Here Braunschweig runs against Stuttgart live on free TV

Mission title defense in the DFB Cup begins for VfB Stuttgart on Tuesday evening. Then the Swabians compete in the first round at the second division club Eintracht Braunschweig. After the final victory against Arminia Bielefeld in May (final score 4: 2 for Stuttgart), the team of coach Sebastian Hoeneß wants to start the new cup season successfully – and do better than in the Bundesliga.

At the start of the league, it set a 1-2 bankruptcy at Union Berlin at the weekend. VfB also had to accept a 1-2 defeat in the Supercup against FC Bayern. Due to the game on August 16, both clubs missed the first DFB Cup round and must now make up for it.

So Stuttgart is still waiting for the first competitive game in the new season. Is it finally that far in Braunschweig? The Swabians are at least highly favorite. Nevertheless, goalkeeper Alexander Nübel warned of the game and spoke of a “disgusting lot, I think the hardest thing you could get as a Bundesliga club “.

From 8:45 p.m., the ball in the Braunschweig Eintracht Stadium will roll on Tuesday. The duel with that VfB Stuttgart the ARD transmits live in the first. The Pay TV station Sky also shows the game in the DFB Cup.

The Swabians have to do without three central defenders against the second division club: defense chief Jeff Chabot falls along Adductor problems and Ameen Al-Dakhil also fights with muscular problems. Luca Jaquez, who played against Bavaria and Union right from the start, broke his nose at the start of the season in Berlin. According to VfB coach Sebastian Hoeneß, Finn Jeltsch and Ramon Hendriks will start in the defensive center instead.

The reigning German champion FC Bayern Munich starts later than the Stuttgart in the DFB Cup. The record champion at SV Wehen Wiesbaden will play on Wednesday evening.