RB Leipzig faces VfB Stuttgart on the 26th matchday. The guests from Saxony have freshness advantages, while VfB Stuttgart will play their 42nd match of the season. VfB Stuttgart has 12 more league games under their belt than RB Leipzig. The two teams will face each other with different levels of fatigue on the 26th matchday, which is also due to duels from the previous season. When the two clubs met in May 2025 on the last day of the 2024/2025 Bundesliga season, VfB Stuttgart ensured that RB Leipzig failed to qualify for the European Cup for the first time since their promotion to the German top flight in 2016. A win against VfB would have secured RB Leipzig sixth place and a spot in the Conference League playoffs, but Stuttgart won 3-2 and blocked the Saxons' path to Europe. The Swabians also defeated Leipzig in the DFB Cup semifinals 3-1 and then won the final against Arminia Bielefeld to secure a spot in the Europa League. Now, VfB Stuttgart and RB Leipzig will face each other on the 26th matchday of the Bundesliga - with clear freshness advantages for the guests from Saxony. While VfB will play their 42nd match of the season, it will be Leipzig's 30th match. The absence from international competition and the exit from the DFB Cup allow for longer recovery phases. VfB, on the other hand, was still in action on Thursday evening in the Europa League quarterfinals against FC Porto and will also be in the DFB Cup semifinals on April 23 (20:45 CET).