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VfB Stuttgart vs FSV Mainz 05 - Predictions, Stats & Odds

Bundesliga Statistics, AI predictions, (Expected) Lineups and Insights for Gameweek 8

Bundesliga - Gameweek 8

Sunday, 26 Oct 2025 • 17:30

VfB Stuttgart

2 : 1

FSV Mainz 05

Goals

41'
0 : 1
Nadiem Amiri
0 : 1
Nadiem Amiri41'
Chris Führich
1 : 1
45'
45'Chris Führich
1 : 1
Deniz Undav
2 : 1
80'
80'Deniz Undav
2 : 1

Lineups

VfB Stuttgart

PosPlayer
GK
Alexander Nübel
DEF
Dan-Axel Zagadou
DEF
Josha Vagnoman
DEF
Pascal Stenzel
DEF
Ameen Dakhil
MID
Chris Führich
MID
Nikolas Nartey
MID
Jamie Leweling
MID
Finn Jeltsch
MID
Chema Andrés
FWD
Deniz Undav

Substitutes

62'Angelo Stillerfor Nikolas Nartey
62'Lorenz Assignon
for Pascal Stenzel
72'Tiago Tomásfor Jamie Leweling
72'Bilal El Khannousfor Chris Führich
75'Julian Chabotfor Dan-Axel Zagadou

FSV Mainz 05

PosPlayer
GK
Robin Zentner
DEF
Stefan Bell
DEF
Danny da Costa
DEF
Silvan Widmer
DEF
Phillipp Mwene
MID
Dominik Kohr
MID
Nadiem Amiri
MID
Jae-Sung Lee
MID
Paul Nebel
MID
Kaishu Sano
FWD
Benedict Hollerbach

Substitutes

67'Armindo Siebfor Benedict Hollerbach
67'Andreas Hanche-Olsenfor Dominik Kohr
81'Nikolas Veratschnigfor Silvan Widmer
87'Nelson Weiperfor Stefan Bell
87'Arnaud Nordinfor Jae-Sung Lee
Difference Maker Star: Top 3 players of their team

League Table after the game

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
3VfB Stuttgart8602137+618
W
W
W
W
W
16FSV Mainz 058116916-74
W
L
L
L
L

Last Games

VfB Stuttgart

@VfL Wolfsburg
3 - 0
vsFC Heidenheim
1 - 0
@1. FC Köln
2 - 1
vsSt. Pauli
2 - 0
@SC Freiburg
1 - 3

FSV Mainz 05

vsBayer 04 Leverkusen
3 - 4
@Hamburger SV
0 - 4
vsBorussia Dortmund
0 - 2
@FC Augsburg
4 - 1
vsRB Leipzig
0 - 1

Head-to-Head

07 Mar 2026
FSV Mainz 052 - 2VfB Stuttgart
07 Mar 2026FSV Mainz 05
2 - 2
VfB Stuttgart
26 Oct 2025
VfB Stuttgart2 - 1FSV Mainz 05
26 Oct 2025VfB Stuttgart
2 - 1
FSV Mainz 05
25 Jan 2025
FSV Mainz 052 - 0VfB Stuttgart
25 Jan 2025FSV Mainz 05
2 - 0
VfB Stuttgart
31 Aug 2024
VfB Stuttgart3 - 3FSV Mainz 05
31 Aug 2024VfB Stuttgart
3 - 3
FSV Mainz 05
11 Feb 2024
VfB Stuttgart3 - 1FSV Mainz 05
11 Feb 2024VfB Stuttgart
3 - 1
FSV Mainz 05

Bundesliga

Gameweek 8

24 Oct • 20:30
Werder Bremen
Union Berlin
1 - 0
25 Oct • 15:30
FC Augsburg
RB Leipzig
0 - 6
25 Oct • 15:30
Borussia Mönchengladbach
FC Bayern München
0 - 3
25 Oct • 15:30
Eintracht Frankfurt
St. Pauli
2 - 0
25 Oct • 15:30
Hamburger SV
VfL Wolfsburg
0 - 1
25 Oct • 15:30
1899 Hoffenheim
FC Heidenheim
3 - 1
25 Oct • 18:30
Borussia Dortmund
1. FC Köln
1 - 0
26 Oct • 15:30
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
SC Freiburg
2 - 0
26 Oct • 17:30
VfB Stuttgart
FSV Mainz 05
2 - 1

What is GAP?

What is Plus Minus Goals (G±)?

Plus Minus Goals (G±) is the average goal difference per game while the player was on the pitch. A value above 0 indicates that the team rather wins, a value below 0 means his team concedes more goals than they score when the player is on the pitch. As an example, if the player's team is winning 3:1 the goal difference is +2, if the player's team is loosing 0:1, the goal difference is -1. It is a pure metric which is barely adjusted for circumstances to purely show the goal difference.

What is GAP?

GAP (Game Advantage Percentage) shows the percentage gap between a player and the average league player. It answers the question: How much does a player improve or worsen a team's performance? It is based on high level game data with a focus on the impact on the goal difference (G±) from the last 50 games of a player. Besides that, GAP goes further and considers game context by involving data from the player and all other players who are at the same time on the pitch, no matter if teammates or opponents. Football GAP - the individual metric for team players.