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- - Sport - Football - Everton FC Stuttgart vs Everton LIVE - team news, TV channel, kick-off time, score and commentary stream Everton are in Germany for their fifth pre-season friendly of the summer, and will take on Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart on Saturday afternoon Everton's pre-season has been something of a mixed bag, but there can be no doubt that their week in Germany has been a success so far. Having beaten Dundee, drawn with Bolton and lost to Stoke in their three UK friendlies, the Blues beat Hamburg 2-1 last weekend to a post a winning start on their European tour. Now comes surely their toughest test of the summer in the form of Stuttgart, who finished fourth in the Bundesliga last season and will be playing in the Champions League in the coming campaign. David Moyes is seeking to get his Blues squad up to full speed ahead of their Premier League opener against Crystal Palace in two weeks' time, and you can follow all the action from the MHP Arena with us. Joe Thomas is in position at the game with support from Chris Beesley back at base camp as the Blues' pre-season preparations go up a notch. Join us for the 4pm GMT kick-off. Here's a sneak peek inside the Everton dressing room in Stuttgart today ahead of the game. Who will get the nod in the Blues' starting line-up? Since Hamburg, Christian Norgaard has signed but there is still no new right-back of course, prompting even Prime Minister Andy Burnham to have his say on the matter! Inside Stuttgart's 60,058 capacity MHPArena before today's friendly match against Everton. Although it's had three major renovations since then, the ground was built 93 years ago in 1933. Guten tag everyone and welcome to our live blog for Everton's second pre-season friendly in Germany as they travel to VfB Stuttgart a week on from their 2-1 triumph in Hamburg. Joe Thomas is back in Germany to take in the action at the MHPArena and we'll have live updates for you throughout the afternoon. Kick-off in Germany is at 4pm, but in the meantime why not have a read of our exclusive Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall interview to get you in the mood for the game. He really gets what it means to play for the club doesn't he? Hello and welcome to our coverage of Stuttgart vs Everton in this afternoon's pre-season friendly. Just two weeks to go now until the real thing!