Crvena Zvezda vs Stuttgart facts

Crvena Zvezda's quest for their first UEFA Champions League point of 2024/25 continues on Matchday 5 against Stuttgart, who are themselves looking to get their campaign back on track.

The Serbian champions are among five clubs still to pick up a point in the inaugural league phase, losing at home to Benfica (1-2) and, on Matchday 4, Barcelona (2-5) and away at Inter Milan (0-4) and Monaco (1-5).

Stuttgart were also beaten in their last fixture, 2-0 at home by Atalanta, but have four points thanks to a 1-1 home draw against Sparta Praha and a 1-0 victory at Juventus; they had gone down 3-1 at holders Real Madrid on the opening day.

This is the clubs' first fixture, and only Stuttgart's second against a Serbian team.

Form guide

Crvena Zvezda

Record vs German clubs: W14 D5 L18 F52 A67
Home record vs German clubs: W10 D5 L4

Crvena Zvezda were paired with Stuttgart's domestic rivals Leipzig in last season's group stage, losing 3-1 in Germany and 2-1 in Serbia.

That made it six games without a win against German opponents (D1 L5), since a 1-0 home victory against Köln in the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Crvena Zvezda have won ten of their 19 home matches against German visitors, but only two of the last eight (D3 L3).

The Belgrade side have reached the Champions League proper for the fourth time – all since 2018/19.

Crvena Zvezda finished fourth in Group G in 2023/24, behind Manchester City, Leipzig and Young Boys, losing five of their six games.

The Serbian champions started their 2024/25 campaign in the play-offs, turning round a 2-1 loss at Bodø/Glimt with a 2-0 home win against the Norwegian champions.

The losses to Benfica and Barcelona this season have made it six defeats in Crvena Zvezda's last 23 home European matches (W12 D5).

Crvena Zvezda's 16 goals conceded is the most in the league phase after four fixtures.

European champions in 1991, Crvena Zvezda claimed their seventh successive league title – and 35th overall – in 2023/24, also winning the Serbian Cup for the fourth season in a row.

Stuttgart

Record vs Serbian clubs: W1 D0 L0 F2 A0

Stuttgart's sole previous fixture against a team from Serbia was a 2-0 win at home to Crvena Zvezda's Belgrade rivals Partizan in the 2008/09 group stage in which Mario Gomez scored twice in the final 13 minutes.

This is Stuttgart's fourth appearance in the Champions League proper and a first since 2009/10.

In that most recent appearance 15 seasons ago, Stuttgart were second in their section behind Sevilla to reach the round of 16, where they were eliminated by holders Barcelona (1-1 h, 0-4 a).

Stuttgart have now won three of their 13 away games in the Champions League proper, losing seven.

The German club are taking part in European competition for the first time since 2013/14, when their Europa League campaign lasted two ties. They beat Botev Plovdiv on away goals in the third qualifying round (1-1 a, 0-0 h) but then lost out to Rijeka in the qualifying play-offs (1-2 a, 2-2 h).

Sebastian Hoeneß guided Stuttgart to second place in the 2023/24 Bundesliga – his first full season in charge having taken over in April 2023. It was the Swabians' highest finish since winning the last of their five league titles in 2006/07.

Links and trivia

Crvena Zvezda forward Silas is on loan at the Serbian club from Stuttgart. The DR Congo forward joined the German side in 2019 and has scored 35 goals in 132 matches in all competitions, including seven to help seal promotion from the 2. Bundesliga in 2019/20.

Silas was voted Bundesliga rookie of the season in 2020/21 after scoring 11 goals in 25 appearances.

Latest news

Crvena Zvezda

Crvena Zvezda have won 13 of their 14 league games this season, scoring 44 goals and conceding eight.

Saturday's scheduled fixture at Jedinstvo was postponed.

The Serbian champions have scored four or more goals in seven of their 14 league matches.

Cherif Ndiaye is Crvena Zvezda's top scorer in the league this season with nine goals.

Peter Olayinka suffered an Achilles injury on Matchday 3 and has not played since.

Ognjen Mimović has not played since being replaced in the first half on Matchday 1 with a metatarsal injury.

Stuttgart

Stuttgart's record in this season's Bundesliga is W4 D4 L3. They were 2-0 winners at home to Bochum on Saturday.

On 10 November they lost 3-2 at home against Eintracht Frankfurt, Josha Vagnoman and new signing Nick Woltemade scoring their first league goals of the season.

That ended Stuttgart's 16-match unbeaten home Bundesliga run (W11 D5), their longest sequence in 17 years.

On 19 November Ermedin Demirović scored in Bosnia and Herzegovina's 1-1 UEFA Nations League draw against Netherlands.

The same day El Bilal Touré was on target in Mali's 6-0 win against Eswatini in 2025 CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifying but later suffered a foot injury in the same game and missed Stuttgart's weekend win.

Leonidas Stergiou started on Saturday, his first appearance of the season after a back problem.

Deniz Undav, who had already missed the Frankfurt game and Germany's internationals with a hamstring problem, suffered a muscle injury in training on 20 November and was also absent on Saturday.

Ameen Al-Dakhil (ill) has also been sidelined.

Jamie Leweling has been sidelined since 1 November due to a hamstring injury.

Luca Raimund has been out since 6 October with a muscle injury.

Dan-Axel Zagadou, who was sidelined by a knee problem between 27 January and 14 September, suffered another knee injury on 25 September and has undergone surgery.