HSV depleted at VfB, Grønbaek makes first start! | OneFootball

On Matchday 29 of the Bundesliga, HSV face VfB Stuttgart. We bring you the lineups for the clash at the MHP Arena.

Merlin Polzin has had to improvise quite a bit in recent days. Due to a number of absences, the Rothosen have travelled to Swabia for this tough away game severely depleted. Among those missing for HSV are several key players, including Luka Vuskovic, Sambi Lokonga and the suspended Miro Muheim.

There is at least some good news: after several weeks out injured, Nicolas Capaldo has made it back into the squad! The Argentine last featured in the 2-1 defeat to RB Leipzig at the beginning of March. Afterwards, an abdominal muscle injury forced him to miss five matches. Depending on how the game unfolds, Capaldo could be an option off the bench.

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Grønbaek makes his first start for HSV!

For now, the back three in front of first-choice goalkeeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes consists of Warmed Omari, Jordan Torunarigha and Daniel Elfadli. William Mikelbrencis moves to left wing-back as Muheim’s replacement, while Fabio Balde takes the right flank.

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In front of the defence, Nicolai Remberg returns to the starting lineup after serving his suspension for yellow-card accumulation. The ball-winner is joined by Albert Grønbaek, who is in HSV’s starting XI for the very first time. Fabio Vieira is expected to operate in a slightly more advanced role, drifting between the No. 10 position and the right half-space.

Up front, Polzin is putting his faith in Ransford Königsdörffer and Rayan Philippe. Robert Glatzel and Philip Otele, who both started against Augsburg, have to settle for a place on the bench for now.

The lineups at a glance:

Stuttgart: Nübel, Assignon, Hendriks, Chabot, Mittelstädt, Andres, Stiller, Leweling, Undav, Führich, Demirovic

HSV: Heuer Fernandes, Balde, Omari, Torunarigha, Elfadli, Mikelbrencis, Remberg, Grønbaek, Vieira, Königsdörffer, Philippe

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