Record against Mainz
Overall: 29 games, 11 wins, 6 draws, 12 defeats, 44:46 goal difference
In the Bundesliga: 24 games, 9 wins, 6 draws, 9 defeats, 37:36 goal difference
Previous meeting
VfB’s last victory against Mainz came during the 2017/18 campaign, also on Matchday 2. Stuttgart are winless in their three league meetings with the 05ers since.
Opening weekend
VfB fired the most shots on targets (23) on the first matchday of the new Bundesliga season, but still went down to a narrow 3-2 defeat at home to Freiburg. Mainz were on the receiving end of the same number of attempts on their goal in a 3-1 defeat away to RB Leipzig.
Crowd
Mainz are planning to admit 3,400 spectators into the Opel Arena for their first Bundesliga home match of the season.
Young and wild
The average age of Achim Beierlorzer’s side against Leipzig was under 24 years old, making them the youngest team on the opening matchday based on the ages of all the players who featured. However, it was VfB who fielded the youngest starting XI, with an average age of 25.
Reunion
Philipp Klement returns to his former club on Saturday. The 28-year-old midfielder made 72 appearances (16 goals, 15 assists) in the third division for Mainz’s second string over a three-and-a-half-year period, as well as making his first two Bundesliga appearances five years ago.
