Stuttgart under the new coach Gross have become born again Christians. Since his arrival just in time for the Christmas party season Stuttgart have gone from strength to strength. In fact their first defeat under his stewardship came last week when SV Hamburger did a take away job, with Van Nistelrooy bagging a couple.
This afternoon they face a Koln side who have also made dramatic improvement in the second half of the season. In the five games since resumption, the “splash it all over boys” have won two, lost two and drawn one. The two victories came on the road against Wolfsberg and Frankfurt, the draw was at home to an improving Hamburger and the defeats came against tier one performers Schalke and Dortmund. Koln are playing better than their position.They are just below Stuttgart in the table, having been in the relegation identity parade before Christmas but it looks like a not guilty verdict to the puntinplay.com team.
At puntinplay we think Stuttgart are a lay at the current prices. If Koln had a better home record we would make them a play but they have only won two from eleven. For the fixed odds brigade we would recommend the draw at 12/5
