Preparation for Stuttgart - Matthijs de Ligt back in team training

FC Bayern began their preparation for the crunch match against VfB Stuttgart (Sunday, 19:30 CET) at Säbener Straße on Thursday. After wrapping up the Champions League group stage with a 1-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford, coach Thomas Tuchel's team will be looking to follow it up in the Bundesliga by defeating in-form Stuttgart at home.

There was good news for Matthijs de Ligt on Thursday. The Bayern centre-back completed parts of team training again for the first time following a partial tear of the inner ligament in his knee. De Ligt suffered the injury in the cup match against 1. FC Saarbrücken at the beginning of November and hasn't played for the German record champions since, but has now taken the next step on the road to his comeback.

The key facts and stats on the game against Stuttgart: