FSV Mainz 05 2–2 VfB Stuttgart
- Lee 39'
- da Costa 90+1'
- Demirovic 76'
- Undav 77'
7 March 2026
The match in data
FSV Mainz 05 and VfB Stuttgart drew 2–2 on 7 March 2026, on matchday 25 of the 2025-26 Bundesliga.
Player of the match: Danny da Costa (FSV Mainz 05), rated 66, thanks above all to 10 final-third passes and 7 recoveries. da Costa produced 1.6 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For VfB Stuttgart, the highest-rated player was Angelo Stiller, with 62.
Danny da Costa
FSV Mainz 05 · 90'
Produced 1.65× and cost 0.59× their position's average
- 10 final-third passes 1.6×
- 7 recoveries 1.8×
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.1×
- 1 failed dribble 2.4×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danny da Costa ★ | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Sheraldo Becker | Forward | 74 | 61 |
| Kaishu Sano | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| Jae-sung Lee | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Dominik Kohr | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Phillip Tietz | Forward | 90 | 41 |
| Paul Nebel | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Daniel Batz | Goalkeeper | 90 | 36 |
| Phillipp Mwene | Defender | 90 | 29 |
| Stefan Posch | Defender | 90 | 28 |
| Silvan Widmer | Defender | 85 | 27 |
| Silas | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Nelson Weiper | Forward | 5 | no rating |
| Armindo Sieb | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Nikolas Veratschnig | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| William Bøving | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angelo Stiller | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Chris Führich | Forward | 75 | 57 |
| Luca Jaquez | Defender | 75 | 57 |
| Deniz Undav | Forward | 84 | 56 |
| Alexander Nübel | Goalkeeper | 90 | 54 |
| Jeff Chabot | Defender | 90 | 54 |
| Nikolas Nartey | Midfielder | 25 | 54 |
| Ermedin Demirovic | Forward | 90 | 49 |
| Atakan Karazor | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Maximilian Mittelstädt | Defender | 84 | 43 |
| Jamie Leweling | Forward | 90 | 40 |
| Lorenz Assignon | Defender | 65 | 35 |
| Finn Jeltsch | Defender | 15 | no rating |
| Tiago Tomás | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Jeremy Arévalo | Forward | 6 | no rating |
| Ramon Hendriks | Defender | 6 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
A 2025-26 Bundesliga match. With these numbers, how did it end?
FSV Mainz 05 2–2 VfB Stuttgart. The side that created more danger did not win.
FSV Mainz 05 generated 2.91 xG from 18 shots, easily outpacing VfB Stuttgart's 1.17 xG. The final 2–2 score left Mainz without full reward for their dominance.
Which VfB Stuttgart player made the most tackles?
Maximilian Mittelstädt, with 4 tackles. Next: Lorenz Assignon 2, Jeff Chabot 2.
Mittelstädt anchored VfB Stuttgart's defensive effort with 4 tackles. Mittelstädt doubled the tally of Assignon and Chabot, who logged 2 each.
Which FSV Mainz 05 player won the most aerial duels?
Phillip Tietz, with 9 aerial duels won. Next: Phillipp Mwene 2, Stefan Posch 2.
Tietz dominated the air for FSV Mainz 05 with 9 aerial duels won. Closest teammates Mwene and Posch trailed well behind with 2 each.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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