Overview
- The first leg in UEFA’s third-tier club tournament streams exclusively on RTL+.
- Under Urs Fischer, Mainz have won three league games in a row and are eight matches unbeaten in all competitions.
- Mainz reached the last eight by defeating Sigma Olmütz in the Round of 16.
- Strasbourg edged HNK Rijeka in the previous round and will be without top scorer Joaquin Panichelli due to a torn ACL.
- This quarterfinal places Mainz among three German clubs in European last-eight ties this season, a rare high point in the club’s continental history.