Stuttgart’s Ermedin Demirović set for eight-week spell on sidelines with foot injury | OneFootball

Despite playing the full 90 minutes of Stuttgart’s Matchday 6 victory over Heidenheim (1-0), the club’s official outlets have confirmed that Ermedin Demirović suffered a fractured metatarsal and is set for a spell on the sidelines.

Whilst Stuttgart haven’t yet provided an official timeframe for the Bosnian striker’s recovery -simply announcing that he will be out ‘until further notice’ – kicker reports that it may take up to eight weeks before Demirović is back to match fitness again.

This injury will be a blow for Stuttgart, for whom the win over Heidenheim marked their third consecutive Bundesliga victory, which saw them climb into fourth place in the table. These results are due in part to Demirović’s performances, who leads the side’s goalscoring charts having netted three times in the league.

Their top scorer joins a steadily-growing injury list which already includes Deniz Undav, Finn Jeltsch, and Noah Darvich, among others.

Whilst there had been hope that Undav would be able to make his comeback from the knee injury he sustained in Stuttgart’s 1-0 victory over Borussia Mönchengladbach on Matchday 2, there’s no guarantee that the German international will be ready and available for the Bundesliga’s resumption on 18 October, when Stuttgart travel to Wolfsburg.

As such, the club must prepare for the eventuality of being without either of their star strikers.Speaking on the recent addition of Demirović to Stuttgart’s injury list, sporting director Fabian Wohlgemuth outlined the club’s strategy, announcing:

“What will be critical to our success is how we respond to the current situation. Until Deniz and Ermedin return to the team, we’ll have to spread the workload across several shoulders. We’ll need to rely on improvisation and creative solutions – something we’ve successfully managed in the past as well.”

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