Overview
- Fischer takes Mainz to the Alte Försterei on Saturday for his first meeting with Union since his 2023 departure.
- Mainz sit last after 15 matches, four points from 16th place and six from 15th in the Bundesliga table.
- Training sessions under Fischer have prioritized a deeper pressing line near midfield and greater defensive compactness.
- Union fans still revere him—symbolically renaming a nearby street in his honor—and a warm welcome is expected, though he has declined official tributes.
- He previously led Union from the second division to the Champions League before a 14-match winless run cost him his job, then spent two years out of coaching before joining Mainz in December.