At the final open training session before the Stuttgart match, head coach Heiko Herrlich was able to welcome back Karim Bellarabi, Charles Aránguiz and Wendell to the training ground after their respective injuries. While Bellarabi, whose muscle problems emerged in the Monday training session leading to him being rested, was able to train with the team again, Aránguiz (knee) completed an individual session on the training ground with fitness coach Daniel Jouvin. The same applied to Wendell as he was able to have his first contact with the ball again since his ankle injury sustained at Leipzig.
The absentees from the Wednesday training session were Joel Pohjanpalo (rehab after foot injury) and Jonathan Tah (hip injury) plus Bernd Leno. The Bayer 04 keeper worked in the BayArena in a light session following his knee injury. According to Herrlich, he should be available for the game against Stuttgart. That also goes for Kevin Volland and Sven Bender who also trained indoors for reasons of reducing their workload.
