Paris Saint-Germain (22nd) take on Stuttgart (24th) at the Mercedes-Benz Arena (kick-off 9pm, broadcast on Canal+) as part of Matchday 8 of the Champions League 2024-2025 league phase. And, as before every match,

Stuttgart are level with the French champions on ten points through seven games, with back-to-back victories over Young Boys and Slovan Bratislava seeing them climb into the top 24. Sebastian Hoeness' side have started 2025 in excellent form, but they were beaten by Mainz in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

The Fuggerstädter will now return to the WWK Arena, where they have lost their last two matches against Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart without troubling the scorers. They may be able to take confidence from the fact they recorded a 1-0 victory in their only previous Bundesliga home meeting with Heidenheim in March 2024.

Die Schwaben have also won three of their previous four home league games, ensuring they will head into Saturday’s fixture in a confident mood. Stuttgart enjoyed a successful outing in their most recent home meeting with Freiburg in September 2023,

Olympusbet One of the standout fixtures of Champions League matchday eight sees Stuttgart host Paris Saint-Germain at the MHPArena, with both teams vying for a playoff spot. Due to UEFA’s scheduling of all 18 games simultaneously on Wednesday,

Bayer Leverkusen are taking the belief gained from finishing in the top eight of the Champions League standings into the latter stages of their Bundesliga title defence. Bayern, who face Holstein Kiel on Saturday,

Bundesliga resumes this Friday with Werder Bremen hosting Mainz in the first match of round 20. The hosts come into this tie looking to end a poor run of form that has seen them win none of their last four league games (D2, L2). The most recent in that sequence came in the form of a 2-2 draw with ten-men Borussia Dortmund.

GoalkeeperRobin Zentner, MainzMade four saves to help Mainz to a clean sheet and a hard-fought win over Stuttgart. DefendersAnthony Caci, MainzSecured Mainz's 2-0 victory and won 11 of 13 ground

AugsburgAugsburg will head into the weekend in a positive mood after enjoying a couple of successful away trips. The Fuggerstädter recorded a 2-0 victory over Union Berlin, before they repeated that

Bayern Munich took a small but potentially decisive step toward the Bundesliga title last weekend when defending champion Bayer Leverkusen dropped points at Leipzig.

Football is a game of momentum, confidence, and execution. When SV Werder Bremen hosts 1. FSV Mainz 05 on 31st January 2025 at 22:30 (GMT+3), history tells us that these meetings rarely disappoint.

After the Champions League excitement, it’s back to business in the Bundesliga for Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen, while Borussia Dortmund hopes incoming coach Niko Kovac can help spur a stop to its slide.