23.
17:54
Big chance Mainz! When the ball is at rest it almost rings! Amiri finds the incoming da Costa with the free kick, who is disturbed but is able to head the ball into the far corner from six meters. There really isn’t much missing. Ultimately the ball just misses.
22.
17:53
The Rheinhessen switch and Nebel sends Hollerbach over to the left, who is, however, alone in the wide area. When Zagadou follows up, Hollerbach still takes the free kick.
19.
5:50 p.m
The Swabians swarm through the center and Undav prepares the way for Führich, who delays in the penalty area and then tries to serve Undav. The pass is far too sloppy, but via Widmer and Kohr, neither of whom can control the ball, the ping-pong ball jumps directly to the feet of Undav, who can shoot with his left from seven meters. Zentner throws himself energetically in between and is able to prevent the impact by defending his feet.
17.
5:48 p.m
Silvan Widmer throws a throw-in from the right very high into the Stuttgart penalty area, where Dan-Axel Zagadou jumps highest and confidently clears it with his head. The second ball then moved too close to the goal. Alexander Nübel takes action courageously and confidently.
14.
5:45 p.m
Mwene hesitantly clears the ball into the feet of Führich, who then finds Leweling with his high cross. With his back to the goal, he heads the ball dangerously from the back of his head into the top left corner. However, Zentner prevented the impact with a strong flight.
12.
5:42 p.m
Mist takes a while, but is back on her feet now. It continues in eleven-on-eleven.
11.
5:42 p.m
Hollerbach forwards the ball as it falls towards the fog, but Nartey gets in the way and resolutely tackles the ball out of the danger zone. But he also misses the scythe on Nebel, who remains lying there with his face distorted in pain and has to be treated. However, since the ball was played beforehand, a penalty kick is out of the question.
9.
5:39 p.m
Nartey puts a free kick across to Stenzel, who simply shoots from 35 meters. The right-hand shot is quite tight, but given the distance, Zentner has enough time to position himself well and then hold the ball safely.
5.
5:35 p.m
The corner kick becomes a boomerang and the Zero Fives can counter. Hollerbach serves Lee, who is lurking at the first post, but under pressure he has to finish directly from a complicated angle. Clearly over.
4.
5:35 p.m
Führich sends Stenzel over to the right, who then delivers a very sharp cross into the Rheinhessen box. In front of the incoming Nartey, however, da Costa clears the ball with a header for a corner.
1.
5:30 p.m
Kick-off in Baden-Württemberg. The Swabians will compete in their white and red home colors. The guests from Mainz are dressed in blue today. The ball is rolling.
1.
5:30 p.m
Game start
5:02 p.m
The record also speaks in favor of the Swabians, who have won 16 of the 38 competitive games against Mainz so far (nine draws, 13 defeats). In the past season, however, Stuttgart remained winless in both games against the zero-five team. In the first leg at the MHPArena, both teams drew 3-3 before Rheinhessen won the second leg 2-0, ending a nine-game winless streak against VfB (three draws, six defeats).
16:54
Meanwhile, VfB Stuttgart was the only club in the European top five leagues to keep a clean sheet in every Bundesliga home game without exception in the 2025/26 season. This means that the reigning cup winners have now kept as many clean sheets in front of their home crowd as they did in the entire 2024/25 season (three). Across all seasons, the White-Reds have won their last four Bundesliga home games in a row without conceding a goal.
16:46
Mainz, on the other hand, had the third weakest Bundesliga start in the club’s history. The zero fives only got four points from the first seven league games, which is mainly due to their defensive vulnerability. The Rheinhessen have not kept a clean sheet in 18 Bundesliga games in a row. This is a set negative club record.
16:39
Things have gone very well for the Swabians so far in the 2025/26 season. The 15 out of 21 possible points certify the reigning cup winners’ second-best start since the 2006/07 championship season. The White-Reds won four Bundesliga games in a row for the first time since February 2024.
16:33
At Mainz 05, hard rotation is also the order of the day after the 1-0 win in the Conference League. There are a total of seven changes to the starting eleven. In addition to keeper Robin Zentner, Bo Henriksen only ordered Silvan Widmer, Kaishu Sano and Dominik Kohr back into the starting line-up.
16:31
Let’s take a direct look at how both coaches approach the task in terms of personnel. VfB coach Sebastian Hoeneß is completely rotating today compared to the 0-1 defeat on the Bosporus. Only keeper Alexander Nübel remains. All ten field players, however, are completely replaced once.
16:29
Both teams represented the Bundesliga internationally during the week. While the Swabians suffered a 1-0 defeat in the Europa League against Fenerbahçe, the Rheinhessen won 1-0 against Zrinjski Mostar in front of their home crowd in the Conference League. The Zero Fives now want to take this momentum with them into the Bundesliga, where there have recently been three defeats in a row.
16:28
Good day and welcome from the MHPArena. VfB Stuttgart will welcome 1. FSV Mainz 05 here today at 5:30 p.m. as part of the 8th matchday of the Bundesliga.