Before facing Stuttgart, Bayern Leverkusen will play DFB Pokal round of 16 against Bundesliga 2 teams Paderborn and Xabi Alonso will make many rotation for this match, have bad result on last match after draw against Dortmund and make points difference on current standings from Bayern Munich become three points left with Bayern have one match more than Leverkusen.
Stuttgart is strong teams with quit well performance in this season, they are on 3rd standings position awhile and have very good statistic won 10 of 13 Bundesliga matches, must be careful for Bayern Leverkusen how not loss points again if want keep in tittle race with Bayern Munich. Loss points on next match seems will give chance for Bayern Munich get their first standings back and Leverkusen have dropped to 2nd place.
At this point, Xabi will definitely have to make his preference before which he is going to apply his tactics and strategy for his players so as to still get desired results and maintain position in vital leagues where he really aims to get the best out of, that will be the only way to pull through this tight fixture while still maintaining relevance.
If Xabi is to use his full squad in every of these fixtures within this short period of time, he should be sure to have cases of fatigue and of cos which will result in their performance not been optimal as expected. Stuttgart will sure turn a hard nut to crack because they are currently in a good form which will require xabis team to be at their best if they must maintain their unbeaten record by the end of this match. It's important Xabi maintains the top position because any further drop of point will cost him his position and definitely reduce his chances of further clinging to the league title by the end of the season.