Holstein Kiel vs Stuttgart Prediction & Betting Tips (4 February)

After a short stint in the Bundesliga last season, Holstein Kiel is back in the 2.Bundesliga this season where it clearly does not have the means to hope to immediately return to the elite. Indeed, this team is in 10th place in this championship, quite far from the podium and even only 4 steps ahead of the red zone. That said, the start of 2026 is quite encouraging for the Storks who have not lost since the end of November before receiving the red lantern, Greuther Fürth, on Saturday. Before that, they were able to win against Paderborn 2-0 and they had won a good draw against Arminia Bielefeld 2-2.

Stuttgart, for its part, does not advance with any status in this German Cup since this team is the defending champion. VfB is also performing very well in the league where it is fully in the running to try to secure a place in the Champions League next season. And after being largely superior to Borussia Mönchengladbach 0-3, they will want to continue on Sunday against Freiburg in order to get closer to the podium. Furthermore, the Swabians are also engaged in C3 where they faced Young Boys last Thursday in order to obtain the best possible draw for the play-offs. 

At the moment, Holstein Kiel is deprived of some important elements. These are defender Johansson and striker Bernhardsson (2 goals and 6 assists in the league) who are in the infirmary along with unused defender Erras. Otherwise, the locals should be able to count on most of their executives. We think of the prolific defender Zec who is the top scorer in the league with 4 goals. We must also highlight the presence of striker Phil Harres (3 goals, 2 assists).

Among the Swabians, defender Zagadou, winger Jovanovic as well as striker Tiago Tomas (3 goals) should miss this quarter-final. On the other hand, defender Jaquez and full-back Hendriks could have returned in recent days. This team has no shortage of strengths, particularly offensively, with Bosnian striker Demirovic (6 goals in all competitions) and German international Undav who has 11 goals in the league. Midfielders Lewelling (4 goals, 5 assists) and Führich (3 goals) and international full-back Mittelstädt (3 goals, 3 assists) could also be traveling to Kiel.