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Cape Verde and Angola get their quest for a place in the 2026 FIFA World Cup underway when they go head to head at the Estadio Nacional de Cabo Verde on Thursday.

Cape Verde and Angola get their quest for a place in the 2026 FIFA World Cup underway when they go head to head at the Estadio Nacional de Cabo Verde on Thursday.

Kicking off their new Bundesliga campaign on home turf, VfL Bochum welcome Mainz 05 to the Ruhrstadion on Saturday afternoon.

Getting their quest for a first-ever DFB-Pokal triumph under way in the first round, Mainz 05 travel east to meet third-tier Erzgebirge Aue on Sunday.

VfB Stuttgart will be hopeful of having dynamic duo Sasa Kalajdzic and Borna Sosa reunited for a tough trip to Mainz on Saturday (kick-off: 3.30pm CEST).

Ridle Baku will be hopeful he can help stuttering Wolfsburg find some fluency when they travel to the Germany international's former club Mainz on Saturday (kick-off: 3.30pm CET).

Dani Olmo isn't expected to start for RB Leipzig as last season's runners-up begin their 2021/22 Bundesliga campaign away at Jean-Paul Boetius' Mainz on Sunday (kick-off: 1.30pm GMT).

Liverpool will continue their preparations for the 2021-22 campaign with a pre-season clash against German side Mainz 05 on Friday evening.

The summer transfer window ahead of the 2021/22 Bundesliga season will officially open on 1 July and run through to 6pm CEST on 31 August, but lots of deals have already been done. What's been going on at your favourite club?

There is a huge game in the Bundesliga relegation battle on Saturday afternoon as Mainz 05 host Arminia Bielefeld. Mainz are currently in 15th position, one point clear of the relegation playoff spot and two points ahead of Bielefeld, who are in 17th. Match preview © Reuters Mainz moved out of the bottom three for the first time since November when they beat Hoffenheim 2-1 before the international break.

Two sides searching for their first win of the new Bundesliga season at the second attempt will lock horns on Saturday as Arminia Bielefeld play host to FC Koln. Arminia drew 1-1 with Eintracht Frankfurt in the opening weekend, while Koln succumbed to a 3-2 defeat to Hoffenheim upon their return to action.