The time is almost upon us for the Karlsruhe vs Stuttgart Bundesliga 2 match which kicks off very shortly, and the players have just been announced.
First off, the starting line-up for Karlsruhe which has been officially confirmed as:
Karlsruhe
Benjamin Uphoff #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Burghausen, Germany
Dirk Carlson
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 22
Place of birth: Portland, USA
Daniel Gordon #3
Defender
Height: 1.94m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 35
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
David Pisot #5
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Lukas Fröde #4
Midfielder
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Fulda, Germany
Jérôme Gondorf #26
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Karlsruhe, Germany
Marvin Wanitzek #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Bruchsal, Germany
Manuel Stiefler #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Bayreuth, Germany
Änis Ben-Hatira #32
Forward
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Tunisia
Place of birth: Berlin, Germany
Philipp Hofmann #33
Forward
Height: 1.94m
Weight: 87kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Arnsberg, Germany
Dominik Kother #19
Forward
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 20
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Bruchsal, Germany
The starting line-up for Stuttgart has also been confirmed as follows:
Stuttgart
Gregor Kobel #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 90kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Switzerland
Place of birth: Zürich, Switzerland
Holger Badstuber #28
Defender
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Memmingen, Germany
Marcin Kamiński #35
Defender
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Poland
Place of birth: Konin, Poland
Pascal Stenzel #15
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Bünde, Germany
Clinton Mola #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 19
Nationality: England
Place of birth: England
Wataru Endo #3
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Totsuka-ku, Japan
Gonzalo Castro #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Wuppertal, Germany
Philipp Klement #21
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
Nicólas González #22
Forward
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Argentina
Hamadi Al Ghaddioui #18
Forward
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 92kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Bonn, Germany
Silas Wamangituka #14
Forward
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 20
Nationality: DR Congo (Zaire)
Place of birth: Kinshasa, DR Congo (Zaire)
See the link below for our full match preview and statistics.