Stuttgart, Mario Gomez gunnig for Zenit

Stuttgart Striker Mario Gomez has been bang on form since the season restarted, with his brace against Hoffenheim on Saturday taking him up to eight goals in six competitive outings. One offshoot of which is that Gomez is now third in the Bundesliga top-scorers chart with 13, bundesliga.de reported.

“Mario has such great quality; I hope he keeps it up for us to the end of the season and beyond”, skipper Thomas Hitzlsperger says.

Stuttgart go into the second leg against Zenit 2-1 down from the first leg. Gomez, it need hardly be added, scored the potentially crucial away goal in St. Petersburg. VfB team manager Markus Babbel has called for a more focused effort against the Russians than in their most recent Bundesliga outing: “We’ll need the same attitude and mentality we showed against Hoffenheim while avoiding the individual mistakes.”