STUTTGART, GERMANY - APRIL 4: Atakan Karazor of VfB Stuttgart in action during the Bundesliga match between VfB Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund at MHPArena on April 4, 2026 in Stuttgart, Germany. (Photo by Christian Kaspar-Bartke/Bundesliga/Bundesliga Collection via Getty Images)

VfB Stuttgart will again be without captain Atakan Karazor for their crucial top-four decider away at Eintracht Frankfurt.