FSV Mainz 05 3-1 VfB Stuttgart: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 15 December 2012

Result

FSV Mainz 05 3-1 VfB Stuttgart

Bundesliga · Saturday 15 December 2012, 14:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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FSV Mainz 05 3-1 VfB Stuttgart: match report

FSV Mainz 05 beat VfB Stuttgart 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 15 December 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

FSV Mainz 05's goals came from Nicolai Müller (55'), Nicolai Müller (71') and Elkin Soto (90+2'). VfB Stuttgart scored through an own goal by Florian Müller (48').

Discipline: FSV Mainz 05 received 3 yellow cards; VfB Stuttgart received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FSV Mainz 05 were 11th on 23 points from 16 and VfB Stuttgart 7th on 25 points from 16. FSV Mainz 05 went on to finish that season 12th with 42 points, and VfB Stuttgart 13th with 42.

FSV Mainz 05 lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and VfB Stuttgart in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FSV Mainz 05 wins, 3 draws and 5 for VfB Stuttgart.

Going into the match FSV Mainz 05's last five read L-W-W-L-L and VfB Stuttgart's W-W-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+1'Yellow card · Nicolai MüllerFSV Mainz 05
  • 47'Yellow card · Radoslav ZabavníkFSV Mainz 05
  • 48'Own goal · Florian MüllerVfB Stuttgart · 0-1
  • 55'Goal · Nicolai MüllerFSV Mainz 05 · 1-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Vedad IbiševićVfB Stuttgart
  • 71'Goal · Nicolai MüllerFSV Mainz 05 · 2-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Martin HarnikVfB Stuttgart
  • 80'Yellow card · Jan KirchhoffFSV Mainz 05
  • 90+2'Goal · Elkin SotoFSV Mainz 05 · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FSV Mainz 05 2, draws 3, VfB Stuttgart 5.

Team news

FSV Mainz 05 line-up (4-2-3-1)

Florian Müller, Bo Svensson, Zdeněk Pospěch, Marco Caligiuri, Radoslav Zabavník, Julian Baumgartlinger, Elkin Soto, Andreas Ivanschitz, Nicolai Müller, Ádám Szalai, Jan Kirchhoff

VfB Stuttgart line-up (4-3-3)

Sven Ulreich, Georg Niedermeier, Francisco Javier Rodríguez Pinedo, Arthur Boka, Antonio Rüdiger, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Christian Gentner, Raphael Holzhauser, Martin Harnik, Vedad Ibišević, Ibrahima Traoré