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ATLETICO MADRID travel to Stuttgart in the Champions League tonight.
The Bundesliga club have made a dream start to the campaign with wins over Viking and Slovan Bratislava.
Atletico Madrid beat Manchester United 2-0 last time out.
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While Barrios needed just 47 seconds to fire Atletico ahead against Manchester United in the Champions League last week, Stuttgart have made a blistering start here, testing Oblak twice in that exact same window.
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Stuttgart go so close to the opener again!
Chabot floats a long ball down the flank, which Fuhrich does brilliantly to keep in play.
He lifts it over Giuliano Simeone, cuts inside and drills a bouncing effort over Oblak’s crossbar.
SAVE!
Stuttgart nearly land the dream start right from kick-off.
Llorente is caught in possession by Fuhrich, who cuts back for El Khannouss to fire a deflected effort into the side netting.
The resulting early corner causes panic as Oblak fails to deal with it cleanly, dropping invitingly for Vagnoman.
The wing-back drives a first-time shot goalwards, but the Atleti captain parries it away before gathering behind him!
Fuhrich gets the match underway for Stuttgart, who are aiming to maintain their impressive European run against Atletico Madrid.
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A red-hot atmosphere greets Die Roten and the Rojiblancos as they step out onto the MHPArena turf.
Our live probability tracker has the odds stacked against Stuttgart, handing the hosts a 31.1% win rating despite a flawless 100% record in this season’s Champions League, while Atletico lead the way on 44.2%!
Atleti extended their winning run with a 1-0 victory away at Espanyol last weekend, courtesy of Alex Baena’s 89th-minute strike, as Diego Simeone makes three changes from their win over Manchester United.
Marc Pubill comes into the defence for the injured Cristian Romero, with Morten Hjulmand and Jonathan David replacing Johnny Cardoso and Lee Kang-In further forward.
Stuttgart head into this one after a 3-0 Champions League triumph over Slovan Bratislava last week, secured via strikes from Deniz Undav and Ermedin Demirovic alongside a Sandro Cruz own-goal.
Undav maintains his spot leading the line ahead of the veteran Bosnian as Sebastian Hoeness makes a trio of changes.
Dennis Seimen takes his place in goal and Maximilian Mittelstadt comes into the defence, with Jamie Leweling and Bilal El Khannouss deployed up front alongside Undav.
On the bench for Atletico Madrid: Juan Musso, Obed Vargas, Rodrigo Mendoza, Johnny Cardoso, Lee Kang-In, Alexander Sorloth, Ademola Lookman, Arnau Ortiz, Robin Le Normand, Jorge Dominguez, Dani Martinez and Jorge Castillo.
Atletico Madrid shape up in a 4-4-2 formation with the following starting XI: Jao Oblak; Marcos Llorente, Marc Pubill, David Hancko, Alejandro Grimaldo; Giuliano Simeone, Morten Hjulmand, Pablo Barrios, Alex Baena; Jonathan David, Julian Alvarez.
On the bench for Stuttgart: Fabian Bredlow, Marius Funk, Ameen Al-Dakhil, Ermedin Demirovic, Luca Jaquez, Atakan Karazor, Dzenan Pejcinovic, Lorenz Assignon, Nikolas Nartey, Finn Jeltsch and Leo Sauer.
Stuttgart starting line-up (3-4-2-1): Dennis Seimen; Jeff Chabot, Ramon Hendriks, Maximilian Mittelstadt; Josha Vagnoman, Grischa Promel, Angelo Stiller, Chris Fuhrich; Jamie Leweling, Bilal El Khannouss; Deniz Undav.
Following early setbacks in Bilbao and Liverpool, Atletico Madrid have hit a formidable stride with five consecutive LaLiga wins—including a derby triumph—alongside a 2-0 Champions League defeat of Manchester United.
Diego Simeone’s men sit second in Spain and 15th in the European standings, and they will fancy their chances facing a Stuttgart side that has triumphed just twice at home across all competitions this term.
Stuttgart sit 13th in the Bundesliga following a start of two wins and four defeats, but consecutive European victories over Viking FK and Slovan Bratislava mean Sebastian Hoeness’ team are in a strong position ahead of their sternest examination yet.
Die Schwaben occupy fourth spot in the 36-team Champions League table—trailing only PSG, Barcelona and Aston Villa—as VfB aim to bounce back from a 1–0 weekend defeat at Hamburger.
Welcome along to our live text updates from the MHPArena for matchday three of the Champions League league phase, as Stuttgart play host to Atletico Madrid.
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