Third faces fourth in an intriguing Bundesliga contest on Saturday afternoon as Stuttgart play host to RB Leipzig at the MHPArena.
At the halfway stage, just one point separates these two teams, who enter this fixture on the back of successive league defeats.
Since winning four successive games between November 11 and December 6, Stuttgart have seen their audacious title hopes slip away and they are now clinging on to a top-four spot having won just one of their last five Bundesliga matches.
Six days after losing 3-1 at Borussia Monchengladbach in their first game of 2024, Die Roten were beaten 1-0 away against VfL Bochum last weekend, with Matus Bero scoring what proved to be the match-winner just five minutes into the second half.
Sebastian Hoeness's side have now suffered as many defeats (three) in their last four matches as in their first 14 Bundesliga games of the season, and not only have they slipped 10 points behind Bayern Munich in second, they are only one point ahead of both Leipzig in fourth and Borussia Dortmund in fifth at the halfway stage.
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