1. FC Union starts its away game at VfB Stuttgart on Sunday (5.30 p.m. / DAZN) without Max Kruse.
The attacker is initially sitting on the bench of the Berlin Bundesliga club, for him Sheraldo Becker starts in the storm next to goal scorer Taiwo Awoniyi.
Otherwise there are hardly any surprises in the starting eleven of coach Urs Fischer's team, the ex-Stuttgart Timo Baumgartl is, as expected, part of the three-man chain.
Stuttgart - The staff-troubled Swabians are again relying on substitute goalkeeper Fabian Bredlow, who replaces the regular goalkeeper Florian Müller, who has not yet returned to team training after his corona infection.
Injured Omar Marmoush did not make it into the squad, Hamadi Al Ghaddioui will start in the attack.
Midfielder Orel Mangala is initially on the bench.
dpa
