FSV Mainz 05 3-1 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 24 January 2026

Result

FSV Mainz 05 3-1 VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga · Saturday 24 January 2026, 14:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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FSV Mainz 05 3-1 VfL Wolfsburg: match report

FSV Mainz 05 defeated VfL Wolfsburg 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 24 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.

Mohamed Amoura opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. FSV Mainz 05's goals came from Phillip Tietz (68'), Stefan Bell (73') and Nadiem Amiri (83', penalty). VfL Wolfsburg scored through Mohamed Amoura (3').

Discipline: FSV Mainz 05 received 3 yellow cards; VfL Wolfsburg received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FSV Mainz 05 were 18th on 12 points from 18 and VfL Wolfsburg 12th on 19 points from 18. FSV Mainz 05 went on to finish that season 10th with 40 points, and VfL Wolfsburg 16th with 29.

FSV Mainz 05 lined up in a 3-5-2 and VfL Wolfsburg in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nadiem Amiri of FSV Mainz 05 (8.2), ahead of Stefan Bell (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FSV Mainz 05 wins, 3 draws and 4 for VfL Wolfsburg.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Mohamed AmouraVfL Wolfsburg · 0-1
  • 22'Missed penalty · Phillip TietzFSV Mainz 05
  • 33'Yellow card · Stefan PoschFSV Mainz 05
  • 60'Yellow card · Patrick WimmerVfL Wolfsburg
  • 68'Goal · Phillip TietzFSV Mainz 05 · 1-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Vinicius de Souza CostaVfL Wolfsburg
  • 73'Goal · Stefan BellFSV Mainz 05 · 2-1
  • 83'Penalty goal · Nadiem AmiriFSV Mainz 05 · 3-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Dominik KohrFSV Mainz 05
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Stefan BellFSV Mainz 05

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FSV Mainz 05 3, draws 3, VfL Wolfsburg 4.

Team news

FSV Mainz 05 line-up (3-5-2)

Daniel Batz, Stefan Posch, Stefan Bell, Dominik Kohr, Danny da Costa, Paul Nebel, Kaishu Sano, Jae-sung Lee, Silvan Widmer, Benedict Hollerbach, Phillip Tietz

VfL Wolfsburg line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kamil Grabara, Saël Kumbedi Nseke, Denis Vavro, Moritz Jenz, Aaron Zehnter, Yannick Gerhardt, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Patrick Wimmer, Christian Eriksen, Mohamed Amoura, Dženan Pejčinović