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.

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

German Bundesliga result on Friday: Mainz v Stuttgart, RB Leipzig v Bayer Leverkusen, Augsburg v Heidenheim, Freiburg v Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen, Borussia Moenchengladbach v Bochum (1730)

StuttgartStuttgart have made a fine start to 2025, having taken maximum points from their first two matches of the calendar year. Die Schwaben kicked off the year with a 1-0 win over Augsburg, before

German Bundesliga results on Friday: Stuttgart v Freiburg, Bayern Munich v Wolfsburg, Heidenheim v St Pauli, Bochum v RB Leipzig, Holstein Kiel v Hoffenheim, Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Moenchengladbach (1730)

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,

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,

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.

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

After some midweek European action, the Bundesliga resumes this weekend. Below are our predicted Bundesliga line-ups for Matchday 20. Predicted Bundesliga lineups:Friday 20:30 CET:Werder Bremen -

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.