Overview

• Left-back Manuel Pfeifer has been ruled out sick for today’s home match at the Grünwalder Stadion.
• Academy returnee Kilian Jakob is expected to take the left flank in 1860’s 3-4-1-2 setup.
• Coach Patrick Glöckner signals momentum-based tweaks, with Patrick Hobsch and David Philipp pushing to start after scoring off the bench in Aachen.
• Further changes are possible, with Maximilian Wolfram under consideration in attack and Max Christiansen a candidate to come into midfield.
• Stuttgart II’s week-to-week personnel shifts stem from first-team drop-downs, and coach Nico Willig frames the trip to Giesing as a learning test against a promotion favorite.