Gladbach out to bury Stuttgart ghosts in Rückrunde opener
Stuttgart - Fourth-place Borussia Mönchengladbach travel to fourth-from-bottom VfB Stuttgart on the opening Saturday of the 2014/15 Rückrunde (kick-off 14:30 GMT / 15:30 CET).
The two oldest coaches in the division are set to pit their tactical wits against each other at the Mercedes-Benz-Arena, while Saturday's game also represents a contest between two of the league's most traditional clubs. Indeed, both Stuttgart and Gladbach have a longstanding tradition of attacking football to honour, regardless of league position, and face off with every intention of beginning the second half of the campaign with a bang...
Huub Stevens
(Stuttgart head coach): "The yardstick is the first game and I already know my team."
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Possible line-ups:
VfB Stuttgart: Ulreich - Schwaab, Baumgartl, Niedermeier, Hlousek - Romeu, Gentner - Klein, Maxim, Harnik - Ibisevic
Borussia Mönchengladbach: Sommer - Korb, Stranzl, Jantschke, Dominguez - Kramer, G. Xhaka - Herrmann, Hazard - Raffael - M. Kruse
Check out the top ten goals to kick off the second half of a season, courtesy of the Bundesliga's official YouTube channel: