Widespread absences for Hamburger SV and VfB Stuttgart ahead of Matchday 6 clash in the Bundesliga

Hamburger SV will meet visitors VfB Stuttgart on 17 October 2026 at 16:30 Damascus time, in a match held as part of Matchday 6 of the German Bundesliga football competition for the 2026/27 season.

The match will be broadcast on Shahid and MBC Action.

Hamburger SV go into the match with numerous absences, as Patson Daka, Albert Grønbæk Erlykke, Bakery Jatta, Bilal Nadir, Yussuf Yurary Poulsen and Nicolai Remberg are all missing through injury, in addition to the absence of Zakaria El Ouahdi due to illness, and M. Vušković for other reasons.

Meanwhile, VfB Stuttgart will be without six players due to injury: Ameen Al Dakhil, J. Diehl, Nikolas Terkelsen Nartey, Tiago Tomás, D. Zagadou and Maximilian Mittelstädt.

With that, the two sides go into the match with an extensive list of absences affecting multiple positions in both squads.