Stuttgart will field reserve defenders against Wolfsburg's Bundesliga-leading scorers on Saturday.
Both Stuttgart central defenders are out _ Serdar Tasci is injured and Matthieu Delpierre is suspended _ and coach Markus Babbel will instead play Georg Niedermeier and Khalid Boulahrouz, who are both usually reserves.
"I am not too worried, they can do the job," Babbel said Friday.
But Wolfsburg's departing coach Felix Magath saw the absence of Tasci and Delpierre as an opportunity.
"That could be a weak link in Stuttgart's team and perhaps an advantage for us," Magath said.
Magath's team leads the standings with 60 points, while Stuttgart is fourth with 55.
Wolfsburg has the most prolific attack in the league, with Grafite and Edin Dzeko combining for 42 goals.
The game will be Wolfsburg's first since Magath announced earlier this week that he was leaving the club at the end of the season to move to Schalke.
Babbel has lost only one game since taking over Stuttgart after Armin Veh was fired following a 4-1 loss at Wolfsburg in November.
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