures they had to go in the extra time. In round 1 Greuther Fürth beat Wormatia Worms 1-0 through a late goal from Sami Allagui (119.). Similar exciting was the second round, where Fürth eliminated Rot Weiss Ahlen 3-2 after extra time. The winning goal scored Nicolai Müller in the last minute (120.). The last round of the 2. Bundesliga brought a 1-2 home defeat against TuS Koblenz. In the league table SpVgg Greuther Fürth is 5 points behind the relegation place. Trainer Benno Möhlmann will have to pass on central defender Marino Biliskov (suspended on red card). Christian Rahn and Thomas Wörle are injured.
VfB Stuttgart had no problems in the first DFB Cup round. They beat forth league club SG Sonnenhof Großaspach 4-1. In round 2 Stuttgart had to go over the extra time. After 1-1 in regular time Babbel´s side won against VfB Lübeck 3-1 through goals from Sami Khedira (109.) and Cacau (117.). In the league Stuttgart had lost their last 3 games and fallen back on table rank 14 - equal on points with second last VfL Bochum. VfB Coach Markus Babbel will have to pass on the injured players Martin Lanig (cruciate ligament rupture) und Cacau (rupture of a muscle fibre).
SpVgg Greuther Fürth vs VfB Stuttgart
DFB Cup: Round of 16
Fixture: Tuesday, 27.10.2009, 7:00 pm CET
Stadium: Fürth, Playmobil-Stadion
Possible line-ups:
Greuther Fürth: Loboué - Schröck, Caligiuri, Mauersberger, Falkenberg - Fürstner, Nehrig, N. Müller, L. Haas - Sailer, Allagui
VfB Stuttgart: Lehmann - Osorio, Tasci, Delpierre, Boka - Träsch, Kuzmanovic, Hitzlsperger, Elson - Pogrebnyak, Marica
Tip: Stuttgart finds the way out from crisis and will win the cup game in Fürth.
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